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date: 2024-09-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Mele on the Mauna is UH Maui College Associate Professor Keola Donaghy’s first book.
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date: 2024-09-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Hawaiʻi’s native crow is the focus of works by a Windward CC administrator.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/06/celebrating-the-alala-art-words/
date: 2024-09-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
“Dr. Pimple Popper” has nothing on JABSOM alumnus Daniel Sugai.
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For much of the past three years, employers were fighting one another for workers. Now the tables have turned a bit. Few employers are firing. Layoff rates remain near record lows. But fewer employers are hiring.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. 5 election, during a wide-ranging speech in which he laid out his economic vision for the country.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>RAMSEY, Minn. — It’s not your average solar farm.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A Honokaa power plant that provides about a third of the electrical power for the island is planning an upgrade.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Present and future homebuyers and sellers are invited to learn more about the housing industry at the annual Home Fair and Expo in Hilo this weekend.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The state Department of Education announced Thursday that four previously suspended school bus routes in East Hawaii will be reinstated starting Monday.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — Earlier this week, the 51st annual Queen Lili‘uokalani Canoe Race — the world’s largest outrigger event — wrapped up at Kailua Pier, and the five-day event was nothing short of spectacular.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>There was nothing sad about the tears that welled up in Miliana Sylvester’s eyes as Hawaii Pono’i played prior to the start of Friday’s Rainbow Wahine volleyball season opener.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Honoka‘a 3, Kealakehe 2</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Ali‘i Challenge continues to be the Big Island’s most iconic long-distance swim race as after nearly four decades, athletes are still inspired to tick off this bucket list event.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kansas City rookie first-round pick Xavier Worthy caught a 35-yard touchdown pass and ran for a 21-yard score as the Chiefs began their quest for a third straight Super Bowl title with a thrilling 27-20 win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the NFL’s regular-season opener on Thursday night.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Shelsa “Chacha” Gale Pili Aloha Bush, 41, of Hilo died July 23 at home. She was born in Honolulu. Celebration of life 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Onekahakaha Beach Park, Pavilions 2 and 3. Service at 11 a.m. Lunch at noon. Casual or beach attire. Survived by husband, Taylor Tahara of Hilo; daughter, Dhallys Nahoku of Hilo; mother, Althea “Gummy” Bush of Keaau; brother, Clint (Grace) Bush of Keaau; hanai parents, Paul “Pop Pop” and Donna Moffett of Hilo; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/06/obituaries/obituaries-for-september-6-10/
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The number of teenagers who reported using e-cigarettes in 2024 has tumbled from a worrisome peak reached five years ago, raising hopes among public health officials for a sustained reversal in vaping trends among adolescents.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The 59-year-old man fatally shot Saturday night on Oahu after he rammed his neighbor’s home with a front loader and shot and killed three women had threatened gun violence against his victims’ family twice before, an attorney representing a family member says.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden on Thursday pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges in Los Angeles after telling his legal team that he refused to subject his family to another round of anguish and humiliation after a gut-wrenching gun trial in Delaware three months ago.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>It’s been 15 years since workers earning the federal minimum wage got a raise. The cost of living has gone up more than 45% since then, with rents and home prices rising faster than incomes in most regions of the country. Yet the nation’s wage floor has stayed stuck at $7.25 an hour. </p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JEFFERSON, Ga. — The threat posted online last year to “shoot up a middle school” was the kind that authorities have become all too familiar with in the United States.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A unique fashion show will help celebrate six decades of the Big Island Substance Abuse Council and the dedicated support and services it has given to Hawaii Island individuals and families on the road to recovery from drug or alcohol abuse.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Like Joe Biden last June, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is the candidate with the most at stake when the two general election nominees appear together next week for the first time in the 2024 presidential race.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>From 1962 through 1971, more than 7,000 young American volunteers for the newly created Peace Corps underwent training in Hilo and other Hawaii Island locations for service in Asia and the Pacific Islands.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The He Hali‘a Aloha No Lili‘uokalani Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Hilo’s Lili‘uokalani Gardens.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police say a 7-year-old boy was injured and a 71-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of negligent injury early Thursday evening after the man crashed his car into the living room of a Hilo home.</p>
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
In parts of the United States, visiting public libraries is a popular pastime, and the director of the Guam Public Library System hopes that one day the same can be said for Guam. As part of this effort, the library…
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Department of Education is trying to dig itself out of its current state of emergency and once the last four schools are inspected, the emergency declaration will end. Completion could come by the end of September, but the…
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
Samson Shapucy will spend another 10 years in prison for using a speargun to fatally stab Kifirston Aiken in Dededo two years ago.
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
Last weekend medical professionals spent their time learning about advances in health care in a continuing education course called the Advances in Healthcare & International Collaboration Conference, including the latest in arrhythmia management using the Apple Watch.
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has recognized Guam’s efforts in reporting critical data to CMS through the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, or T-MSIS, by listing the island as a beneficiary, according to the Guam Department of Public…
date: 2024-09-06, from: Guam Daily Post
Republican Sen. Frank Blas Jr., minority leader at the Guam Legislature, and Shirley Mabini-Young, a Guam national committewoman and member of the Republican National Committee, have called out Sen. Thomas Fisher for not being a registered member of the Republican…
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
President Surangel Whipps Jr. announced on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, that the United States government will provide a $20 million grant to the Palau government to support reforms. The funds will be used to support the Civil Service Pension Plan, Palau’s government retirement program. Whipps revealed that he discussed various areas of cooperation with U.S. […]
The post Whipps proposes to allocate $20 million US grant to Pension Plan appeared first on Island Times.
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang Koror, Palau – The number of tourists visiting Palau in July saw a decline compared to the previous month of June. A total of 4,826 tourists visited Palau in June, but the figure dropped to 4,692 in July. Efforts to obtain these tourist arrival figures from the Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) […]
The post Palau sees decline in Tourist Numbers for July; Chinese visitors lead increase appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau — Today, September 6, marks the final day for voter registration ahead of the upcoming general election. New voters who wish to participate in the November 5 election must register by 5 p.m. today. Palauan citizens can register at the Election Office. According to the election commission, a birth certificate or valid passport […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
A close contest KOROR (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — Palau’s presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most distinctive in Palau’s recent history. On 05 November, two prominent political figures—who also happen to be brothers-in-law— will face off for the second time. However, political observers anticipate that the election outcome may remain uncertain […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Former President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. is eligible to run again for the Office of the President, according to a legal opinion from the Attorney General provided to the Palau Election Commission (PEC). The clarification came in response to a letter from Senator Rukebai Inabo dated July 30, 2024, in which she requested the PEC […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Presidential candidate Tommy Remengesau Jr. criticized an article published by ASPI Strategist, the commentary platform of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, on September 2, 2024, which labeled him as “pro-Beijing” and claimed that if he were elected president, Palau’s relationship with Taiwan could be jeopardized. The article suggested that the upcoming general election “may determine […]
The post Remengesau rejects ‘Pro-Beijing’ label amid election allegations appeared first on Island Times.
https://islandtimes.org/remengesau-rejects-pro-beijing-label-amid-election-allegations/
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By: Eustoria Maria Borja NGERULMUD — The Senate of Palau’s 11th Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) has passed Senate Bill No. 11-111, SD 4, the proposed national budget for FY 2025, which includes a rider that classifies fentanyl as a controlled substance, marking a proactive step by the island nation to address the global opioid crisis. […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau – The lack of explanation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE) regarding a significant decline in the semum (trochus) population is causing concern. A recent survey conducted by both the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) and MAFE reported the decrease. The decision to open […]
The post Palau awaits answers on significant Trochus decline amid harvesting debate appeared first on Island Times.
https://islandtimes.org/palau-awaits-answers-on-significant-trochus-decline-amid-harvesting-debate/
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By: Eustoria Maria Borja Vice President and Minister of Justice Uduch Sengebau Senior and several key officials provided updates on Palau’s ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking during a live-streamed Ministry of Justice Family Hour on September 5, 2024. The Vice President was joined by Special Assistant on Legal Matters Asterio Takashi, Bureau of Public […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
On Aug 27-29 Sharisse Ngiraked, Manager Statistics & Planning, Janine Tewid, Marketing Representative II and Kiruu Kanai, Digital Marketing Representative of the Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) participated in the PATA Travel Mart 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, where it joined forces with other Micronesian tourism offices to promote the region. The event was an essential platform […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Since the school year 2005, the Late Former Speaker Tadao Ngotel began his private scholarship in hopes of helping Ngarchelong students achieve their goals of higher education. This year marks the 20th year of the Speaker Tadao Ngotel Scholarship, one of the private scholarship programs administered by the Palau National Scholarship Board. It is a […]
The post Iyar III wins the speaker Tadao Ngotel Scholarship for SY 2024-2025 appeared first on Island Times.
