Author: *Hawaii Reporter

Hawaii Entrepreneur Clark Hatch to Speak on Doing Business in Asia

Clark Hatch, founder of the popular Clark Hatch Fitness workout center in Downtown Honolulu, will speak at the next Smart Business Hawaii Sunrise Networking Breakfast Forum on Thursday, May 30, in the Pineapple Room, Macy’s Ala Moana (3rd Floor), from 7 a.m. to 8:30 am. His topic: "Doing Business in Asia." The SBH forums are open to [...]

Who Do You Believe in the Hawaii Republican Party?

By the Hawaii Republican Assembly - Ten days ago, the Hawaii Republican Assembly provided a chart to show the downward decline of the number of Republicans in our state government. We solicited inputs from our readers on solutions to this alarming trend, because we believe that only through the Hawaii Republican Party can we contest the [...]

Hawaii Lifeguards Market Products They've 'Terrain Tested, Approved'

Nearly four decades ago, veteran Maui lifeguard and Waterman Hall of Famer, Archie Kalepa saw the legendary Eddie Aikau in action—feats of selfless courage so formative that Kalepa knew he’d someday join that brotherhood of elite Hawaiian life savers. “We perform unrecognized heroic acts everyday,” says Kalepa with disarming humility. He and the 450+ guards [...]

Watchdog Group files lawsuit to obtain records detailing taxpayers’ cost for First Family’s Hawaiian vacation

KAILUA - Aloha, U.S. Secret Service - you've been served. About those vacations to Hawaii, we want to know how much they're costing taxpayers. Judicial Watch Inc., a nonpartisan Washington DC-based organization that focuses on transparency and accountability in government, filed the lawsuit on May 6 to obtain financial records from U.S. Secret Service related to the [...]

View of Ko'olau Mountain Range on Oahu During Mothers' Day Rain Storm

Pork Floats

BY TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE - Congressional pressure to pass a massive bill chock full of new water projects has gotten to the point that the world’s greatest deliberative body is going to dedicate a week to the porcine product. The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) churns out construction projects for the U.S. Army Corps [...]

Meanie Maxim: Men's Magazine Lists Manti Te'o's "Fake Girlfriend" in Its Top 100 Hotties

Maxim has released its list of the “Hot100” – the 100 hottest women in America – and there’s one surprise on the list with a local tie to Hawaii. The online news magazine lists Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Mila Kunis and Jennifer Lawrence in its top 5 picks. But coming in at number 69 [...]

The sun is about to come up over the South Pacific Ocean in this colorful scene photographed between 4 and 5 a.m. local time, May 5, 2013, by one of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. (Photo released on May 9, 2013)

Hanabusa, Heller Introduce Bill to Help Filipino Veterans Receive Benefits

REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF US REP COLLEEN HANABUSA - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01) and U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) teamed up to introduce a bipartisan bill that would help Filipino veterans obtain the benefits they earned for their service to the United States during World War II. The Filipino Veterans Promise Act [...]

Controversial University of Hawaii President to Retire in September

After a number of high profile battles with key Hawaii lawmakers in 2012 and 2013, University of Hawaii President M.R.C. Greenwood announced Tuesday she will retire in September, before her $475,000-plus annual contract with the University expires in 2015. Her reasons for stepping down are "personal, health-related, and family oriented." In a letter to faculty, Greenwood said [...]