Posted on May 18, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: The Hawaii State Legislature passed two significant bills in the 2011 session related to prostitution crimes. If the bills become law, both will be in effect when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference convenes in Honolulu in November 2011, at which time government, tourism, and law enforcement officials expect a surge in prostitution [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Hawaii, Legal, Legislature, State Affairs, Tourism | Tagged: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, humantrafficking, Prostitute in Waikiki, Prostitution in Hawaii, Sexual slavery, Waikiki Prostitution | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 18, 2011 by Damon
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: Bill 51 – The $1.00 bus fare increase, failed to pass the County Council by a vote of 4/4 on its Second and Final Reading. Councilmember Smart, due to constituent input and their concerns, voted against the rate increase. However, while there was mention of the kukua zones expiring at the end of [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Highway 130, Transportation | Tagged: Hawaii County Bus Fares, Reconsideration of a motion | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: WHAT: The second in a series of community forum and information sessions on geothermal development in Hawaii . The event will feature presentations from Native Hawaiians on community based models for geothermal development, cultural issues and the protection of cultural resources, OHA’s role in Wao Kele O Puna forest management, the revenue OHA [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Hilo, State Affairs, Sustainable Living, Technology | Tagged: Hawaiian Perspective on Geothermal Development, Mililani Trask, Native Hawaiian, Wao Kele O Puna | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
On the Big Island of Hawaii, Kailua Kona’s controversial issue of Development at Kohanaiki also known as Pinetrees, a local surf spot, has heated up once again. Part II – a more in depth look on the development plans for Kona Hawaii’s Kohanaiki local surf spot Pinetrees. For more information you can visit, www.kohanaiki.org Related [...]
Filed under: aloha, Big Island, Community, Environment, Hawaii, Kona, Rumors, Something New? | Tagged: Development at Kohanaiki, Kailua-Kona, Pinetrees | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
An open letter from dairy farmers on the Big Island of Hawaii shares some solutions for working with radiation problems in milk. Dear Milk Share Members, Our goal to offer high quality safe food to our community has recently been challenged in the reality of the radioactivity being released into our environment. In the past [...]
Filed under: aloha, Big Island, Blogs, Environment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Health, Rumors, Something New?, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Ionizing radiation, Milk and Honey Farm, Pahoa, Radiation Milk, Radioactive decay, Sodium Borate | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: Members of the public helped the Hawai’i Police Department celebrate Police Week on Monday (May 16) at the Hilo police station. The outdoor ceremony honored four Big Island police officers killed in the line of duty: Manuel Cadinha (1918), William “Red” Oili (1936), Ronald “Shige” Jitchaku (1990), and Kenneth Keliipio (1997). Police Week [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Hawaii, Legal | Tagged: Big Island Police Week, John F. Kennedy, Peace Officers Memorial Day | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
Want to see a couple making out? Well it looks like Honolulu is the city to do it according to Chemistry.com. If you’re the kind of person who cringes when people kiss, don’t go to Honolulu…you won’t fit in at all. For the Hawaiian city has topped a list of U.S. places where people feel [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Comedy, Entertainment, Oahu, Rumors, Something New?, Tourism, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Honolulu, PDA, Public Displays of Affection | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: In our efforts to work towards a New Day, Governor Abercrombie has asked me, as your Lieutenant Governor, to take the lead on some important initiatives – programs that will make a difference to our State, to our communities and to each of us. One such program is the Fair Share Initiative. The [...]
Filed under: Abercrombie, Announcements, Brian Schatz, Hawaii, Legislature, State Affairs | Tagged: Fair Share Initiative, Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by Damon
More than 100 volunteers helped with landscaping Media Release: On a recent Saturday, more than 100 volunteers of nearly every age gathered at the Hawaii Wildlife Center in Kapaau for a community volunteer day and the inaugural planting of native Hawaiian landscaping. Kohala Middle School students, teachers and the principal were joined by individuals representing [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, Education, Environment, Hawaii, Kids | Tagged: Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Kapaau Hawaii | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: University of Florida researchers have described a new species of land crab that documents the first crab extinction during the human era. The loss of the crab likely greatly impacted the ecology of the Hawaiian Islands, as land crabs are major predators, control litter decomposition and help in nutrient cycling and seed dispersal. [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Environment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Something New?, State Affairs | Tagged: Crab Extinction, Geograpsus grayi, Hawaiian Crab, University of Florida | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: A pattern of earthen berms, spread across a northern peninsula of the Big Island of Hawaii, is providing archeologists with clues to exactly how residents farmed in paradise long before Europeans arrived at the islands. The findings suggest that simple, practical decisions made by individual households were eventually adopted by the ruling class [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Education, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Sustainable Living | Tagged: Julie Field, Ohio State University, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: The Hawai’i Police Department is searching for a 17-year old boy reported as missing from Hilo since March 14. Jeremy Perreira-Kanakanui is described as Hawai’ian, 5 feet-5 inches tall, about 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts call the Police Department’s non-emergency line [...]
