Category: Cover Story
Filipino Americans Running for Public Office in 2020
By Jim Bea Sampaga Filipinos make up the second-largest ethnic group in Hawaii with a population of 342,095 according to the 2010 Census. It’s no [Read More…]
Filipino Community Rally to Boost Voter Turnout in First-Ever All-Mail Hawaii Election
By Edwin Quinabo What’s new? What’s old? What’s buzzworthy? — in the 2020 Hawaii Elections. The new — Hawaii will hold its first-ever all-mail election [Read More…]
The Nation Looking at Policing Reform, Systemic Racism and Race Relations
By Edwin Quinabo No one imagined there could be news so big, urgent and alarming to replace the coronavirus’ 24/7 news cycle. But it did [Read More…]
Sen. Hirono Talks SBA Loans, Budget Shortfall and Keeping Hawaii Safe During COVID-19
By Jim Bea Sampaga Hawaii is one of the few states with low coronavirus cases in the United States. As of June 5th, the state [Read More…]
Efforts in Full Swing to Safeguard Against COVID-19 Before Hawaii Reopens Tourism
By Edwin Quinabo It’s like night and day. The contrast of visitor arrivals to Hawaii went from an average of 30,000 a day in the [Read More…]
Hawaii Businesses and Workers Among Hardest Hit in Nation
Hawaii Partially Reopens Economy By Edwin Quinabo President Donald Trump said reopening parts of the country’s economy now would inevitably cost some Americans their lives [Read More…]
Trump Puts A Hold On New Green Cards In Executive Order
By Edwin Quinabo The COVID-19 crisis is revealing irony in the popular saying, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” As President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant [Read More…]
Americans And Businesses Struggling To Stay Afloat During COVID-19 Crisis
By Edwin Quinabo Americans are shook up and reeling over two simultaneous crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — public health and the economy. They [Read More…]
COVID-19 Raises Greater Urgency in Health Care, Is It Time For Universal Health Care?
By Edwin Quinabo Stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic quickly took an immediate and dramatic toll on businesses. Last week [Read More…]
