Category: Cover Story
As second-worst hit by COVID-19 in Hawaii, Filipino community continues to be resilient
By Jim Bea Sampaga On Sept. 8, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell extended Oahu’s second lockdown order until Sept. 23. The “Stay-at-Home, Work-from-Home” order was supposed [Read More…]
Giving Gratitude to Frontline Workers This Labor Day
By Edwin Quinabo Just a few weeks after lifting some restrictions and launching a “soft” opening of Hawaii’s economy (tourism still largely closed), the state [Read More…]
Alyssa Acob, HFC’s First Journalism Scholarship Winner, Faces The Future With Faith During A Global Pandemic
By Edna R. Bautista, Ed.D. The future looked bright for Alyssa Jacelyn Salangsang Acob, Hawaii Filipino Chronicle’s first-ever journalism scholarship winner. In November 2019, she [Read More…]
“Medicine and Business Practice” – A Model for Success for Dr. Sonido and PCCH
By Edwin Quinabo As large corporations and venture capitalists gradually pushed out of the marketplace smaller mom-pop sized competitors in the 1990s, small private medical [Read More…]
HFC Q&A with Leading Candidates For Honolulu Mayor
By Edwin Quinabo The 2020 Election was supposed to be the big story of the year. But it has been for the most part overshadowed [Read More…]
HFC Poll Shows Filipinos Favor Hannemann By Slight Margin; Majority Still Undecided
By Edwin Quinabo Less than three weeks heading into Hawaii’s Aug. 8 Primary Election — the hotly contested race for Mayor of Honolulu City and [Read More…]
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…]
