Sakada Offspring

Donna Domingo

Lucy Peros Labor Day is just weeks away and in Hawai‘i, Filipinos have always been at the forefront of the organized labor movement, beginning with Pablo Manlapit, who organized the first Filipino labor union in 1911. The ethnic labor unions...

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Sakada Offspring

Iola Yolanda Caldito Balubar Lucy Peros | All photos courtesy of the Caldito Balubar ‘Ohana Well-known Kumu Hula who has taught the art of hula dancing to keiki (young children) and adults alike for forty-four years on Maui is none...

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Josephine “Josie” Dumayas Baggao

Young ladies in the plantation camps in the 1940s and 1950s were very rare. However, in 1957, there was a very attractive young lady by the name of Josephine Dumayas who arrived on Maui from Tamurong, Kawayan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines....

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Frederico Philip Asuncion

Lucy Peros | All photos courtesy The Asuncion ‘Ohana This month’s featured Sakada Offspring is a devoted husband, father, grandfather and dedicated parishioner of Christ The King Church. He is none other than Frederico “Fred” Philip Asuncion. He is the...

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Dennis “Danny” Alfred Mateo

Lucy Peros | All photos courtesy Danny Mateo This month’s featured Sakada Offspring is a family man and a man with visions, hopes, and dreams: Dennis “Danny” Alfred Mateo. He was born on August 21, 1951 in Pu‘unēnē, Maui. Danny’s...

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Monica Elaydo Natividad

Lucy Peros | All photos courtesy Monica Natividad This month’s featured Sakada Offspring is a very ambitious and compassionate young woman, dedicated to her family, her church and her job as a nurse: Monica Elaydo Natividad. From barangay Ansad, San...

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