Category: Hawaii – Filipino
Doctors On Stage Musical ‘Fundemic’ Offers Hope Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic
by Dennis Galolo Someone once said, “There’s a silver lining to every cloud that sails about the heavens if we could only see it.” That [Read More…]
Hawaii Receives $48 Million Federal Fund To Fight Pandemic, Support Hospitals
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Jan. 19 that they will provide Hawaii with a $47.9 million federal grant to support local hospitals [Read More…]
State Regulators Settle With Hundreds Of Mortgage Loan Originators
The Division of Financial Institutions, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and financial regulatory agencies from 42 other states reached with 441 mortgage loan originator [Read More…]
Proposed Bill Aims To Eliminate Down Payment Barrier To Home Ownership
Hawaii District 17 Representative Gene Ward aims to eliminate the down payment requirement on home buying in newly proposed bill. “A down payment is the [Read More…]
Year in Review – Top 10 News Covered by HFC
by Edwin Quinabo YEAR-IN-REVIEW: 2021 transitioned seamlessly from 2020 punctuated by COVID-19 and toxic politics. Pandemic anxiety once again permeated. But 2021 brought newfound hope [Read More…]
Meet the New Deputy Director of Harbors
by Renelaine Bontol Pfister Last month, Eduardo Manglallan was appointed by Gov. Ige as the new Deputy Director of Harbors, a division of Hawaii Department [Read More…]
Budget Windfall Should Be Shared With Taxpayers
by Joe Kent Hawaii lawmakers are wracking their brains about how to balance the state budget, only this time, the problem isn’t too little money, [Read More…]
Hawaii Experiences High Daily Covid New Case Counts Amid Omicron
As of Jan. 6, the Hawaii Department of Health announced 4,789 new COVID-19 cases which bring the state’s total to 130,856, and four new deaths. [Read More…]
Children’s Book Based on Award-Winning Filipina Pediatrician Dr. Fe del Mundo Set to Release in February
Boston-based Tumblehome Books is releasing a biography children’s book based on the life of award-winning Filipino pediatrician Fe del Mundo titled “The Angel of Santo [Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: POLITICS OF PLUNDER, The Philippines Under Marcos
by Rose Churma On February 26, 1986, deposed Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos arrived in Hawaii together with family members and supporters to begin an involuntary [Read More…]
