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The Congress of Visayan Organizations or COVO, is the statewide umbrella of about twenty affiliated Visayan organizations in Hawaii. Founded in 1985, COVO's objectives are: to organize and unify the several Visayan organizations in Hawaii, to perpetuate the Visayan language and cultural traditions, and to assist in the educational, social, and economic advancement of Visayans in the larger Hawaii community.

We invite you to learn more about us - our organization, our leaders and members, our activities - and in so doing, learn more about Visayan culture and the Visayans in Hawaii.

Daghang salamat ug maayong panghinaot kaninyong tanan!

  

The Visayan Century

HAWAII VISAYAN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

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Pictures of 21st Annual Convention
September 19, 2006

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COVO CELEBRATES 22ND ANNIVERSARY
Commemorates Southern Leyte Disaster
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Covo 22nd Anniversary group picture

The Congress of Visayan Organizations (COVO), the statewide umbrella of Visayan organizations in Hawaii, celebrated the 22nd anniversary of its founding with a program and dinner at the Philippine Consulate Lanai on Saturday, February 10, 2007. Included in the celebration was the commemoration of the Southern Leyte (Guinsaugon) landslide disaster which took place in February 2006 and resulted in a tremendous loss of lives and property. Gracing the event were government officials, including Sen. Norman Sakamoto, Rep. Michael Magaoay, Rep. Lynn Finnegan, Rep. John Mizuno, and Councilmember Romy Cachola, and community leaders led by UFCH President Atty. Bryan Andaya, FilCom President Toy Arre, past Filipino Jaycee President Bobby Agpaoa, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity President Dr. Raymund Liongson, Dr. Belinda Aquino of the UH Center for Philippine Studies, and others.

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