Ben Cayetano

HONOLULU (Jan. 18, 2012) — Former Hawai‘i Governor Ben Cayetano announced his candidacy for the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu in this year’s upcoming election.

In a press conference Wednesday, Cayetano spoke of his desire to end the Honolulu rail project as the motivation for coming out of retirement to run for Honolulu’s top job.

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HONOLULU (November 17, 2011) – Hawaii’s rising reggae band The Green has debuted at #1 on The Billboard Reggae and iTunes Reggae charts with the release of their new album Ways & Means, officially released October 25 on Easy Star Records.

The album debuted impressively on other Billboard charts including #6 on the Heatseekers Chart, #1 on the Regional Pacific New Artist Chart, and #94 on the Top 200 Digital albums, amongst others.

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By Kiran Ahuja

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 25, 2011) — With the introduction of the President’s American Jobs Act, I am reminded of the critical role nonprofits play in rebuilding our economy.

For the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, we know that small businesses and community organizations play a significant role in this effort, whether providing housing counseling and servicing community health clinics or hiring our long-term unemployed and providing important training and language assistance to transition AAPIs into 21st century jobs.  To support these groups in the critical work that they do, we recently created a Guide to Federal Agency Resources to provide vital information on federal grants and programs.

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HONOLULU (May 3, 2011) – Malama Hawaii today announced a new online network.  www.malamahawaii.org is the new online resource for the group.

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HONOLULU (April 26, 2011) – Island Film Group, the Honolulu-based production company behind Soul Surfer – directed by Sean McNamara and starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood and Hawaii’s own Sonya Balmores – last week celebrated the ongoing box office success of the film.

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HONOLULU (April 27, 2011) – The Hawai‘i State Health Department recently complied with a request by President Barack Obama for certified copies of his original Certificate of Live Birth, which is sometimes referred to in the media as a “long form” birth certificate.

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HONOLULU (April 12, 2011) – The Symphony Exploratory Committee announced today that it has reached a three-year agreement with the musicians of the former Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.

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Medal of Honor recipient PFC Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano, killed in action in Korea in 1951. (Photo courtesy of Hawai’i Army Museum Society)

Washington, D.C. (April 13, 2011) – The White House Office of the Press Secretary announced that on May 2, 2011, President Barack Obama will award Private First Class Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano, U.S. Army, and Private First Class Henry Svehla, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 06, 2011) – In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that it has restructured the Grammy Categories across all genres and Fields, keeping the number of Fields the same but reducing the number of Categories from 109 to 78 starting with the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012.

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Sefa Aina

By Sefa Aina and Hines Ward

Washington, D.C. (April 4, 2011) – Over the weekend, more than 1500 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth and family members joined celebrity fitness trainer, Jillian Michaels, and professional athletes Troy Polamalu and Marcus McNeil at the University of California, Los Angeles, to answer the First Lady’s call.  Our goal: draw attention to the increasing rate of childhood obesity among NHPI youth and promote physical activity and healthy living.

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