The bankruptcy rate in Hawaii for September fell almost 30 percent (28.9 percent to be exact), as this represented the largest drop in the category for the state this year. The decline in filings was led by a 60.2 percent drop in Chapter 13 filings, which was also the largest monthly drop in its category […]
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Will More Hawaii Private Schools Follow Damien and Go Coed?
Damien has been an all boys’ school for over half a century. However, they will start to accept girls into the school beginning next fall. Why? According to President Bernard Ho, Damien is looking to expand and reach others and offer a better educational value to more students (female). “In order to expand our reach […]
Hawaii Leaves La Tech With a Convincing Victory
The University of Hawaii football team went into La Tech for the last time still surrounded by the controversy that was the beating they took in Nevada by UNLV, considered to be one of the worst teams in the nation. Many thought this game would be a loss for Hawaii, as most fans had not […]
Motorcycle Accidents Claim Three More Lives in Hawaii
Motorcycle accidents will usually pop up in the news from time to time, but it seems as though more and more people are dying of motorcycle accidents in Hawaii. Case in point, three people died in three separate accidents involving motorcycles Sunday on Oahu. The three accidents happened within a few hours of each other, […]
Warriors Make Last Visit to La Tech Hoping For a Win
The University of Hawaii football team opens its final season of WAC play with a road game at La Tech. Kick-off is 6:00 p.m. CT (1:00 p.m. HT) at Joe Aillet Stadium. The best thing about this game… it is the last time that Hawaii will have to make the trip to Ruston, LA for […]
Hawaii Basketball Coach Gib Arnold Offered a Substantial Raise
I guess the University of Hawaii Athletics program is doing better than most of us thought. University of Hawaii head basketball coach Gib Arnold has been offered a substantial raise from an already sweet deal that he was originally given. The proposed raise would make Gib Arnold the highest-paid coach in the history of the […]
Unemployment Rate in Hawaii Rises
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their latest report on unemployment around the nation and it seems that the unemployment rate in Hawaii is on the rise. Hawaii’s unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent, up from 5.4 percent. This may not seem like too much of a change, however, Hawaii doesn’t need its unemployment rates […]
Cecilio Rodriguez of Cecilio and Kapono Arrested for Child Molestation
Cecilio Rodriguez of the beloved Hawaii band Cecilio and Kapono has been arrested in California on charges of child molestation charges. More specifically, Rodriguez, 66, was arrested at a home in Carson, California on a warrant by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Tuesday evening. He is charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a child […]