Month: September 2022
Biden Cancels Federal College Loans As High As $20,000
by Edwin QuinaboMillions of young adults and families will get a fresh start under a student loan forgiveness plan that...
Monkeypox Arrives in Hawaii, Update on COVID-19 and Recommendation for New Bivalent Booster Vaccines
by Edwin QuinaboThe latest emerging infectious disease outbreak of global importance is monkeypox. The contagious disease has spread to all...
Start With Permit Delays To Trim Homebuilding Red Tape
by Keli‘i AkinaIf you need proof that Hawaii’s housing shortage is related at some level to bureaucratic incompetence, look no...
Filipino Cooking Priest’s Mission Is To Save Families And The World Through Food
Fr. Leo Patalinghug “feeds the flock” with delicious food and a divine message. by Edna Bautista, Ed.D.The family is a...
BOOK REVIEW: WOMEN AGAINST MARCOS – Stories of Filipino and Filipino American Women Who Fought a Dictator
by Rose ChurmaIt would be 50 years ago this month of September when then President Ferdinand Marcos would declare Martial...
College Debt Cancellation Is A Start, Real Discussion Should Be On Lowering Cost of Higher Education
President Joe Biden’s federal student loan cancellation of up to $20,000 ($10,000 for those making under $125,000 and an additional...
We’ve Learned from COVID-19, We Can Beat Monkeypox Early On
For only the seventh time in history, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on July 23 a Public Health Emergency...
The Queen’s Passing, The Obama’s Portraits, And American Democracy
by Emil GuillermoOn the same week Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96, Hawaii’s Barack Obama was back in the...