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Palau National Scholarship Board (PNSB) awarded the Masami Siksei Memorial Scholarship (MSMS) to Fabian Iyar, III for this school year 2024-2025. The late Mr. Masami Siksei was a strong advocate for education and his family has established this scholarship as a tribute to him. A recipient of this scholarship must major in a preferred field […]
The post Fabian Iyar, III Wins the Masami Siksei Memorial Scholarship for SY 2024-2025 appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Across 4 days in August, outreach officers from the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) attended multiple familiarization tours hosted by the Palau Visitors Authority (PVA). PVA rolled out a series of tours for industry partners to familiarize and discover new community based ecotours. The attendance at these tours was influential in deciphering how PICRC […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
– A City-to-City Collaboration for a Zero-Carbon Society Ordomel, Airai – August 27, 2024 – A momentous ceremony took place at the Bai ra Melengel in Ordomel, Airai, marking the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Airai State Government and Urasoe City of Okinawa Prefecture. This landmark agreement underscores their shared commitment […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
It isn’t right that the very first official trip of this government to Taiwan was to enrich a company by signing a business deal with ChaTime Tea Company of Taiwan among others. This kind of favoritism undermines the principles of fair governance and transparency. It isn’t right that military contracts and land leases and rentals […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Understand that change is an inescapable and enduring part of life. Embrace this reality, and you will gain the ability to navigate the constant ebb and flow of change, feeling empowered and in control. Instead of being stuck in one place, you’ll learn to adapt, evolve, and thrive. It’s crucial to recognize that the world […]
The post Embrace Change; It’s Unstoppable. appeared first on Island Times.
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By Tonga reporter Marian Kupu, Samoa reporter Adel Fruean and the Pacific Local Journalism Network’s Nick Sas NUKU’ALOFA/APIA/CANBERRA, 05 SEPTEMBER 2024 (ABC NEWS) — Senituli* describes it as “easy” — that was, until he got caught. Sitting in a bare room inside Tonga’s only prison, wearing a traditional Tongan short-sleeve shirt, the former drug trafficker […]
The post Former drug traffickers reveal their methods to import meth and cocaine into the Pacific, as authorities look to turn the tide on smuggling appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
By Julia Bergin In short: (ABC-Australia) Amid a spate of natural disaster warnings, Japan’s supermarkets are running short of rice with consumers asked to limit their purchases. Local media have blamed a range of factors including a poor yield last year, climate change, and an influx of international tourists. What’s next? Experts say governments need to […]
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date: 2024-09-06, from: Island Times
Taylor Swift, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Super Bowl contenders By Michael Doyle (ABC-Australia) America’s game is back. The National Football League returns for season 2024 with the Kansas City Chief trying to achieve the first three-peat in the Super Bowl era. Despite winning three of the past five Super Bowls, the Chiefs have will battle […]
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date: 2024-09-06, updated: 2024-09-06, from: Marianas Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday, a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the U.S. presidential election.
date: 2024-09-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Food and fun were featured at the Welina Mānoa event for students.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/05/welina-manoa-2024/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Pacific Island Times
President Ishmael Toroama eyes Melanesian Spearhead Group as first stop in ‘external relations’ foray By Stefan Armbruster Brisbane…
date: 2024-09-05, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
The NBA will return to the SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center at the University of Hawaii where the LA Clippers will hold their training camp and play the Golden State Warriors on October 5.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Pacific Island Times
By Kalafi Moala The eventful week of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) concluded on Friday evening with speeches of…
date: 2024-09-05, from: Pacific Island Times
Guam’s public schools didn’t open on time. It was absurdly predictable— a ready-made, recyclable headline from years past. Only this…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/selective-elective-amnesia
date: 2024-09-05, from: Pacific Island Times
Amid unresolved chronic dysfunction, the governor insists the problem is out of her hands By Naina Rao Guam’s 41 public schools were…
date: 2024-09-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The new shop will feature officially licensed UH Hilo Vulcan merchandise customized for each participating athlete.
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date: 2024-09-05, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan They used to be mere footnotes to diplomatic policies. Cold-shouldered by the world’s superpowers and left out of…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/the-great-power-of-small-pacific-islands
date: 2024-09-05, from: Island Conservation News
With sea levels on the rise, how are the coastlines of islands transforming? Read on to find out how dynamic islands really are!
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date: 2024-09-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The Culinary Institute of the Pacific and the Culinary Institute of America selected 32 local professionals for their first cohorts.
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date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-06, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - If you struggle to maintain smooth skin, free from unwanted hair all summer long, you might wonder how champions from a Team USA athlete to a top dermatologist manage it.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
(Special Advertising Feature) — Docomo Pacific, the regional leader in innovation, telecommunications, and entertainment, is proud to announce the establishment of its new call center in Saipan, a significant expansion of its operations in the CNMI.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
NATIONAL Novel Writing Month is November. It’s not too late or too early to start thinking about the book you want to write. September is a perfect month to ease into writing mode. The best way to do that is to read. As best-selling author Stephen King said, “If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” We’ll write a lot in November, but now is the time to read a lot.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
“IT isn’t over till it’s over” is a saying that was proven true by the underdogs, Sliding Dirty, as they battled Lady Sufa twice to win the women’s division championship of the 1st CNMI Labor Day Tournament, which concluded Sunday at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Baseball Field.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Shota Imanaga threw the first seven innings of a combined no-hitter as the host Chicago Cubs recorded a 12-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing for her highly anticipated Sept. 10 debate with Donald Trump by focusing on ways to unnerve the Republican candidate and draw attention to his frequent falsehoods on policies and recent history, all with an eye toward social media, aides and advisers say.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
SWISHAS are off to a strong start in the Win Pacific Corporation Invitational Basketball League 2024 after stunning Unity Trade, 93-74, at the Gualo Rai basketball court on Tuesday.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
(NYMWPS) — In celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Philippine victory in the Arbitral Tribunal and the ninth founding anniversary of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea, a peaceful and transglobal organization that has been advocating for the Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity since 2015, the public is cordially invited to attend a free Zoom webinar.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
(BECQ) — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality analyzes water samples collected from Managaha’s recreational beaches and dock as part of the regularly scheduled sampling. None of the samples collected this week contained excessive concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria nor did they exceed CNMI marine water quality standards. Therefore, BECQ assigns all of the sampled beach sites a green flag.
