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Local Filipinos overflow ballroom to greet Aquino

FL MORRIS / fmorris@staradvertiser.com

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, was honored at a dinner Sunday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Joining him onstage were Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del Rosario and Bennette Misalucha, chairwoman of the Philippine Celebrations Coordinating Committee of Hawaii, which sponsored the event.