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THESE MEN WERE SIMPLICIO GIRONELLA, HIS FOUR SONS MARIANO, VICENTE, FRANCISCO AND ANTONIO; MAURICIO CORTEZ AND HIS BROTHER CELESTINO; PRUDENCIO SAGUN AND HIS BROTHER CECILIO. THE OTHERS WERE MARCIANO BELLO, EMILIANO DASULLA, JULIAN GALMEN, MARTIN DE JESUS, APOLONIO RAMOS AND FILOMENO REBOLLIDO. THESE 15 ORIGINAL FILIPINO WORKERS FROM THE ILOCOS REGION WERE RECRUITED BY THE HAWII SUGAR PLANTERS\u2019 ASSOCIATION. AFTER ARRIVING IN HONOLULU, THEY TRAVELED TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII TO WORK AT THE OLA\u2019A SUGAR PLANTATION. THEY STARTED THE FIRST WAVE OF FILIPINO MIGRATION TO HAWAII.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF FILIPINO MIGRATION TO HAWAII, THIS STATUE WAS UNVEILED BY H.E. 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