Category: Editorials
We’re Thankful for Progress in Containing Covid; And for Reaching Our 28th Anniversary
Thanksgiving is in a few days and this year we’re grateful the pandemic is far more contained and less deadly than it was last year. [Read More…]
Democrats: Pass Medicare Price Negotiation or Suffer A Big Political Price – This Is What’s at Stake
As of press time, the US House is still fleshing out details to the Build Back Better (BBB) plan. Even though Democrats have majorities in [Read More…]
HFC Scholarship Aims to Build a Future with More Local Filipino Journalists
Last month, Filipinos and journalists around the world were ecstatic that veteran Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa was selected (along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov) as [Read More…]
Labor Shortage: A Challenge for Businesses, A Sign of Workers Reprioritizing Their Values
Hawaii’s unemployment rate made a huge recovery from 21.9% last spring to Sept. 2021’s 6.6% (still higher than the national average). In real numbers, this [Read More…]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Is An Inspiration to Filipinos and the World
We are proud to join Filipino communities around the world in congratulating Philippines-based journalist Maria Ressa on being selected as the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize [Read More…]
Mabuhay to Our Community! October is Filipino American History Month
Did you know that Filipinos were the first Asians to visit North America? It will come as a surprise as to how far back it [Read More…]
DOH’s COVID-19 Outreach Efforts to Underserved Communities Are Commendable; We Need More Pop Up Vaccine Clinics
While the spread of the Delta variant has wrought havoc and paused Hawaii’s plans to reopen and rebuild, light at the end of the tunnel [Read More…]
We Welcome Global Distribution Centers to Hawaii, But Let’s Also Have Fair Labor Practices
When does speed become unethical to workers and working conditions? In today’s high tech, blitz-fast working environment, this is what California lawmakers had to balance [Read More…]
Expanding Medicare to Cover Eye, Dental and Hearing is Essential Care and Must Pass
This huge rise in Medicare Advantage enrollees suggests the cost of healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable to risk keeping only original or traditional Medicare. But [Read More…]
Hotels for Healthcare Heroes Program Is A Great Public Service Project
The Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association’s “Hotels for Healthcare Heroes” (HFHH) program is a commendable project. From Sept. 17 through the end of October 2021 [Read More…]
