Category: News
HFC Journalism Scholar Jasmine Sadang Graduates A Semester Early From HPU
by Edna R. Bautista, Ed.D., Journalism Scholarship Chair Congratulations to Jasmine Sadang, the 2021 winner of the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle journalism scholarship, for graduating a [Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: The Nanny Chronicles
by Rose Churma This is Wendy’s memoir, tracing her life as the youngest daughter of a tenant farmer in a remote village in Leyte province [Read More…]
Ohana Medical Mission Heads to Philippines in January, And Holds First Charity Ball in February 2023
by Edwin Quinabo Charitable work never stops for the Ohana Medical Mission, Inc. (OMM) even as the world wades through COVID-19 restrictions. In February 2020 [Read More…]
Dr. Josh Green Is Official Hawaii’s Governor
by Gary Hooser I wish him well. It’s no secret that my enthusiastic support in the gubernatorial race was behind Congressman Kai Kahele. I was highly [Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: STUDENTS SPEAK—An Anthology from Hawaii’s Youth
by Rose Churma Last month during the final reading of the top ten letters submitted to the Letters to my Parents Contest in Hawaii, Zhodell [Read More…]
FilCom Honored Sakada Day With A Play
On Dec. 11, the FilCom Center held a play titled “Sakada Through the Years” written and directed by Hawaii Filipino Chronicle columnist Raymund Llanes Liongson. [Read More…]
We Wish Ohana Medical Mission Continued SuccessAnd Encourage Our Community to Support Them
In recent years, medical missions (or short-term medical missions called STMMs) are increasingly becoming a well-established vehicle for extending reach of health care professionals to [Read More…]
Have A Merry Christmas, Maligayang Pasko
It’s the happiest time of the year, Christmas season. And with it comes the sight of Santa at our favorite malls, the sound of yuletide [Read More…]
Pamaskua Ti Gumil Hawaii Ken Ti Pondador
by Amado I. Yoro “Umayka nga umay, Manong,” impagedged ni Jocelyn Agustin, sekretaria ti GUMIL Hawaii. Nagranakami iti dakkel nga inaugurasion ni Hawaii Governor Josh [Read More…]
Filipinos Undeterred by High Inflation, Christmas Remittance Tradition Expected to Surge, Economists Say
by Edwin Quinabo During the global COVID-19 pandemic’s most critical year, the 2020 total remittances (money sent from abroad) to the Philippines suffered the largest [Read More…]