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The HPU student and Japanese rapper Akiramen put on this show impromptu show at HPU’s Intercultural Day the other day in support of the Japan tsunami survivors. (Akiramen comes on at about 2:20) The first act is HPU Student MC Calm Drell and he puts on a freestyle rap about the tsunami here in Hawaii [...]
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Mayor Billy Kenoi reflects on his experience with the Mayors’ Institute on City Design from last years conference: Mayor Kenoi is not currently listed on the Pre-Registered attendees for this years conference which begins April 27th in Chicago, Illinois. The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership [...]
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Surveyors Favor Healthy, Local Food, While Celeb Chefs Energize Hotel Dining; Sixty-One Percent Say Texting, Tweeting, E-mailing and Calling at Table is “Rude” Media Release: Zagat released the results of its Hawaii Restaurants Survey today, revealing that the rate of dining out has declined slightly, but that restaurant service has made discernable improvements. The Survey [...]
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A 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake just hit the Big Island: Magnitude 3.1 Date-Time Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 17:56:16 UTC Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 07:56:16 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 18.843°N, 155.319°W Depth 12.8 km (8.0 miles) Region HAWAII REGION, HAWAII Distances 38 km (23 miles) SE (131°) from [...]
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Hawaii is a great place to go on vacation if your from the mainland and have a few bucks that you can spend on your family. The weather is near perfect year round and there are literally lots of free things to do all around these islands which can make for some fairly cheap vacations [...]
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Tommy Russo, the publisher of the MauiTime, has stated that he was assaulted by the Maui Police Department while he was trying to film Dog the Bounty Hunter in action on a public street. On the evening of April 12, I was assaulted by a member of reality star Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman‘s [...]
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Media Release: Brenda Ford Council District 7 and Brittany Smart Council District 6 will co-host a community meeting to provide information from the Small Business Administration (Olivia Humilde), Habitat for Humanity West Hawai‘i (Patrick Hurney), and the Hawai‘i State Civil Defense on the possibilities for financial or other assistance for damage or destruction created by [...]
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Media Release: Police Chief Harry Kubojiri and his top commanders have completed their analysis of individual comments from members of the public who participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey during December 2010. The public may view the most common concerns from the public and the chief’s responses by going to the Police [...]
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Wayne “Big Dog” Joseph, who is the Director of the Big Island Marathon and has always been a strong advocate of folks running for a healthier lifestyle got attacked by a Pit Bull yesterday on one of his daily runs! Wayne posted: …I’ve had an ongoing problem with such a person over the past few [...]
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*UPDATE* I just learned that “Cleo” is not Rhonda’s brother… but younger sister. (The mystery continues) Well ugly…. get’s ugly… what the heck is going on? I received the following direct message from the lady that went missing on the Big Island last week, Rhonda Beaulieu on my facebook account TODAY: Good morning Damon i [...]
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Media Release: Cmdr. Richard Rhinehart relieved Cmdr. Wes Schlauder as commanding officer of the Virginia-class submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) in a time honored change of command ceremony at the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Thursday, April 14. Guest speaker, Commander, Submarine Squadron 3, Capt. Daryl Caudle, praised Schlauder and his crew [...]
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The new ziplines being built by KapohoKine Adventures at the Honoli’i Mountain Outpost are currently under construction in the Honoli’i area of the Big Island. It will be open after its finish being built, “…Testing and fine-tuning will take some time, and we will keep everyone posted as to the schedule for opening the course [...]
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Media Release: Big Island police are requesting the public’s help in identifying and locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault of a female minor. The assault took place on March 12 between 6 and 6:25 p.m. in the warm pond near the Pohoiki Boat Ramp in the Puna District. The [...]
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Well I slept right through this one! Magnitude 3.2 Date-Time Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 15:21:40 UTC Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 05:21:40 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 19.232°N, 155.414°W Depth 37 km (23.0 miles) Region ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII Distances 8 km (5 miles) ENE (65°) from Pahala, [...]
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Wow… I’m amazed CBS would allow a show that is on fire like Hawaii Five-0 slip away to another network! CBS Television Distribution has sold rookie drama Hawaii Five-0 to cable net TNT. The market for the show was opened by a preemptive bid by an unidentified cable network, which immediately set prices at $2-plus [...]
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Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, April 19, from 12-2 p.m. at the Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ Kuhio Hale building in Waimea. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff and to discuss concerns with the police chief and [...]
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The Mayjah Rayjah is FRIDAY!
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So I was asked the following, “Why don’t you publish the folks wanted for contempt of court on your website……“ Well quite frankly… I don’t think it’s right that the Hawaii Police Department is blasting the pictures of these people that are wanted for something as simple as contempt for court. Someone could have missed [...]
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Media Release: Big Island police have classified the possible drowning of a cruise ship passenger Wednesday (April 13) as a coroner’s inquest. Shortly before noon, Kona patrol officers responded to Kona Community Hospital to a report of a man who was dead on arrival. Kenneth Clem, 65, of Humble, Texas, was snorkeling with his wife and [...]
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Media Release: Enjoy an evening of Hawaiian Hula and Music with Haunani’s Aloha Expressions Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Kîlauea Visitor Center, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Haunani’s Aloha Expressions is comprised of an all-Hawaiian performing group of kāne and wāhine kūpuna — elders ranging in ages from 70-90 years old. These [...]
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