Ranch’s fate determined by billionaire
Advertiser Final, RICK DAYSOG, March 26, 2008.
The ultimate decision to shut down Molokai Ranch and lay off more than 120 workers rested with a billionaire investor, who’s listed as one of the richest men in Malaysia.
With a net worth of about $2.9 billion, Quek Leng Chan oversees a vast [...]

Molokai Ranch to close, lay off 120.
Advertiser Final, Andrew Gomes. March 25, 2008.  Molokai Ranch’s decision yesterday to shut down and lay off its roughly 120 employees apparently aborts a controversial residential development plan for the rural island, but also promises to shock employment and tourism on the Friendly Isle, where the company was [...]

Princess Ka’iulani film outrages some Hawaiians
Advertiser Final, MIKE GORDON, March 20, 2008.  A movie about Princess Ka’iulani currently filming on O’ahu has angered a small group of Hawaiians who say filmmakers are distorting the story of a beloved ali’i.
High on their list of complaints was the movie’s proposed title – “Barbarian Princess” – which [...]

When Trustee Cataluna speaks, why does the sky open and what is that vast ear that appears?
Just after the Call to Order, at which time Kippen de Alba Chu asks if there are any comments to be made from the peanut gallery– which is usually the time I stand up and bring to attention something [...]

from KPUA
Hawaii prepares for 50th anniversary
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) _ When Hawaii celebrates the 50th anniversary of statehood next year, organizers envision a grand Waikiki parade and other events celebrating a half-century of cultural integration and economic growth.
No events are final, but planners have been meeting since November to decide on an appropriate way to [...]