Category: Cover Story
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…]
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…]
Put Aside the Holiday Blues: We’re Thousands of Miles Apart on Christmas But Still A Family
by Edwin Quinabo Migration, even for the best of reasons, can have bitter-sweet consequences at times. From Hawaii to the US Mainland or the Philippines [Read More…]
Majority of Americans Approve of Drug Price Negotiation, Support Lowering Cost of Prescription Drugs
by Edwin Quinabo It has been decades in the making – consumer advocates and senior groups like AARP lobbying Congress and former presidents for Medicare [Read More…]
Filipinos in Hawaii Ecstatic Over Maria Ressa Winning The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
by Belinda A. Aquino, PhD. and Jim Bea Sampaga Filipinos in Hawaii are thrilled and ecstatic over the prestigious honor awarded to their fellow countrywoman, [Read More…]
Hawaii Filipinos COVID-19 Stats Dismal, Campaign to Vaccinate Ramped Up
by Edwin Quinabo Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, statistics that measure well-being haven’t been flattering to Hawaii’s Filipino community. In some areas like higher [Read More…]
Keeping Optimism in the Face of COVID-19’s Latest Surge
by Edwin Quinabo Madalyn Cachola, 61, Pearl City, says she is much more afraid of COVID-19 now with the delta strain even as vaccinations are [Read More…]
Hawaii Back to In-Person Schooling Amid Pandemic Uptick
by Edwin Quinabo Hawaii is experiencing all-time highs in rates of COVID-19 infections. Last Friday the Hawaii Department of Health reported 1,167 new cases, the [Read More…]
Assessing Filipino Empowerment in Hawaii: Its History, Challenges and Future
by Edwin Quinabo Take it to the bank: talks of Filipino empowerment – whether Hawaii’s Filipino community is in better position politically – will be [Read More…]
Federal Student Debt Cancellation Still A Possibility
by Edwin Quinabo Over 44 million college graduates are saddled in student debt ranging from an average of $30,000 to as high as over $200,000 [Read More…]