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
Unbelievable
date: 2024-09-05, updated: 2024-09-05, from: Marianas Variety
MANY of us believe that government led by experts, highly intelligent individuals, and the virtuous can solve societal problems that have bedeviled humanity since ancient times. We cling to this belief despite the dismally endless proofs of government incompetence throughout history, here and elsewhere.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Keira Deer his hands shake as he shows me his photographs. oil in water, he says. ______several quarts per day. micro-volleys, climbing from underwater fuel tanks, and laying like dancing ribbon, like ghosts arriving to their new lives. ______secrets … Continue reading
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/09/05/oil-in-water/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The state Department of Health recommends the recently updated 2024-2025 flu and COVID-19 vaccines for all people 6 months of age and older, as well as the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization for newborns and infants, pregnant women, adults over 75, and those 60-74 with certain chronic medical conditions.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/05/hawaii-news/doh-get-immunized-against-covid-rsv/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BERLIN — Russian scientists helped make their country a leader in developing cutting-edge missiles that fly at least five times as fast as the speed of sound. Then Russia started calling them traitors. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Department of Land and Natural Resources enforcement officers cited four Big Island men Sunday for illegally taking lobsters on the opening day of lobster fishing season.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday sought to put daylight between herself and President Joe Biden on tax policy, making it the first issue on which she is trying to stand apart from an administration in which she holds a key role.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hours after the Trump and Harris campaigns agreed to rules for their first presidential debate, former President Donald Trump sought to instill doubt that the debate would be fair, downplayed his need to prepare and suggested he was more worried about the network hosting the debate than his opponent. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — As Donald Trump’s criminal trial wrapped up in May, one of his lawyers wanted to give the jury unusual instructions that would have made it harder to convict him. A special case warranted special rules, the lawyer argued, and the first prosecution of a former U.S. president was “obviously an extraordinarily important case.” </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Rookie Caitlin Clark collected 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for her second career triple-double, lifting the Indiana Fever to a 93-86 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday in Indianapolis.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i girls volleyball made quick work of its doubleheader Tuesday night at home in Kea‘au. The Warriors made up for their postponed match from the island’s tropical storms from two weekends ago.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The NFL season kicks off this week with the Kansas City Chiefs eyeing an unprecedented run of dominance, San Francisco 49ers still stinging from their Super Bowl loss and Aaron Rodgers hoping to showcase his pre-injury form with the New York Jets.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — World No. 1 Iga Swiatek crashed out of the US Open as American Jessica Pegula finally ended her Grand Slam quarterfinal hoodoo on her seventh attempt.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>After their NCAA basketball teams played each other in 2016, coaches Roy Williams of North Carolina and Eran Ganot of Hawaii agreed to a rematch in 2020.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Changes to Hawaii County ohana housing regulations are on the verge of passage after Wednesday’s County Council meeting.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BOSTON — Welfare recipients can’t use ATMs in casinos and pot shops, but that didn’t stop them from firing up EBT cards in Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, California, Florida, and Alaska.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Report: Hunger in US continued multi-year rise in 2023</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Tevita Puloka Haunga, 75, of Laupahoehoe died Aug. 3 in Salt Lake City. Born in Tonga, he was a retired general contractor and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Visitation 9-10:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Honomu Ward. Casual attire. Funeral service 11 a.m.- noon. Private burial to follow. Survived by wife, Sharman of Laupahoehoe, HI, sons, Keala (Heather) Haunga of Lehi, Utah, Bronson (Nalani) Haunga of Hamakua, Viliam (Natalie) Haunga of Kaumana and Tylan (Hau) Haunga of Hilo; daughter, Tevai (Sione) Hausia of Hayward, Calif.; 24 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/05/obituaries/obituaries-for-september-5-6/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — A federal judge is set to weigh Thursday whether former President Donald Trump, in the critical weeks leading up to the November election, will face court fights over the Washington-based criminal case about his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>ATLANTA — Four people were shot dead at a high school northeast of Atlanta on Wednesday, Georgia law enforcement officials said, the deadliest school shooting in the United States this year and a wrenching start to the new school year.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings dropped to a 3-1/2-year low in July, suggesting the labor market was losing steam, but the reduction on its own is probably not enough to warrant a half-percentage-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve this month. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced Wednesday an indictment against two Russian nationals and a move to seize 32 internet domains in a push to combat what authorities described as covert foreign influence operations targeted at the American public.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing for her highly anticipated Sept. 10 debate with Donald Trump by focusing on ways to unnerve the Republican candidate and draw attention to his frequent falsehoods on policies and recent history, all with an eye toward social media, aides and advisers say. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>This can’t keep happening. With trust in government already ebbing, there’s yet one more reason to question the integrity of the office that distributes key data about jobs and prices. The problems at the Bureau of Labor Statistics need to be addressed quickly for the good of financial markets, the economy and public confidence in the state.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/05/opinion/bls-data-slipups-are-becoming-a-pattern/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>How was the chicken prepared? That’s the punchline to a joke that occurred to me when an avid Trump-supporting MAGA friend sent me an article calling into question some aspects of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s military service record.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/05/opinion/how-was-the-chicken-prepared/
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Mexico’s lower house approved the general text of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s judicial system, which seeks to elect all federal judges by popular vote, something that opponents say will put democracy at risk. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>What began as routine haggling over the rates satellite TV provider DirecTV would pay to distribute Walt Disney’s television networks is turning into a referendum on the future of bundled programming, executives and experts said. </p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For a week now, Donald Trump has been facing heat over his appearance at Arlington National Cemetery— the final resting place of hundreds of thousands of service members, including from recent conflicts — during a wreath-laying for troops killed in an attack during the botched Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago, a low point of the Biden administration.</p>
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
Three Blind Mice announced its upcoming production of the beloved musical “Into the Woods,” set to take the stage at the Veritas Hall at Dominican Catholic School in Yigo from Sept. 19-22.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
The Panda Cares Foundation provided a grant of more than $124,000 to the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, which has spent a portion of the funds on equipment for the hospital’s youngest patients, GMHA announced in a press release.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
Republic of Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. was on Guam earlier this week campaigning ahead of his nation’s general election in November. Whipps is racing against his brother-in-law and former Palau President Thomas Remengesau Jr.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
A trio of lawmakers has introduced several appropriation measures seeking to channel funding into various education, safety and cancer care initiatives in response to reported shortfalls in the fiscal year 2025 budget bill.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
The dismissal of a government corruption case last week “is procedurally defective and void,” according to the Office of the Attorney General.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
A woman accused a man unknown to her of stalking, threatening to kill, and throwing items at her earlier this year.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
A 17-year-old boy has accused his former teacher of sexually assaulting him and asking for nude photos of the student.
date: 2024-09-05, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is now tracking 46 projects, six of which have been completed using funds from a $20 million American Rescue Plan Act grant, officials reported to the GMHA board of trustees during the board’s meeting last…
date: 2024-09-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Michael Griffin is the recipient of the Award of Excellence and The People’s Choice Award for his Mauna Kea Residence.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/04/honolulu-cc-grad-top-student-architecture-design/
date: 2024-09-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Taiko classes at Kapiʻolani CC are for various ages and skill levels.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/04/taiko-classes-kenny-endo-kapiolani-cc/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A home game against North Carolina, a road one against Grand Canyon, and the Diamond Head Classic are among the highlights of the University of Hawaii’s 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Pacific Island Times
By Jayvee Vallejera The streams of U.S. dollars that the three freely associated states will receive under their renewed bilateral…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/cofa-funds-will-be-better-spent-if
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Anthony Amend anticipates identifying potentially hundreds of novel yeast species.
The post Discovering yeast in Hawaiʻi could answer larger questions first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/04/discovering-yeast-in-hawaii/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
This week’s image is from Lyon Arboretum’s Luana Low.
