Month: May 2020
Efforts in Full Swing to Safeguard Against COVID-19 Before Hawaii Reopens Tourism
By Edwin Quinabo It’s like night and day. The contrast of visitor arrivals to Hawaii went from an average of...
Hawaii Residents Are Looking Forward to Safe Reopening of Tourism
Making up 20-30 percent of the state’s economy, the tourism industry is the segment of the economy many Hawaii workers...
California’s Phasing Out of the SAT and ACT Is the Right Move
Many colleges and universities had made the SAT and ACT optional for the 2020 fall applicants due to the COVID-19...
Female Journalists Die for Freedom of Press
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. Photo by REUTERS Freedom of the press is not free—it costs lives around the globe. And...
Marcos v. Robredo Election Protest–Will It Fly?
By Atty. Emmanuel S. Tipon Photo from ABS-CBN News “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and...
Hawaii Senate Confirms Serafin Colmenares, Jr. as SHPDA Administrator
By Jim Bea Sampaga Last week, Hawaii Senate approved Serafin Colmenares, Jr. to serve as the Administrator of the State...
Graduation in the Time of Corona
By Mark Lester E. Ranchez Moanalua High School graduate Jenoha Orias poses with his portable frame outside his family's car....
Gov. Ige Unveils Hawaii’s 3-Phased Master Plan to Economic Recovery
By Elpidio R. Estioko Now, it can be told: Hawaii has a master plan for economic recovery! Lately, Governor David...
On PBS, Larry Itliong, Harvard, and a Message for the Class of 2020
By Emil Guillermo If you saw the PBS documentary, “Asian Americans,” then you got a big gulp of history over...