Wow… Looks our Councilwoman Auntie Emily Naeole got to meet the Emperor of Japan!
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Hastings and Pleadwell Win Koa Anvil Award for Puna Geothermal Work
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Damon
Congrats to Hastings and Pleadwell for their work with one of their clients Puna Geothermal Ventures. Due to their work with PGV… they have taken home a prestigious Koa Anvil Award. I just read the following tweet from Big Island Resident Laura Kinoshita: CONGRATS to Hastings and Pleadwell for Award of Excellence, Technology for work [...]
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Mayor Kenoi and Wife Takako Meets Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Damon
From Hawaii County News extended coverage at Hawaii247.org: Mayor Billy Kenoi and his wife Takako greeted Their Majesties the Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan at the Kona International Airport today to begin the Imperial visit to the County of Hawai’i. As the Emperor and Empress exited the plane they were presented with a [...]
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Big Island Press Club Out to Get Me?
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Damon
This is strange… Just as I was contemplating joining an organization I read this from one of the Big Island Press Club’s board members: Rod Thompson Says: Wow, I wrote a simple announcement and there’s a flood of comment. Here are some responses. 1. Tiffany, I wish the price were cheaper. We went to the [...]
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Stop That Ship!
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Damon
Five passengers on board the cruise ship Pacific Dawn are in isolation because of swine flu as the vessel is on a stop-over in the French Polynesian capital, Papeete. The health ministry says the five have been given Tamiflu as have an unspecified number of other people who were in close contact with the five. [...]
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Hawaii Folks Outcry for Health Care Reform
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Damon
People attending Congressman Neil Abercrombie’s second health care forum of the summer overwhelmingly supported legislative reforms to the nation’s health care system and offered different ideas on how to do it.
Filed under: Abercrombie, Announcements, Community, Education, Hawaii, Health, Legislature, State Affairs, Technology | Tagged: Health Care Reform, Neil Abercrombie | 1 Comment »
