Day: February 20, 2021
Feds Move to Save Small Businesses on the Brink of Closure
by Edwin QuinaboSmall businesses are running out of cash and running out of time. Nine months after the first Federal...
Heart Check
by Seneca Moraleda-PuguanFebruary is Heart Month—literally and figuratively. Not only do we celebrate love, but we also remember the organ...
Workers Group Calls for Improved Processing of Unemployment Insurance, Plans Rally on Feb. 24
The Hawaii Workers Center plans a rally in front of the Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) offices at...
BOOK REVIEW: FOR THE PEOPLE, WITH THE PEOPLE — Developing Social Enterprises in the Philippines
by Rose ChurmaLast February 4, a Hawaii-based non-profit, the Hawaii-Philippines Business and Economic Council, hosted a talk-story on social entrepreneurship. One...
Federal Government Should Be Doing More to Aid Small Businesses
A United States Chamber of Commerce Index survey on Small Businesses shows that their top priority for the Biden Administration...
Have A Extra Special Lenten Season this Year
Currently at number four on the New York Times Bestsellers list is Father James Martin’s new book “Learning to Pray:...
Paradoxical Pairing of Poverty and Optimism in Metro-Manila’s Disadvantaged Communities
by Dr. Freddie Rabelas ObligacionIs there an evidence showing the coexistence of poverty and optimism, two seemingly incompatible precepts? Yes,...
Impeachment Moro-Moro Is Over, What Now?
(AFP/Getty) by Atty. Emmanuel S. TiponThe term “moro-moro” is a farce performed during town fiestas in the Philippines to entertain...
Jones Act Closed ‘Loophole’ That Could Help Hawaii, New Article Shows
by Mark ColemanThere is an argument floating around that if the protectionist federal maritime law known as the Jones Act really were...
