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By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News) – Beginning Thursday, March 26, all travelers bound for Hawaii, whether by air or sea, whether visitor or returning resident, will undergo a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine. Hawaii Governor David Ige made the announcement during a press conference at the State Capitol Building Rotunda in downtown Honolulu on Saturday, March 21. “This mandate is the first of its kind in the nation. We want this […]
(Eagle News) – A Filipino passenger of Hawaiian airlines who was among those recently advised to go on quarantine after a flight from Honolulu to American Samoa shared with EBC Hawaii Bureau’s Arianne Torres their experience during the quarantine period. The passenger who asked for her name to be withheld, said that many of them from the flight from Honolulu to Pago-Pago, the capital of the American Samoa, were advised to go on self-quarantine. Some […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — At least three people were injured, two of them critically, when a gunman opened fire at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii before taking his own life, local news reports said Wednesday. A spokesman for the US base would only say that security forces had responded to reports of a shooting at around 2:30 pm local time and that the base was on lockdown for several hours. One […]
By AUDREY McAVOY and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames just after takeoff from a small seaside airfield on the island of Oahu, killing 11 people, officials said Saturday. Authorities initially reported that nine people died in the crash Friday evening and that three of them were customers of a skydiving company and six were employees. But the Hawaii Department of Transportation tweeted Saturday that officials […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday, Jan. 15, expressed hope the five Filipino seafarers reported missing off the waters of Hawaii would be found. In a statement, the DFA said the five were among 21 Filipino crew members of the MV Sincerity Ace who “abandoned the Panamanian-flagged vessel after it caught fire on New Year’s Eve some 1,800 nautical miles northwest of Oahu.” The ship was on its way to Hawaii when it caught […]
(Eagle News) — Hurricane Lane has weakened into a tropical storm as it continues to move slowly northward towards the Hawaiian Islands, according to the United States National Weather Service. As of August 24, 5 p.m., HST, Lane was moving northwest at 3 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. “This slowing motion will allow for prolonged heavy rainfall and life-threatening inland flooding and landslides across the islands this […]
by Ronit Fahl Agence France Presse Torrential rains struck Hawaii as Hurricane Lane moved toward the island state, triggering land slides and flash flooding. At 0600 GMT, the National Weather Service said the hurricane was packing winds in excess of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour), despite being downgraded to category three. Currently located some 230 miles south of the capital Honolulu, Hurricane Lane was expected to hit very close to the […]
by Ronit Fahl Agence France Presse Hurricane Lane drenched Hawaii Thursday ahead of its arrival in the island state, prompting US President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency as landslides and flash flooding left roads blocked. The National Weather Service said Lane — located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Hawaii — remained a powerful category four hurricane, packing winds in excess of 130 miles per hour. The eye was expected […]
Satellite images of Hurricane Lane, a major storm approaching Hawaii, are captured by the International Space Station. (Video source: NASA TV) Honolulu governor David Ige said in a tweet that “a Hurricane Warning is in effect for #Oahu, #Maui County and #Hawaii County.” “A Hurricane Watch is in effect for #Kauai County. Hurricane warning means the hurricane conditions are expected within 36 hrs while a hurricane watch is issued when hurricane conditions are within 48 […]
Eagle News Service’s Hawaii correspondent Alfred Acenas reports near the Daniel K. Inouye airport, also known as the Honolulu International airport, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 on the preparations being done in Hawaii before the expected arrival of Hurricane Lane later on nightfall. Acenas reports on the public address made by Honolulu mayor Kirk Caldwell urging residents to step up preparedness measures before the monster hurricane’s arrival. “Everyone on O‘ahu and throughout the state […]