The post Image of the Week: Bat flower first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/04/image-of-the-week-bat-flower/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CHICAGO — In the NFL, nobody wins without a game-changing quarterback. The Chicago Bears understand the nuance of that statement impossibly well.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — American Taylor Fritz prevailed 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) in a gripping slugfest against fourth seed Alexander Zverev at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday to move into the U.S. Open semi-finals for the first time.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>William Franklin (Bill) Eger, 89, of Hilo died Aug. 16 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he was a journalist for the former Atlanta Journal, the former New York Herald Tribune, United Press International and Texas radio, a speechwriter for California Democrats, with wife, K.T. Cannon-Eger, operated the former Cannon and Eger Public Relations, helped form the Maui and Hawaii Island Economic Development Boards and Friends of Lili‘uokalani Gardens, was educated at Texas Tech and the University of Chicago and was a member of Puna Hongwanji Mission, the Maui and Big Island Press Clubs, the Rotary in Maui and Hilo and was president of the Navy League in Hilo. His hobbies included golf, gardening and building ship models. Visitation 10-10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at Puna Hongwanji Mission in Keaau. Memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to Puna Hongwanji Mission, Hawaii Care Choices or Friends of Lili‘uokalani Gardens. Survived by wife, K.T. Cannon-Eger; daughter Denise (Beck) Borges of Austin, Texas; son, retired Army Lt. Col. William Burl (Anita Ho) Eger of Portland, Ore., three granddaughters; cousins, nephews and nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/04/obituaries/obituaries-for-september-4-10/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. government’s first-ever negotiated prices for prescription drugs are still on average more than double, and in some cases five times, what drugmakers have agreed to in four other high-income countries, a Reuters review has found.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses on Wednesday, a tenfold increase over existing relief and her latest economic policy aimed at winning over middle-class Americans after jumping into the presidential race over a month ago. </p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WELLINGTON (Reuters) — New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government said on Tuesday, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector the higher levy will deter visitors. </p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. small business startup applications are surging this year with sentiment improving in the sector after a rocky post-pandemic period as inflation eases, a U.S. Treasury report showed on Tuesday. </p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p><strong>US charges Hamas leaders over Oct. 7 attack on Israel</strong></p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaii County Council is on the cusp of advancing a bill that would let everyday folks play a major role in reducing the island’s housing shortage.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/04/opinion/council-bill-could-ease-housing-shortage/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Trump and the
right-wing media</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/04/opinion/your-views-for-september-4-6/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TORONTO (Reuters) — Canada is closing its doors to more visitors and temporary residents by approving fewer visas and turning away more people who reach its borders with official documents, according to government data obtained by Reuters. </p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>It all started for Taiana Tolleson as a 6 year old.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A Chinese social media influence operation is impersonating U.S. voters, denigrating U.S. politicians and pushing divisive messages ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the United States, new research by intelligence company Graphika showed. </p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>After a horn blew as their signal, students from Ke Ana La‘ahana Public Charter School excitedly jumped into the water together Tuesday as the first swimmers to enter the newly rebuilt NAS Swimming Pool.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The long-delayed opening of the Hawaii County Emergency Call Center has been pushed back once again because the facility on July 29 failed a building inspection.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/04/hawaii-news/new-call-center-fails-inspection/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 38-year-old Papaikou man is facing numerous charges for the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl that began more than a decade ago.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A humpback whale’s tail is as unique as a fingerprint. The lobes, or flukes, at the end of the tail have scalloped edges that vary from whale to whale; the undersides feature distinct black-and-white patterns that mark a whale for life.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A proposal to legitimize roadside merchants on Hawaii County roads still needs to cook for a little longer.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/04/hawaii-news/roadside-vendors-bill-stalls/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Night re-striping work is being done on Highway 130, Keaau-Pahoa Road at the intersection of Shower Drive in Puna, weeknights, 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., weather permitting.</p>
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
Editor’s note:
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
Sean Brown received strong support to be the next magistrate judge of the Superior Court of Guam.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
A warrant of arrest was issued in the Superior Court of Guam for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at the Department of Youth Affairs.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
The public had the opportunity to testify on a bill seeking to clear “legal clouds” surrounding Chamorro Land Trust Commission leases during a public hearing Tuesday, where certain concerns were raised, including from a CLTC employee who said the mechanism…
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
The Department of Public Health and Social Services is informing the community that Guam is entering flu season.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
A 57-year-old man was accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl known to him after the girl agreed to massage the defendant.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
A father facing charges related to the death of his 1-year-old son wants to go to trial.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
The Civil Service Commission has dismissed the adverse action appeal filed by former Guam Memorial Hospital Authority program coordinator June Perez now that the parties have reached a settlement in the case.
date: 2024-09-04, from: Guam Daily Post
A former Guam Police Department officer’s criminal case stemming from an altercation last year has been resolved, according to his attorney.
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Kepakemapa—September.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-kepakemapa/
date: 2024-09-04, from: Pacific Island Times
By Myracle S. Mugol Pacific island economies must adopt “responsible tourism” by targeting “environmentally conscious” visitors,…
date: 2024-09-04, from: Pacific Island Times
By Naina Rao (KPRG/Pacific Island Times) The multinational naval exercise Pacific Vanguard 2024 kicked off on Aug. 24 in Guam, bringing…
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The celebration included activities that honored Native Hawaiian culture and brought the Queen’s historical stories to life.
The post E Liliʻu Ē: UH Mānoa tribute to Queen’s legacy first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/e-liliu-e-tribute-to-queens-legacy/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
UH Mānoa stood out among more than 50 higher education institutions.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/uh-manoa-top-25-for-graphic-design/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The UH football team ended just short of upsetting UCLA falling 16-13.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/uh-ucla-nationally-televised-game/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Steve Allnutt, a former UH swimmer arrives with a decade of coaching experience.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/allnutt-named-swim-dive-head-coach/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Ruth Gutiérrez Delgado will offer classes on film, culture and literature in the Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/spanish-film-expert-fulbright-scholar/
date: 2024-09-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Scientists will be looking for rocks on Mars’ crater rim that might provide detailed insights into the earliest period of the planet’s history.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/mars-rover-expedition/
date: 2024-09-03, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The study focused on the Filipino population in Hawaiʻi.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/filipino-cultural-values-covid/
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-09-03, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
UH Mānoa faculty and students participate in a summer course focused on urbanization, climate change and resilience challenges.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/indonesia-uh-supported-learning/
date: 2024-09-03, from: Pacific Island Times
Koror – Palau’s presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most distinctive in Palau’s recent history. On Nov. 5, two…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/palau-s-2024-presidential-election-a-close-contest
date: 2024-09-03, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates September 2024 faculty and staff anniversaries.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/03/september-2024-anniversaries/
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios confirmed the transfer of $80,000 to the Health Network Program, Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. Chief Executive Officer Esther L. Muna said on Tuesday.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
THE Northern Marianas Housing Corporation’s board of directors on Tuesday announced the appointment of Zenie P. Mafnas as NMHC’s corporate director.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
THE Department of Public Safety supports Senate Bill 23-31, which proposes to release civil or criminal liability upon transfer of vehicle ownership.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
SAYING that the ban on silencers, sound suppressors, or sound moderators are unconstitutional, U.S. Army veteran Paul Murphy sued Department of Public Safety Commissioner Anthony Iglecias Macaranas, in his official capacity, in federal court for violations of the 2nd and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
POLICE Officer Zsazsa Manahane has been charged with one count of storage of firearm violation.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
JAPANESE dancers from Guma Famagu’on Tano’ Yan I Tasi spoke positively about their experience in collaborating with the Chamolinian Cultural Village’s CNMI Domatsuri team at the 26th Annual Nippon Domannaka Festival in Nagoya, Japan.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Monday that U.S. Steel should remain in domestic hands, making a pitch alongside President Joe Biden to working-class voters in Pennsylvania who are also being courted by her rival.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-04, from: Marianas Variety
ASIDE from the top three finishes, several individuals also shared the spotlight as age group category winners of the Run Saipan Labor Day Half Marathon and 5K Fun Run 2024 at American Memorial Park on Saturday morning.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
(AP) — Just like in the movies, Deadpool can’t be killed.
