Month: May 2021
Philippines Launches Vaccination Program: Normalcy and Travel Dependent on Vaccination Success
by Edwin QuinaboTravel plans have been altered, rescheduled, often cancelled altogether since the global pandemic started. The ever-shifting state of...
Bayanihan in the Maginhawa Community Pantry
by Perry DiazLittle did 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non realize that by organizing a bamboo makeshift food bank on a street...
Hawaii to Receive Nearly $14 Million in Federal Funding to Help Residents With Rent, Utilities
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will allocate an additional $13.9...
May is Healthy Vision Month: Protect Your Vision!
With everyone relying on their gadgets to stay connected to school, work and loved ones over the internet during the...
Say The Full Name: Remembering Our Native Hawaiians On Heritage Month
by Emil GuillermoWe’re more than half-way through and if you haven’t noticed, our month has a new name.It’s Asian American...
Best to the Philippines on their Vaccination Efforts
Photo by Inoue Jaena/Rappler This week the CDC gave perhaps the most encouraging news since the outbreak of COVID-19. It...
2021 State Legislature Was A Budgetary Success
Perhaps the 2021 State Legislature could be summed up as this: “It did no harm.”Leading into the session, a massive...
Being Who I Am
by Cora Quisumbing-King, Ph.D.During this month of May, when Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage is acknowledged and celebrated, I...
Son of HFC Columnist Receives Master’s Degree in Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University
HFC columnist Elpidio Estioko and wife Delia with son Paul, who graduated with distinction in Masters of Science in Information...
