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World Wide Ed Pulpconnection Jerome’s ThoughtsBig Island police are investigating a possible drowning at South Point on Tuesday afternoon (December 20). The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Gordon Kimo Lopes of Ocean View. Kaʻū patrol officers responded to the reported drowning at 7:15 p.m. A 47-year-old Ocean View man reported that he had been on shore while his friend [...]
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The Jetlev has made it’s Hawaii appearance and is now available for rentals! The Jetlev is a patented watersports vessel that allows you to safely and easily fly up to 30 feet in the air, harnessing the power of controlled water pressure. The Jetlev pod unit pumps water from the ocean, pushes it up the [...]
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A federal jury in San Jose on Tuesday convicted a Hawaiian businessman of fraud in a tax return scam that involved a South Bay office, federal authorities said Wednesday. Eric Aaron Lighter, 61, was found guilty of 17 total counts, including conspiracies to defraud the United States, commit wire fraud and blackmail, plus witness tampering. [...]
Filed under: Hawaii, Idiots, Legal, National Affairs | Tagged: Eric Aaron Lighter, Fraud, National Trust Services in Volcano, United States | Leave a Comment »
Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCOM) has notified employees and IBEW Local Union 1357 leadership that with negotiations having reached an impasse, beginning on January 1, 2012, the Company will implement modified terms of employment consistent with the offers previously proposed to the Union. The Company must implement the changes at this time in order [...]
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Gerrymandering: In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts. The resulting district is known as a gerrymander ( /ˈdʒɛriˌmændər/); however, that word can also refer to the process. Gerrymandering may be [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Community, County Council, Hawaii, Legal, Politics, Rumors | Tagged: Gerrymandering, Hawaii County Redistricting | Leave a Comment »
Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91), assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, disrupted a group of suspected pirates close to the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), south of Yemen, Dec. 19. The Merchant Shipping Industry Best Management Practices, Version 4 (BMPv4) encourages merchant vessels to register with the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Military, National Affairs | Tagged: Pirates, US Navy, USS Pinckney (DDG 91), Yemen | 2 Comments »
On Tuesday of last week, my old friend from high school visited the Big Island with his girlfriend and we rented a boat from Kona Boat Rentals. We then rode down the Kona Coastline to Kealakekua Bay where we kicked back and talked story for a while. I showed my friends the Captain Cook Monument [...]
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