Category: Cover Story
Filipinos Caring for Their Elderly: Home Care or Assisted Living Facility? Having Options Is Empowering
by Edwin Quinabo Senior advocacy groups have been warning of a silver tsunami for decades and a need to prepare for the rising demand in [Read More…]
Is It Time to Legalize Gambling in Hawaii? Filipino Community Have Mixed Feelings
by Chona Montesines-Sonido For as long as Hawaii residents have been visiting Las Vegas, there’s been a local appetite to legalize gambling in Hawaii. In [Read More…]
Inflation, Elections, War, Return of Filipino Community Events Top HFC’s Year in Review
by Edwin Quinabo Future historians will peg 2022 along with 2021 as critical post-pandemic years. 2022’s major challenges drawing headlines, particularly those related to the [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…]
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…]
Hawaii Filipino Chronicle Weathers Media Industry’s Economic Storms to Reach Its 30th Year in Publishing
by Edwin Quinabo It’s been a long drought for ethnic media, newspapers and broadcast stations. Weathering the severe financial environment have left many media companies [Read More…]
Hawaii’s Physician Shortage Worsens Since Pandemic, Solutions to Reverse Trend
by Edwin Quinabo Throughout the U.S., healthcare demand is growing due to an aging population, overall population increase, and a greater insured population made possible [Read More…]
GM of the Kahala Joe Ibarra: On Early Life, Managing the Hotel, and Direction of Hawaii’s Tourism
by Edwin Quinabo Before the Four Seasons Resort at Ko Olina and Aulani Disney Resort on West Oahu, or the Turtle Bay Resort on the [Read More…]
HFC’s $2,500 Journalism Scholarship Is An Investment In The Future Of Hawaii’s Media
by Edna R. Bautista, Ed.D., Journalism Scholarship Chair For the fourth year in a row, notwithstanding the financial impact of a global pandemic, the Hawaii [Read More…]
Biden Cancels Federal College Loans As High As $20,000
by Edwin Quinabo Millions of young adults and families will get a fresh start under a student loan forgiveness plan that many are already calling [Read More…]
