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By LCDR FENN KEMP, Australian Navy - The Commander of Australia's contingent to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, CDRE Stuart Mayer, says this RIMPAC will be among the largest and most important exercises Australia has participated in for many years. More than 1200 ADF personnel are arriving in Hawaii to take part in [...]
BY HOWARD CHONG JR. -“We hope to empower entrepreneurs with the tools to transform their aspirations, hard work, and good ideas into profitable businesses that create jobs” – Bill Clinton, former President of the United States. Right on, Bill, you finally got it. It is what made America great and will continue to keep America [...]
The numbers alone are staggering: 2500 miles, 50 states, 62 days, 3 airline flights, 15 pair of shoes, and roughly 8 million footsteps. But however it's measured, one thing is for certain--Lisa Smith-Batchen's quest, named Running Hope Through America, has been successfully completed. “I never strayed from the plan or the commitment to complete this [...]
6/26/2010 - Wanted Fugitive: Tuu CASTILLO CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public`s assistance in locating Tuu Castillo who is wanted for two $20,000 cash only Probation Revocation Warrants for failure to comply with terms and conditions of HOPE probation. The reporting person was house sitting her brother in-law`s home on Lumiaina Street and [...]
BY ANDREW W. GRIFFIN, Oklahoma Watchdog — As a former Louisiana resident and one who loves the Gulf Coast, the situation involving the BP oil spill is simply maddening. And that anger and frustration is growing. Fox News reported today that a ship – the “A Whale” – a Taiwanese-owned, Liberian-flagged vessel billed as the [...]
Almost every week, the House and Senate cast votes on your behalf, and very few of those votes are ever noticed by the public. This week, I thought I would give you some idea of what your elected officials have been up to on issues of economic freedom. To see how your congressman and Senators [...]
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) yesterday voted in support of legislation that extends by three months the required closing date for a federal homebuyer tax credit for homes purchased through April 30, 2010. The Homebuyers Assistance and Improvement Act, H.R. 5623, aims to provide taxpayers who purchased a home by April 30 a closing [...]
BY GREG WILES - New figures from the University of Hawaii researchers show the state’s doctor shortage is worse than recently reported, with the state needing more physicians now and in the future. An updated report on the doctor deficit shows the state is short by 644 physicians compared to what it should have if it [...]
BY SAM SLOM - Half of the year is pau already and July 1 is the start of fiscal year 2011. The new state budget of $10.2 BILLION kicks in, along with a $1.7 billion Capital Improvements bond bill (Act 180-2010). No deficit and no furloughs (state) for one more year but at what price? New, [...]
BY LYNN FINNEGAN - After serving eight years as the State Representative for Aiea on O'ahu and five years as Republican leader for the House, I am honored to be running for Lt. Governor of our great State of Hawaii. As the potential running mate with Duke Aiona in the bid for the 5th floor [...]
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