date: 2024-09-03, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
LONDON (Reuters) — Nicole Kidman brings murder mystery “The Perfect Couple” to the small screen in a new Netflix mini-series in which she plays a matriarch of a wealthy American family with plenty of secrets.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LANSDALE, Pa. — Nikki Haley had been out of the Republicans’ presidential race for more than a month when Linda Kapralick and Cathleen Barone cast their ballots for her in Pennsylvania’s primary, so eager were they for an alternative to former President Donald Trump.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hilo is the hula capital of Hawaii, therefore the world — but outside of Merrie Monarch Festival week, hula that appeals to locals as well as visitors is seldom a part of Hilo’s entertainment scene.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>DETROIT — Vice President Kamala Harris, seeking to press her advantage with union voters, stormed into Detroit for a Labor Day union rally Monday, telling organized-labor supporters that the country celebrates unions “because unions helped build America.”</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Two weeks have passed since the proposed $1.9 billion merger between competitors Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines cleared what is traditionally considered its most significant regulatory hurdle. Now what?</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — Konawaena football displayed brillancy on both ends of the field in its 56-0 rout of Kealakehe on Friday night at Waverider Stadium.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In the days before his first Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes was on a practice field with a small group of offensive players and coaches while the rest of the team worked on special teams.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek and Daniil Medvedev, the last two former champions left in the U.S. Open singles draws after a series of upsets, swept into the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows with a minimum of fuss on Monday.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall went on the reserve/non-football injury list on Monday after he was shot in the chest during a robbery attempt over the weekend.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Willy Adames homered for the fifth straight game to tie a Milwaukee record as the Brewers beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Rory McIlroy admitted that a busy schedule had him crawling to the finish line in 2024 and said he might reduce his commitments in 2025 by as many as nine tournaments.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the U.S. was close to presenting a final proposal to negotiators working on a hostage and ceasefire agreement.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JERUSALEM — Brushing aside pleas from allies and the demands of Israeli protesters for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of hostages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to maintain Israeli control along the border between Egypt and Gaza, a contentious plan that appeared to dim, if not dash, prospects for a truce.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — At least five people were shot and wounded along the route of the annual West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday, briefly disrupting — but not derailing — a crowded and colorful celebration of New York City’s Caribbean community.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CARACAS — Venezuela’s attorney general’s office said on Monday a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes amid a dispute over whether he or President Nicolas Maduro won a July election.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — Sea turtles in the Guanabara Bay of Rio de Janeiro are getting healthier after struggling for years with a tumor disease that hampers their movement, sight and feeding, and ultimately leads to their death.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Few industries were disrupted as drastically by the COVID-19 pandemic as the hospitality sector. Now, as travel has bounced back to prepandemic highs and COVID precautions have fallen by the wayside, thousands of hotel workers say they are still suffering from the lower wages and higher workloads that the pandemic period ushered in.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>There’s plenty of things to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for, and she may not win the presidential election, but shaming her to release detailed policy proposals or suggesting that she might lose without them is silly.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/03/opinion/details-are-not-required-in-elections/
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The final chapter of Jeff German’s storied journalism career has reached its somber, yet necessary conclusion.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Ihave written about Japanese curry before and had a recipe for homemade curry sauce in a past column. Cook’s Illustrated created a blend of spices with miso as an ingredient in their curry bricks. Miso adds the umami flavor the the curry brick. These refrigerated bricks can be frozen for up to three months.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/03/community/lets-talk-food-japanese-curry-revisited/
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Waianae Valley “neighbor-on-­neighbor dispute” that ended with four people dead Saturday night started with complaints about cars speeding to and from a nearby commercial party site owned by a 58-year-old man who responded with a violent rampage, according to a representative of the targeted family.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 31-year-old Papaikou man they say should be considered armed and dangerous.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/03/hawaii-news/police-seek-leads-on-wanted-man-5/
date: 2024-09-03, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A female pedestrian who died after being hit by a car in Keaau in June has been identified as 20-year-old Densiann Denno of Hilo.</p>
date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
The Palau Trial Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Jackson Ngiraingas against the Palau Reapportionment Commission, which challenged the commission’s decision to maintain a single senatorial district. The court ruled that the English and Palauan versions of Article IX, Section 4(a) of the Palau Constitution can be read together. The Palauan version uses the […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau (Aug. 29, 2024) —Over 250 employees of the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) have submitted a petition to Senate President Hokkons Baules and House Speaker Sabino Anastacio, calling for legislative changes to improve their benefits and job security. The petition comes as PPUC nears the 12th anniversary of the enactment of RPPL No. […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
By: Eustoria Marie Borja Palau’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) has long relied on its K-9 unit, established in 2002, to play a pivotal role in drug detection at the nation’s key entry points. On August 30, 2024, the Customs Drug Detector Dog Unit, led by Officer-in-Charge Mayer Julius, conducted a demonstration for […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
By: Eustoria Maria Borja KOROR, Palau — The Asia Foundation, in partnership with USAID’s Pacific RISE-CTIP initiative, held a Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Fair on Friday, August 30, at Ernguul Park to raise awareness and educate youth about human trafficking. Students from five local schools played a key role in the event, presenting their […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
Over 300 Runners Compete in Palau’s 2nd Omal Marathon By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau – Japhet Rono and Jane Wanjiru Muriuki, both won full marathon, are from Kenya and traveled to Palau to compete in the 2nd Omal Marathon. More than 330 people, including international marathoners, elementary school students, and members of the public, […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – Candidates for Governor, Legislature, and Delegate of Angaur State gathered at the Palau Community College Assembly Hall last night to address their constituents. Organized by Angaur’s chiefs, the event aimed to provide a platform for residents to hear the candidates’ plans for the state and ask questions about state government issues. This […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
The Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) has announced the end of the 10-cent fuel cost subsidy, effective September 1, 2024, due to the exhaustion of funds appropriated by the government for fiscal year 2024. The subsidy, which was applied as replacement credits to residential customers’ monthly bills, will no longer be available. The government had […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau – The Palau Senate passed the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2025 on its second reading last Wednesday, including a clarification on polling locations for the upcoming general election. According to the Senate’s standing committee report on Senate Bill No. 11-111, the committee proposed adding language to clarify […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – The Japanese community in Palau has been collecting trash throughout Koror every weekend since 2021. This week, the group was highlighted in many social media platforms and their effort appreciated and shared on social media by many Palauans. The organization called “Gomizu” has been collecting trash voluntarily around Koror every Saturday morning. […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
Family members and former Gov. Carl Gutierrez remember Gil Shinohara for his hard work, generosity and dedication to the island.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Nikkei Association announced recently in a press release that the 10th Annual Guam Nikkei Association lantern floating ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Park at Ypao Beach.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
Two men and a woman, all on pretrial release, were charged with drug possession with intent to distribute after a traffic stop.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
A 20-year-old man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2022.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority’s sole pathologist, Dr. Mohamed Alsabban, is anticipated to leave the island’s only public hospital early next year, but will continue providing services until that time, according to GMHA public information officer Cindy Hanson.
