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HONOLULU, HAWAII – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will hold a series of community meetings as part of a wider strategy to soothe concerns about the offer from the state to settle longstanding ceded-lands claims. The statewide meetings begin Friday on Maui, where OHA will engage the Hawaiian community in detailed discussions about the tentative [...]
KANEOHE, HAWAII – Heeia Elementary and Enchanted Lake Elementary schools were named Hawaii’s 2012 Blue Ribbon Schools based on outstanding student achievements and each received $3,000. There are 188 public elementary schools statewide; three received the honor. They are representing Hawaii and are being considered for National Blue Ribbon School status. Before advancing to the [...]
HONOLULU (November 30, 2011) - University of Hawai'i President M.R.C. Greenwood announced today that Jerris R. Hedges, MD, has been reappointed to continue serving as the dean of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine through December 31, 2016. "Dr. Hedges' appointment is the key to progress at the medical school [...]
A spokesman for City Council member Tom Berg is denying a police report that says Berg was intoxicated during a verbal confrontation with U.S. Secret Service agents and Honolulu police at an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation event November 22. Police were summoned after agents prevented Berg from re-entering the Hale Koa Hotel to retrieve his [...]
HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week issued an order to the City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management, Inc., to take immediate steps to address stormwater violations at the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill on Oahu. EPA’s ongoing review of operations at the landfill revealed violations of the Clean Water Act and [...]
BY U.S. SENATOR DANIEL INOUYE - Jon Van Dyke was a legal scholar of the first order and a tireless advocate for Native Hawaiian and civil rights. He believed in the preservation and protection of history and culture and his research and writings have expanded our understanding of the Constitution and helped change, for the [...]
BY CHRISTOPHER G. ADAMO - Somehow, the sun came up on Thanksgiving Day 2011, despite the shocking failure of the “Deficit Reduction Super Committee” to concoct a bipartisan program for long-term debt reduction in the federal budget. All of America, we were told, had pinned its hopes on the prospect of a miraculous agreement among committee [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Hawaii will receive $14,440,144 in federal funds to help establish and implement the Hawaii Health Connector, an online health insurance exchange designed to help consumers find affordable health care plans, Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Representative Mazie K. Hirono and U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa announced today. The money comes through [...]
EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Governor Linda Lingle sent a letter today to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding their proposed rule to designate the main Hawaiian Islands as a critical habitat for the Hawaiian Monk Seal. BY LINDA LINGLE- A recent proposal by the Federal Government to make 4,787 square miles of land and water [...]
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - The Asia-Pacific Economic Council or APEC 2011 was recently completed at various venues on Oahu. About 20 top leaders attended including the Presidents of US and China and the Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia. It was an important and crowded event. Oahu’s experienced hospitality industry proved that they can [...]
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