The largest contract to ever be awarded in the history of Honolulu has been put off yet again. The $1.4 billion rail deal is being pushed back to allow time to gather more information about the financial stability of rail company Ansaldo Honolulu JV and determine whether problems at Ansaldo’s troubled parent company could affect […]
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Honolulu Gas Prices Dip Below $4 Per Gallon
After months of gas prices hovering between $4.25 and $4.40, Hawaii gas prices are starting to head back down. Honolulu gas prices dipped below the $4.00 per gallon mark for the first time in several months, as gas prices in Hawaii are now dropping some like prices on the mainland have been for a while […]
HMSA Post Huge Earnings, Still Seeking Premium Hikes
HMSA posted earning of $12.9 million in the third quarter, yet is still seeking even more premium hikes. The popular Hawaii carrier has already raised premiums earlier this year, yet this isn’t stopping them from trying to gouge people even more. “When you have businesses going out of business left and right and people being […]
HMSA Seeks 3.6 Percent Price Hike for Insurance Premiums
Insurance carrier HMSA is seeking another price hike, this time at 3.6 percent. Literally one day after Kaiser Permanente announced they would be trying to raise prices, HMSA announces that they want to increase their prices as well. This most recent HMSA price hike comes after two years of double digit price hikes. HMSA is […]
Kaiser Permanente Wants to Raise Insurance Premiums Again
It looks as though more insurance premiums are going to be raised, this time from Kaiser Permanente. The states largest health maintenance organization Kaiser wants to raise insurance premiums by 8.8 percent stating that the rise in premiums is needed because of an aging population in Hawaii that the insurer maintains. The increase would affect […]
Hawaii Telcom Going on Strike
The union for Hawaii Telcom, the states largest telephone company, has voted to send its workers to strike, which could begin as early as this Wednesday. The union members voted 513 to 85 to authorize the strike and turn down the latest contract offer from the company. Officials from IBEW Local 1357 said workers could […]
Hawaii Airlines is Raking in Millions off of Baggage Fees
Hawaiian Airlines is currently prospering while they rake in millions off of baggage fees. While other carriers are forced to charge to break even, Hawaiian Airlines doesn’t have to. Now their quarterly reports are out and we can all see how well they are actually doing by gouging people for baggage fees. Hawaiian Airlines was […]
Visitors and Spending in Hawaii is Up From Same Time Last Year
An increase in tourists from all of Hawaii’s major markets boosted both visitor arrivals and spending in September from the same month a year earlier, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority reported today. The number of visitors rose by 4 percent to 560,707, while the amount they spent rose by $165 million to $1 billion, […]