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio has initiated efforts to establish a long-term cooperative partnership between the government of Guam and the Bishop Museum in Hawaii that will address the return of latte stones and the status of thousands of CHamoru artifacts…
date: 2024-09-03, from: Guam Daily Post
Lawmakers returned to the session hall at the Guam Congress Building on Tuesday to address a number of the governor’s nominees for board members and agency heads, including Theresa Arriola, who was tapped to lead the Department of Public Health…
date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced it will remain involved in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) despite the removal of language supporting Taiwan from the forum’s recent communiqué. In a statement on Friday, MOFA urged “like-minded countries to monitor Beijing’s actions closely and protect the harmonious and stable development of Pacific island nations.” The […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
Starting Oct. 1, 2024, the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) will reduce power rates by $0.012 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) under a new billing system that incorporates a Distributed Energy Rate (DER). The DER will replace the Automatic Fuel Price Adjustment Clause (AFPAC). According to PPUC, the DER will be based on actual supplier invoices, fuel […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
We often find ourselves caught up in trying to control others, investing time and energy into analyzing their behaviors, and wrestling with the emotional toll that comes with it. But the truth is, we have no control over anyone but ourselves. Scripture reminds us, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
NUKU’ALOFA, 30 AUGUST 2024 (AAP)—The Taiwan-aligned Pacific nation of Palau has bit back at nations acting as “fronts” for China, arguing moves to sideline Taiwan disrespect the Pacific Islands Forum. The 18 member nations are gathering in Tonga this week for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, the region’s pre-eminent political summit. In the […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
In short: (ABC-Australia) China and the Philippines accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea. A Philippines spokesperson said the collision damaged the Philippines coast guard ship, but no crew members were injured. What’s next? China called on the Philippines to withdraw from the […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
In short: (ABC-Australia) Vice-President Kamala Harris has shared a statement on X, saying former president Donald Trump has “disrespected sacred ground” by taking photos at Arlington National Cemetery. Ms Harris cited reports that Mr Trump’s campaign aides created an altercation with a cemetery staffer and then took photos of the graves of war veterans. She […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
By Pita Ligaiula SUVA/NUKU’ALOFA, 02 SEPTEMBER 2024 (PACNEWS) — Pacific Islands Forum Leaders will decide at the next Forum Leaders Meeting in Solomon Islands whether to reinstate the Forum Expert Panel on Fukushima, as concerns persist over Japan’s discharge of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Forum Chair and Tongan Prime Minister, Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
NUKU’ALOFA, 02 SEPTEMBER 2024 (CNA) — Taiwan has signed a cooperation agreement with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat to continue its ongoing support of the organisation from 2025 to 2027, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced on Sunday. The pact was signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang and a representative from the […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Island Times
NUKU’ALOFA, 02 SEPTEMBER 2024 (AAP) — The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has altered the communique from last week’s summit in Tonga to remove an affirming reference to Taiwan, after an outburst from China. In a tumultuous ending to the otherwise largely-harmonious regional gathering in Tonga last week, a clause endorsing Taiwan’s status as a “development […]
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date: 2024-09-03, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The celebration of Pacific arts and culture resonated throughout the launch of the Allan Alo…
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date: 2024-09-03, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
August marked the anniversary of one of the most devastating events in modern Hawaiian history. On August 8, 2023, Lāhaina, a historic town on Maui that once served as the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, was engulfed by the…
date: 2024-09-02, from: Pacific Island Times
Majuro —Early morning on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, I had just begun the long drive to get my kids to school in my 11-year-old used Audi that…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/potholes-and-elections-in-majuro
date: 2024-09-02, from: Pacific Island Times
The United States is in the middle of a very difficult time in selecting its next president. There are self-proclaimed voices of “joy”…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/democrat-vs-republican-is-the-pacific-relevant
date: 2024-09-02, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The project has completed the first concrete reef structure, and full production is now underway for 60 units.
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date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Mikayla Maeshiro Aches linger in my always-not-young-not-old Body as time tick tick ticks on the blaring Clock, waiting for every feeling to numb Down so I can return to the Earth, a sense of innocence and a Feeling of … Continue reading
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/09/02/gracefully-i-self-destruct/
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College has announced the recipients of its 2024 Annual PROA Employee Awards, which honor employees for their outstanding performance, contributions to NMC, and commitment to student learning.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
VENICE (Reuters) — Peter Weir, the Australian director of “The Truman Show,” “Gallipoli” and “Dead Poets Society,” was handed a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival on Monday, and advised young film-makers to unplug to get ahead.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
VENICE (Reuters) — Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney and Brad Pitt admit they are disappointed their latest comedy “Wolfs” is not getting a broad cinema release and instead heading almost straight onto Apple TV.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
BUNOL, Spain (Reuters) — The streets of a town in eastern Spain were awash in red on Wednesday as revelers flung overripe tomatoes at each other in a high-spirited battle royale during the traditional Tomatina festival.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
KISS My Ace defeated Lady Starz, 25-13, 25-20, to clinch the women’s division championship of Fall Fest Volleyball Tournament 2024 at the Agape Gymnasium on Saturday.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
THE CNMI Women’s Association and the Women’s Affairs Office are grateful for the Legislature’s support of the 10th Annual CNMI Women’s Summit, CNMI Women’s Association board president Dorsha Moreno said on Friday, Aug. 30.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli protesters took to the streets for a second day on Monday and the largest trade union launched a general strike to press the government to reach a deal to return hostages still held by Hamas, after six more captives were found dead in Gaza.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Sean Manaea threw seven scoreless innings in his latest strong start and Francisco Lindor homered leading off the fourth inning Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who completed a sweep of the reeling Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
JAMES Munnis and Moira Mailed finished first in their respective divisions of the Run Saipan Labor Day Half Marathon 2024 at American Memorial Park on Saturday morning.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-03, from: Marianas Variety
I AM writing to express my deepest gratitude for the incredible support and assistance that your foundation provided to my late father Jose H. Borja during his battle with cancer. Words cannot fully capture the immense appreciation my family and I feel for the compassion and care that you extended to him during such a difficult time in our lives. When my father was diagnosed with cancer, our world was turned upside down. The journey ahead was filled with uncertainty, fear, and countless challenges. Yet, amid the chaos and heartache, your foundation was a beacon of hope and comfort to our family.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-02, from: Marianas Variety
MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-02, from: Marianas Variety
THE House of Representatives on Friday unanimously passed House Bill 23-103, which would exempt export services and the sale or exchange of securities and similar assets from the business gross revenue tax or BGRT.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-02, from: Marianas Variety
CAPTAIN Edward C. Sablan and the crew of Inaka stole the spotlight in the I Sanhalom Laguna Anglers Association’s 6th Annual Mafuti Derby with one of the biggest recorded catches, weighing 8.25 pounds, to win first place in the biggest catch category on Saturday.
date: 2024-09-02, updated: 2024-09-02, from: Marianas Variety
GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios and the CNMI government should prioritize funding the Health Network Program’s subsistence benefits, according to a beneficiary who declined to be identified.
