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HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Paul A. Smith was captured at Molokai Island’s airport on the evening of Thursday, September 28, after being on the run for allegedly assaulting a U.S. Army Soldier and triggering a lockdown of Schofield Barracks in Central Oahu for nearly three hours. The incident began at around 2:30pm when the military ordered a complete lockdown of Schofield Barracks and the adjacent Wheeler Army Airfield, thus preventing anyone from entering or exiting […]
by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) Eagle News Service HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a blizzard warning for Hawaii’s Big Island summits at Mauna Kea (13,803 feet or 4,207 meters) and Mauna Loa (13,681 feet or 4,170 meters). The said warning will remain in effect until 6:00am Hawaii time on Sunday, December 5 (12:00am Philippine time, December 6). Under blizzard conditions, travelers to the peaks can expect snow accumulations upwards […]
by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) Eagle News Service HONOLULU (Eagle News) – For the month of October, the City and County of Honolulu will once again allow managed events with updated safety guidelines as new cases of COVID-19 continue to trend downward and more people are getting vaccinated. Beginning October 13, outdoor seated entertainment events, including sporting arenas and concert venues, will be allowed at 50% capacity or a maximum of 1,000 attendees (whichever is […]
by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) – At the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting on Friday, August 6, US President Joseph R. Biden commended his foreign counterparts and pledged America’s support to the said region in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic and in raising global ambition to tackle climate change. “This pandemic has taken a heavy toll and the lives lost can never ever be replaced,” said President Biden through videoconferencing. “The economic impacts […]
(Eagle News) — The City-county of Honolulu teamed up with local businesses to slowly restart the economy and, at the same time, help fight hunger on Oahu. In this combined report aired on Eagle News International, EBC Hawaii correspondent Alfred Acenas talks about the fish-to-dish program while another EBC correspondent in Hawaii Jhojie Carnate shares with us his first-hand experience in a recent drive-thru fresh food donation drive. (Eagle News Service)
Eagle News — Last week a group of US Army soldiers based in Hawaii returned home after their year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. Soldiers arrived at Honolulu International Airport after being quarantined in Texas for a few days to screen soldiers for COVID-19. Once touched down in the Aloha state, the homecoming was different from what these soldiers are used to. “It is what it is. We understand that there are limitations that there are […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — In this interview by EBC Hawaii correspondent Alfred Acenas, United States West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon talked about his Filipino roots and revealed how his great-great grandparents came from the Philippines through Hawaii. Cabaldon was one of the more than 220 mayors of the US who attended the 87th annual meeting of the US Conference of Mayors at the Hilton Hawaii Village in Honolulu. The event which ran from June 28 […]
By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawai‘i Bureau (Eagle News) HONULULU (Eagle News) — “Often the president is depicted as a no-nonsense, tough-talking, and shoot-from-the-hip type of guy. But I assure you that this president has his heart in the right place,” said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea about President Rodrigo Duterte, as he provided several assuring remarks like this one before an audience of both Filipinos and non-Filipinos during a Town Hall Meeting held at the Philippine […]
In this report, Eagle Broadcasting Hawaii correspondent Alfred Acenas takes a closer look at the office of the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu. Philippine Consul General Joselito Jimeno was assigned to Hawaii only in February this year (2018). He is the 19th Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General since it formally opened to the public on 16 November 1948. Prior to coming to Honolulu, Mr. Jimeno, who holds the rank of Chief of Mission, […]
(Eagle News) — The Council of the City and County of Honolulu in Hawaii issued a certificate “honoring and recognizing the Iglesia Ni Cristo for its extensive and dedicated history of public service” not just in Hawaii, but also throughout the world. The certificate, signed by all nine Honolulu City Council Members, was introduced by Council chair Ernest Y. Martin and was issued on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. This came about as the Church […]
HONOLULU, United States (AFP) – The United States and South Korea are going to keep tightening the screws on Pyongyang so that the hermit state gives up its nuclear program, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday. “As two peace-loving nations, the Republic of Korea and America welcome the Olympic Games talks between the ROK and DPRK while at the same time remaining steadfast with the international economic pressure campaign to denuclearize the Korean peninsula,” Mattis said in […]
