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Someone has even drawn a political cartoon—in Japanese—featuring the happy Honolulu Chinatown Rats. [...]
It is gonna look a lot more like Christmas after Saturday December 5 2009 when the 25th Honolulu City Lights Festival brings the magic of the season to the grounds of the Honolulu Hale spreading the joy throughout downtown and midtown. This [...]
Got this press release from the SBH Foundation:
A month from today, using a cell phone (or other handheld device) while driving will be illegal on the Big Island, as a ban passed in June takes effect Jan. 1, 2010. This in the wake of a similar ban in Honolulu. The Oahu [...]
The Association of Pacific Island Legislatures will conduct it 50th Board of Directors meeting in the Senate Chamber of the Hawai‘i State Capitol this week.
The meetings are slated for 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 and at 9 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 in the Senate Chamber of the State [...]
One of Honolulu’s most delightful Holiday Traditions returns to the C’est Si Bon Ballroom at the Pagoda Hotel (1515 Rykroft St) on Friday December 4 2009. Comedian Frank De Lima’s Christmas Show is always a delight for the entire family complete with family friendly hours. The fantastic Pagoda Prime Rib [...]
The Honolulu Advertiser reports today that the state has had to change its method of allocating H1N1 flu vaccine after many doctors, and large providers like Kaiser, were given only minimal supplies.
But the first-come, first-served distribution method has forced many pediatricians to set up waiting lists for swine flu [...]
On June 28, 1982, a small group from the Honolulu Friends Meeting (Quakers), the local American Friends Service Committee (the Quaker-based social service organization), and catholic Action of Hawaii, an indpendent peace group, peacefully picketed outside the Oahu Community Correctional Center [...]
Interesting blog post on interisland shipping...State v. Wheeler (HSC November 17, 2009)
Background. Wheeler was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (HRS § 291E-61(a)(1)). The State's charges went like this:
"on or about May 31st, 2001, in the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, [Wheeler] did operate or'" [...]