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii homeowners and businesses have purchased nearly $38 billion in disaster insurance over the last 20 years, generating more than $23 billion in net income for insurance companies and further driving Gov. Josh Green to insist that insurers be barred from suing the entities responsible for last year’s Maui wildfires, including the state.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>About 5,000 hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 went on a limited 3-day strike at 4 a.m. Sunday over the busy Labor Day Weekend, which is expected to set traveling records.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In presidential fundraising these days, the donors who matter most are the very small and the very, very big.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Days before the debate that ended up cutting off President Joe Biden’s path to a second term, his campaign chief, Jen O’Malley Dillon, defiantly set expectations: “We are going to win,” she said in an interview with the news site Puck.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Americans are being asked to tip more often and in more places than ever before: at fast food counters and corner stores, at auto garages and carwashes, even at self-checkout kiosks. That has rankled many customers and divided employers and tipped workers.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — After a seven-year hiatus, Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino girls volleyball is back in business.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>ATLANTA — The inevitable became official Sunday afternoon at East Lake Golf Club: Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship and clinched the 2024 FedEx Cup, the first season-long championship of his PGA Tour career.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>One of the best plays for the University of Hawaii football team Saturday underscored some of the Rainbow Warriors’ deficiencies in their 16-13 loss to UCLA.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open title defence ended in a 6-3 4-6 6-3 loss to fellow American Emma Navarro in the fourth round on Sunday, the reigning women’s champion becoming the latest big name to make an early exit at Flushing Meadows this year. </p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Millions of sports fans tuning in to see U.S. Open tennis, a key National League East baseball game and one of the marquee matchups of college football’s opening weekend got an unwanted surprise Sunday night. Due to a dispute between DirecTV and the Walt Disney Company, which owns the ESPN family of channels and the ABC affiliates in eight TV markets, the channels were no longer available to the satellite operator’s subscribers. The immediate impact of the impasse was that the Atlanta Braves-Philadelphia Phillies game on ESPN and the tennis on ESPN2 were blacked out for DirecTV customers.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Emmress Ann Harpole, 75, of Hilo died July 29 at home. Born in Molokai, dhe was a retired prep cook for the former Isle’s Café. Private services. Survived by husband, Freddie “Buster” Harpole; son, Shane (Kehau) Harpole; daughters, Sandy (Al Gomes) Dacayanan and Stacy (Jason) Tomlin; sister, Yolanda (James) Cormier; brother, Charman (Harrilyn) Aiwohi; sister-in-law, Faye Yamauchi; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/02/obituaries/obituaries-for-september-2-7/
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday bombarded residential areas of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, with ballistic missiles and powerful guided bombs, wounding more than 40 civilians, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came hours after what Russian authorities said was a wave of drone attacks against energy facilities across Russia, including an oil refinery in Moscow.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Health workers on Sunday began a polio vaccination drive in the Gaza Strip aimed at preventing an outbreak of the quick-spreading disease — a daunting challenge in a besieged enclave shattered by 10 months of war and dependent on commitments by Israel and Hamas to abide by pledged “humanitarian pauses.”</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JERUSALEM — Shooters killed three Israeli police officers Sunday morning as they drove through the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the latest episode in the spiral of violence in the territory that includes attacks by Palestinian and Israeli extremists, as well as ongoing raids by the Israeli military in Palestinian cities.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Corey Lewandowski, the manager of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and a recently appointed senior adviser to his 2024 campaign, said Sunday that Trump would not change his strategy in the final weeks of a race in which he has lost ground since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden atop the Democratic ticket.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. has rarely seemed as divided by politics. The parties’ leaders and most energetic supporters see their opponents as enemies more than fellow citizens, and as a mortal threat to their hopes for the American project. Many Americans with lives beyond politics see this framing of what’s at stake — politics as a fight to the finish over the nation’s soul — as the real danger.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>At the recent central-bank symposium at Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a widely expected message on interest rates: “The time has come for policy to adjust.” He all but confirmed that the Fed would cut rates by at least a quarter-point when its policymakers next meet in September.</p>
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
There are 1,835 teacher-related positions spread out in the Guam Department of Education, a bulk of them filled, some by tapping into the pool of retired teachers, but there remain several vacancies that the department is currently trying to fill…
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
Guam’s U15 women’s national team returned home last week after its notable run in the East Asian Football Federation U15 Women’s Championship 2024 in Dalian, China, finishing second place in Group B with a 3-1 record.
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
In the war on drugs, 18 drug detection dogs would be a big help to various agencies on the front lines, but as the Opioid Recovery Advisory Council noted on Thursday, there are issues with procurement that have delayed bringing…
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
While the Guam Environmental Protection Agency develops rules and regulations for newly authorized nitrogen-reducing systems, the local industry needs to “catch up,” as no one on Guam is currently offering or has a supply of such systems, acting Guam EPA…
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
A case unsealed in federal court showed a couple defrauded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for five years and were illegally in possession of firearms.
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is reducing its reliance on travel nurses as staffing solutions, which include the recent increase in pay for nurses, are “working” to improve recruitment and retention.
date: 2024-09-02, from: Guam Daily Post
The Public Utilities Commission has greenlit a contract between the Guam Power Authority and Taiwan Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Services (TEMES) Inc. for the overhaul of the Piti 7 combustion turbine unit, authorizing the utility to expend up to $3.5…
date: 2024-09-01, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
A gift from the Leonard Hoshijo Memorial Foundation will create the first endowed chair in labor law.
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date: 2024-09-01, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
Members of the LG Eagles Global team Saipan pose for a photo. Doing business as LiveGood, the network marketing company is focused on promoting health through the use of supplements and other organic products.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
“THERE is nothing to do here. This island is not the home of our people. We have no past here and no future. We came when the military moved us and we will go when they say to go. But there is nowhere else to go, so we just wait to die here on Ebeye.”
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
TOKYO (Reuters) — At least six people were dead as Typhoon Shanshan crept eastward through Japan on Saturday, drenching large areas with torrential rain, triggering landslide and flood warnings hundreds of kilometers from the storm’s center.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
(USDOL) — A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found construction subcontractor UMS Heavy Equipment Rental Inc. in violation of federal contract labor laws while under a multi-million federal service contract for management and disposal of debris resulting from Typhoon Mawar on Guam in May 2023. Investigators determined the employer violated federal labor laws by failing to pay $80,346 in minimum and prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
AS the community returns to work after celebrating Labor Day, the CNMI Department of Labor reflects on the exceptional contributions of its workforce. In a special post-Labor Day tribute, the department highlights the achievements of its employees who were recognized during the Public Service Recognition Week on May 10, 2024.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
LIVABLE wage? Check.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
YES, Labor Day is usually the opportune moment for many families to take advantage of a long weekend by going to the beach, grilling barbecue all day, and generally bonding with one another.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
THIS Labor Day, Herman’s Modern Bakery Inc. is proudly celebrating a remarkable milestone—the 20-year journey of Robert Sierra, their dedicated Industrial Machinery Mechanic.
date: 2024-09-01, updated: 2024-09-01, from: Marianas Variety
FOR Marianas Pacific Distributors Inc.’s Salesperson of the Year 2023, Chris Nunez, rewards and recognition of his effort are the “cherry on top” of a job that he truly enjoys.
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. It was rich in nutrients, and it helped keep the sludge out of landfills.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Salvation Army opened a long-awaited overnight homeless shelter in Hilo on Friday, with plans to expand it in the future.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/01/hawaii-news/overnight-safe-space-opens-in-hilo/
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A proposal to improve road safety outside a Pahoa charter school is still a long way from fruition.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>During the week of Aug. 19-25, Hawaii Island police arrested 22 motorists for DUI.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/01/hawaii-news/police-arrest-22-for-dui-28/
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii County reportedly offered a Puna property owner $24,000 for the use of less than an acre of land needed to reopen Pohoiki Road, according to court documents.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — It didn’t look like a typical Trump rally.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>V2H can improve
your self-sufficiency</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/01/opinion/your-views-for-september-1-13/
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Mateen Bhaghani converted a 32-yard field goal with 56 seconds remaining and UCLA never led until the final minute in a 16-13 come-from-behind win over Hawaii today at Ching Complex.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Carson Beck completed 23 of 33 passes for 278 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs steamrolled the No. 14 Clemson Tigers 34-3 in Atlanta. </p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) — Jannik Sinner avoided the fate of his top rivals, reaching the fourth round of the U.S. Open while fellow top seed Iga Swiatek gained momentum in her quest for a sixth Grand Slam title after a pep talk from Serena Williams on Saturday. </p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his first FedEx Cup championship.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Authorities in Japan on Saturday evening braced for the risk of landslides and floods as Shanshan, a tropical cyclone, continued its slow advance back inland, after drenching parts of the country with record rainfall over three days.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Saturday that it had found a number of dead bodies during an operation in the Gaza Strip, asking the Israeli public to refrain from speculation about their identities.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARIS — The giant Olympic rings that were installed on the Eiffel Tower for the 2024 summer Olympic Games will become a permanent fixture on the monument, the mayor of Paris revealed Saturday.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday over a visit he made to soldiers’ graves at Arlington National Cemetery that was later used in campaign video footage.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Women’s heart disease risks and their need to start taking preventive medications should be evaluated when they are in their 30s rather than well after menopause as is now the practice, said researchers who published a study on Saturday.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Last month, the Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adopted the Island of Hawai‘i Interagency Operations Plan for Volcanic Eruptions (hereafter referred to as the Interagency Volcano Plan).</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Ilove the knack Croatians have for taking a humble stretch of craggy shoreline and turning it into a wildly romantic bar or café. In the coastal town of Rovinj, several bars and restaurants offer tables atop the town’s rocky seawall, and some provide you with a pillow — an invitation to find your own nook in the rocks overlooking the bay. As the sunset fades and the flames from tealight candles seem to brighten, you realize just how easy it is to enjoy a luxurious moment on the Adriatic coast.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/01/features/steves-exploring-croatias-coastal-delights/
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Who knew that studying espionage history is a thing? One can even make a career of it, as have a number of former spies, authors and Ph.Ds. Believe it or not, there is even a Society for Intelligence History (www.historyintelligence.org); I am a member.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/09/01/opinion/atwell-hawaiis-cloak-and-dagger-lore/
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment against Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere in the 2020 election, an effort to comply with the Supreme Court’s dangerous immunity decision from July, holding that presidents cannot be criminally investigated or prosecuted for so-called official acts. </p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>What wins college football championships? A potent defense? An explosive offense? In the era of name, image and likeness, it is money.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Connecticut Sun bounced back from Wednesday’s brutal road loss to the Indiana Fever with a 96-85 rout of the Washington Mystics in D.C. on Saturday.</p>
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
Thousands gathered at the Gov. Joseph Flores Memorial Park, or Ypao Beach, in Tumon on Sunday to celebrate the hardworking people of the Government of Guam at the annual Labor Day Picnic.
