Category: Hawaii – Filipino
In Love with UBAE: Ube Before Anything Else
By Jim Bea Sampaga Known for its rich violet-purple color, ube is a purple yam commonly used in Filipino desserts. Ube Halaya, a purple yam [Read More…]
Staring Down COVID-19: Chamber of Commerce Faces Biggest Challenge Ever
By Dennis Galolo At a little past the halfway mark of 2020, more and more people are conceding that the Year of the Rat is [Read More…]
“Tremendous Honor”: Cudiamat Picked As New President of Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
By Mark Lester E. Ranchez Jeoffrey Cudiamat, the current CEO of Structural Hawaii, Inc., and president of the Structural Builders Hawaii, Inc., appears to have [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
