Category: News
McKinley HS Graduate Receives 2020 FCCH Scholarship
By Jim Bea Sampaga McKinley High School graduate Magnolia Basoc received the 2020 Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii (FCCH) Scholarship during the 2020 Filipino [Read More…]
Number Rises in Hawaii Businesses That Would Not Survive COVID-19 Crisis, Says UHERO and Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Survey
By HFC Staff The number of Hawaii businesses who reported they would not survive the COVID-19 crisis rose from six to 17 percent (183 percent [Read More…]
Fil-Am Victors in the Primary; Others Advancing to the General
By Jim Bea Sampaga Hawaii voter turnout shattered previous records in the state’s first all-mail voting system, elections officials reported. Even before Primary Election day, [Read More…]
HFC’s $2,500+Journalism Scholarship Will Help College Students with Tuition During Pandemic; Deadline Sept. 15
By Edna R. Bautista, Ed.D.HFC Journalism Scholarship Chair COVID-19 has altered the college experience but students still must go back to school and continue their [Read More…]
The 2020 Census’ New Deadline is September 30
The deadline to submit your 2020 Census form is on September 30, 2020. As part of the Census Bureau’s revised plan, field data collection and [Read More…]
PH Gov’t Requires Visas, Documents For Foreign Spouses, Children, Parents of Filipino Nationals
Effective Aug. 5, 2020, visitors related to a Filipino national are required to possess or secure the appropriate visas to be allowed entry to the [Read More…]
Working Parents Unable To Choose Between Jobs, Kids According To Survey
By Jim Bea Sampaga Working parents are facing an impossible choice between work and kids as public schools are planning to do partial distance learning [Read More…]
Big Island Resident Receives 2020 Community Service Award from an International Honors Student Society
A recent Northcentral University (NCU) graduate received the 2020 Community Service Award from NCU’s Lambda Eta Chapter of Delta Mu Delta, an international honors society [Read More…]
COVID-19 Updates: Cases, Unemployment Benefits, Safety Guidelines, Resources
By Jim Bea Sampaga Since the beginning of June, COVID-19 cases have been spiking up after a month of having less than 10 active cases [Read More…]
Oahu Voters Can Now Make Ballot Requests Online, Voter Service Centers Open Until Election Day
By Jim Bea Sampaga Oahu voters who need replacement ballots can now request online through the Online Ballot Replacement Request System website, hnlvote.ehawaii.gov and via honoluluelections.us. Created in [Read More…]
