For Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who is a quarter Filipino, the sister city agreement with Baguio City represents a tie with his heritage.
Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong, left, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg hold the signed sister city agreements uniting their cities.The City of San Antonio established ties last month with its 12th sister city, this one in a nation with special significance for Mayor Ron Nirenberg.
Nirenberg was joined by a delegation of 25 people, including Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia and Sherry Dowlatshahi, the city’s chief diplomacy and protocol officer. For Nirenberg, who is one quarter Filipino through his maternal grandfather, the sister city agreement feels more personal. “Certainly it feels different, considering part of my heritage is from the Philippines,” he said. “Walking in that country was a little personal. How could it not feel different than some of the other relationships that we built, which are also special, but don’t have that ancestral connection for me?”
Baguio is located in the northern part of the island chain and has a population of roughly 350,000. It was the location of a 1945 U.S. and Philippine victory over occupying Japanese forces during World War II and later that year the site of the final surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines. One of the country’s top tourist destinations, it is known for its cool summer climate.
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