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BY TINA SHELTON - Some of the more than 300 people who attended April 14′s Willed Body Memorial Service have written to the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), expressing their gratitude for the warmth and beauty of the event. “Mahalo again for everything that you do to follow my mom’s wishes. It made such [...]
REPORT FROM THE CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU —The City and County of Honolulu received federal approval to construct a Kaneohe-Kailua gravity tunnel and associated influent pump station instead of the Kaneohe-Kailua Force Main and two multi-million gallon storage tanks. Eliminating the storage tanks will result in significant cost savings. The tunnel, estimated at 10 [...]
BY RETIRED GENERAL ROBERT LEE - In a recent email to supporters, Mazie Hirono's campaign manager blasted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - the world's largest business organization with more than 3 million member businesses - for formally endorsing Gov. Lingle's campaign for U.S. Senate. In her statement, Mazie's team once again called the organization ‘a [...]
PBS Hawaii will air a Legislative Review on Thursday, May 10:2012. Hawaii's House and Senate leaders and a representative from Governor Neil Abercrombie's office will wrap up this year's legislative session. They'll discuss the state's last-minute budget deal, the challenges facing our islands and how they were addressed throughout the session. Joining moderator Dan Boylan are scheduled guests: Sen. Brickwood Galuteria, Senate [...]
The city's rail authority - HART - has released renderings for its planned Chinatown station. Talk about urban sprawl: This drawing is from the HART website and is their engineering drawing of the Chinatown station (page 44/85). Using the right hand lane height from ground level to the underside of the rail structure of 18' 1" (as [...]
REPORT FROM KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT - Kaua'i police have arrested 23 non-compliant sex offenders living on Kaua'i and are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who have yet to be captured. Police are looking for non-compliant sex offenders Jordan K. Valente, age 40 of Anahola, and Brian K. Lopes, age 56. Lopes [...]
BY TINA SHELTON - Second year medical students at UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have out-scored their peers across the nation in the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1 for the seventh year in a row, most recently with 100% of the class passing the exam, and the class’ scores exceeding [...]
REPORT FROM FORMER GOV. LINDA LINGLE'S CAMPAIGN - Former Governor Linda Lingle, candidate for Hawaii's open U.S. Senate seat, released the following statement today regarding the endorsement she has received from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "I recently received word that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is officially endorsing my campaign for Hawaii's open U.S. [...]
REPORT FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION —Mayor Peter Carlisle today announced a new City effort to address homelessness in urban Honolulu by creating specially focused transitional housing. The new Pathways Project is designed to serve homeless people with challenging special needs, such as mental illness, addictions, and physical disabilities. “Our community has invested considerable effort [...]
REPORT FROM KAUAI COUNTY – Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. this afternoon submitted to the County Council his proposed supplemental budget for fiscal year 2012–2013. The supplemental proposal revised the budget submitted on March 15, 2012. It includes a $165,331,153 operating budget and a $64,359,788 capital improvement package. To view the mayor’s proposed supplemental budget for [...]
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