Filed under: Community, Hawaii, Kids, Missing | Tagged: Hilo Hawaii, Jeremy Perreira-Kanakanui, Missing | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Damon
The number of Native Hawaiian Law Certificates awarded to graduating Hawaiʻi law students increased to 15 this year compared to 7 in 2010, at the William S. Richardson School of Law. Media Release: The 15 awardees are diverse and composed of both Native Hawaiian and non-Native Hawaiian students: Natasha Baldauf, Amy Brinker, Elena Bryant, Maria [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Education, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Kids, Legal, UH | Tagged: Hawaiian Law Certificate, Native Hawaiian, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 15, 2011 by Damon
The 2011 Big Island Film Festival awards were held this morning at the Fairmont Orchid Resort. Festival Director Leo Sears addressed the group around 10:00 and folks started in on their food. Anna Akaka, wife of Danny Akaka, Jr., lead off the opening pule and blessed the crowd and the filmmakers for making it a [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Comedy, Entertainment, Hawaii, Kenoi, Movies and Film, Television, Tourism | Tagged: 2011 Big Island Film Festival Winners, Bait, Big Island Film Festival, County of Hawaii, Farmer's Tan, Futility, Get a Job, Kenwood Vineyards, Kristina Anapau, Layover on the Shore, Leo Sears, Mayor Billy Kenoi, Queen of the Lot, Regular Kids, Sarah Wayne Callies, The Drummond Will, The Green Tie Affair, The Historian Paradox, Thief, Trainmaster II: Jeremiah’s Treasure, Wounded | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2011 by Damon
Tonight at Ruth Chris Steakhouse at The Shops of Mauna Lani, actress Sarah Wayne Callies was the celebrity honored at the 2011 Big Island Film Festival. The following is from her Internet Movie Data Base listing: “Sarah Wayne Callies was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and is the daughter of two university professors. She graduated from [...]
Filed under: aloha, Big Island, Entertainment, Hawaii, Movies and Film, Television | Tagged: Internet Movie Database, Kristina Anapau, Sara Tancredi, Walking Dead | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 13, 2011 by Damon
Tonight there was a “Reception and Salute” to local girl Kristina Anapau at Monstera Noodles & Sushi at The Shops at Mauna Lani where she was presented with the Golden Honu Award for Acting at the Big Island Film Festival. She is a very nice young lady and most folks that I have talked to [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Movies and Film | Tagged: 2011 Big Island Film Festival, Fairmont Orchid, Golden Honu Award, Kristina Anapau | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 13, 2011 by Damon
Whoa! I’ve never seen so much water in the streets of Waikiki EVER! I’ll just call this “The Waikiki Flood of 2011″
Filed under: aloha, Environment, Hawaii, Oahu, Tourism, Unexplained Phenomenon | Tagged: Hawaii Flooding, Waikiki Flooding | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 13, 2011 by Damon
Media Release: A Waimea man is in police custody for a shooting that sent his brother to the hospital. At 3:19 a.m. Friday (May 13) South Kohala patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home on Alaneo Street in Waimea. While en route, officers received additional information that a man was at [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2011 by Damon
Today is the third day of the 2011 Big Island Film Festival that has been going on at the Fairmont Orchid and Mauna Lani Resorts properties. Tonight there will be a “Reception and Salute” to local girl Kristina Anapau at Monstera Noodles & Sushi at The Shops at Mauna Lani where she will be presented [...]
Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Entertainment, Movies and Film, UH Hilo | Tagged: Big Island Film Festival, Golden Honu Award, Kristina Anapau, Moran Cerf, Natalie Portman | 1 Comment »
