20 August 2015 - Filipinos in the County of Hawaii availed themselves of the consular services extended by the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu during its two-day mobile consular outreach program from August 15 to 16 in Maui, Hawaii.

Philippine Consul General to Honolulu Gina A. Jamoralin led a consular team of seven personnel to conduct the Consulate General’s second consular outreach to Maui this year. The team rendered a total of 233 consular services, 14 dual citizenship applications and registered 144 new overseas voters in the island. The activity was held in coordination with the Immigrant Services Division of the County of Maui, and volunteers from the Filipino community.

Following is the breakdown of consular services rendered:

While in Maui, Consul General Jamoralin met with officials from the University of Hawaii Maui College, led by its Chancellor Lui Hokoana, on August 14, to discuss the university’s larger plan to develop cultural and educational exchanges between UHMC and  universities in the Philippines, particularly on these institutions’ hospitality, tourism, IT and nursing programs, to advance international understanding while providing more professional training opportunities for both faculty and students.

UHMC cites two higher learning institutions in the Philippines, the Mapua Institute of Technology and the Mariano Marcos State University, as its partners. It seeks to broaden its reach by linking with other universities in Manila and the Visayas.

In response to the request by the Filipino community for another  consular outreach activity before the year ends, the Philippine Consulate General intends to once more work with the Immigrant Services Division, through the Deputy Director Jan Shishido of the Maui County Department of Housing and Human Concerns, for a third outreach activity, tentatively from October 02 to 03. For more information, please visit the Consulate General website at www.philippineshonolulu.org. END