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, has approved Guam’s initial proposal funding request for using grant moneys under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program, according to press releases from the offices of Gov. Lou Leon…
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
BeHeartfelt, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless children and other island youth is back at it trying to secure donations to feed children on weekends and put a good pair of shoes on their feet for school.
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
A woman was accused of assaulting a Guam Airport Police officer responding to reports of the woman walking in the middle of the road.
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority will be funded at half of its requested budget for fiscal year 2025 and, unless the hospital receives more in a supplemental budget, hospital services could be affected severely.
date: 2024-09-01, from: Guam Daily Post
On Tuesday, three Guam Department of Education school populations will return to their home campuses following an announcement on Friday that four schools passed sanitary inspection.
date: 2024-08-31, from: Pacific Island Times
Bridgman, MI – Growing up in Michigan during the heyday of the American auto industry was exhilarating. As a kid, automobiles were No. 1…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/beep-beep-beep-here-comes-the-fast-driver
date: 2024-08-31, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Wegovy, the popular obesity drug, may have yet another surprising benefit. In a large clinical trial, people taking the drug during the pandemic were less likely to die of COVID-19, researchers reported Friday.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. — The walls of the Fish Tales bait shop near the banks of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin are lined with brightly colored bobs and lures. Big coolers hold leeches, butter worms and cans of Red Bull. On a recent morning, two fussy Dobermans were whining to be let out of a back room.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Former President Donald Trump is set to speak Friday evening to a gathering of Moms for Liberty, a conservative activist group whose priorities mirror much of his own education platform.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Visitors to Hawaii continued to decline in July, although the downturn was offset by strengthening in arrivals from Hawaii’s core U.S. West market and from Japan, Hawaii’s top international market.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BOULDER, Colo. — Minutes earlier, Deion Sanders’ Colorado team had survived a frantic final drive from a proud North Dakota State team. The Buffaloes snapped a six-game losing streak and avoided a disastrous opener with the 31-26 win Thursday night.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Miami Dolphins have stamped their approval of coach Mike McDaniel for the long haul.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARIS — To many of the athletes arriving at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, the part of the city designed specifically for them amounted to something of a utopia.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) — Defending champion Coco Gauff was tested early but righted the ship in time to secure a spot in the last 16 at the U.S. Open with a confidence-boosting 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory over plucky Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Friday.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Will Smith hit a three-run homer, Freddie Freeman belted a two-run shot and Shohei Ohtani hit a solo blast to help the Los Angeles Dodgers record a wild 10-9 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Phoenix.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — As she abruptly went from No. 2 on the Democratic ticket to No. 1, Vice President Kamala Harris had a decision to make: How should she deploy President Joe Biden on the campaign trail?</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — An Israeli air strike on an aid convoy carrying food and fuel to a Gaza hospital killed four Palestinians on Thursday, U.S.-based aid group Anera said as Israel claimed they were “armed assailants,” which the group denied.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The southern African nation of Namibia is planning to butcher hundreds of its most majestic animals to feed some of the 1.4 million people — nearly half the country — who are in a hunger crisis amid the worst drought in a century.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kiingi Tuheitia, the Maori king who called for unity among New Zealand’s Indigenous tribes during his 18 years in his ceremonial but influential role, died Friday. He was 69.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump grappled Friday with the lingering fallout from his visit to Arlington National Cemetery this week, offering an extended defense of his campaign’s actions leading up to an altercation between a Trump 2024 staff member and a cemetery official.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil blocked the social network X on Friday after its owner, Elon Musk, refused to comply with a Brazilian judge’s orders to suspend certain accounts, the biggest test yet of the billionaire’s efforts to transform the site into a digital town square where just about anything goes.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Inflation held steady in July on a yearly basis and consumer spending was robust, fresh data released Friday showed, the latest sign that progress toward cooler price increases remains firmly intact even as the economy holds up.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Petersburg, Alaska, is as pretty a seaside town as any you’ll find across the filigree of fjords and foggy islands that make up the state’s maritime coast. Statuary and floral designs evidence its proud Scandinavian heritage, and bald eagles soar across the narrow strait that separates it from a national forest. It doesn’t have room for the giant cruise ships that disgorge thousands of passengers into Ketchikan and Juneau, but it is perfectly situated for its sustaining industry: fishing.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>We’re living in an upside-down world, aren’t we?</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Today’s column comes to you as we head for Italy. We are already missing the tropical ambiance of Hawaii Island and won’t be back until two days before the Nov. 5 election. We especially want to be home for that event.</p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Texas Federal Judge J. Campbell Barker, appointed by Donald Trump in 2019, has frozen a Biden administration policy that could have helped some half-million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens get legal status. Hopefully, Barker’s stay will not be staying. </p>
date: 2024-08-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Fumie Christine Cabral, 96, of Hilo died Aug. 26 at a private care home in Hilo. Born in Hilo, she was retired. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Section 4. Casual attire. Survived by daughters, Yvonne (Rodney) Oshiro of Hilo and Annette (Milton) Terazono of Kona; son, Randy (Susan) Cabral of Volcano; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/31/obituaries/obituaries-for-september-1-12/
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
With Hope Kanemoto in their lineup, recently acquired from the Simon Sanchez High School Sharks, and Ryanna Ngirchomlei, Darien Godoy and Haylee Acda providing offensive power and defensive stops, the St. Paul Christian School Warriors, in a high school girls…
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
U.S. Naval Hospital Guam renamed a suite in the facility after a local hero who not only served the nation during the Vietnam War but also dedicated his life to healing and compassion.
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was acquitted of drug possession charges after all the evidence was presented at his trial.
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing several game rooms in late 2022.
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
If you’re a woman with a business idea, you could pitch your way into some seed money to pursue your dreams through the Elevate-HER pitch competition, a new program aimed at “empowering women entrepreneurs.”
date: 2024-08-31, from: Guam Daily Post
After spending the last half of the month debating and discussing government finances and how much funding should go where, lawmakers managed enough votes to pass the fiscal year 2025 budget bill for the government of Guam Friday afternoon.