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Archive for December, 2002
HPU to confer over 600 degrees
Dec 30th
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| Ralph A. Cossa |
More than 600 students, including Major League baseball player Benny Agbayani, will receive associate, baccalaureate, or master degrees at Hawai’i Pacific University‘s winter commencement ceremony next Wednesday. Ralph A. Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, will be the keynote speaker at the school’s 53rd commencement program, which will be held at the Waikiki Shell on Jan. 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
First Moloka`i cruise ship visit rebuffed
Dec 30th
High winds and rough seas kept the 1,266-passenger Holland America cruise ship Statendam from making its first visit to the island of Moloka`i this past weekend. While the day-trip cancellation disappointed many residents and businesses who were looking to welcome the estimated 800 passengers originally expected to come ashore, other islanders and environmental activists cheered — and vowed to return the next time a cruise ship attempts to visit.
Queen’s nurses talks collapse
Dec 27th
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| Nurses from Queen’s Medical Center picket along Punchbowl Street. |
Talks between the nurses and management at the state’s largest hospital broke off again last night with no agreement reached. While the nurses accepted the latest wage proposal from Queen’s Medical Center — publicized in newspaper ads — the primary sticking point continues to be the hospital’s sick leave control system known as PTO, or “paid time off.”
Queen’s nurses talks collapse
Dec 27th
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| Nurses from Queen’s Medical Center picket along Punchbowl Street. |
Talks between the nurses and management at the state’s largest hospital broke off again last night with no agreement reached. While the nurses accepted the latest wage proposal from Queen’s Medical Center — publicized in newspaper ads — the primary sticking point continues to be the hospital’s sick leave control system known as PTO, or “paid time off.”
Queen’s nurses talks collapse
Dec 27th
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| Nurses from Queen’s Medical Center picket along Punchbowl Street. |
Talks between the nurses and management at the state’s largest hospital broke off again last night with no agreement reached. While the nurses accepted the latest wage proposal from Queen’s Medical Center — publicized in newspaper ads — the primary sticking point continues to be the hospital’s sick leave control system known as PTO, or “paid time off.”
Lottery ticket seller eyes Hawaii
Dec 27th
The year in earthquake review
Dec 26th
As we approach the end of 2002, we pause to look back at the year. What can we say about earthquakes in 2002?
Skydiving accident kills visitor, instructor
Dec 26th
Hawaii’s tight-knit skydiving community is mourning the death of a veteran instructor and his young student on Sunday. Tandem parachute instructor Greg Hunter, 44, and 18-year-old Margaret Jean Thomas of Papillion, Neb. were killed after falling 9,000 feet into a back yard on the North Shore.
Rainbow Wahine fall to Stanford
Dec 20th
The season has come to a bittersweet end for the UH Rainbow Wahine women’s volleyball team, which was bounced out of the NCAA Final Four on Thursday by the Stanford Cardinal. Second-ranked Hawaii lost to third-ranked Stanford 25-30, 27-30 and 24-30, and is now heading home 34-2 for the season.
Hate aimed at Aloha State
Dec 20th
A nationally active anti-gay group is planning to bring its message of hate to Honolulu. The picketing ministry of Westboro Baptist Church, established in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps, is coming to Hawaii next month in its mission to oppose the “homosexual lifestyle.” The group’s Dec. 12 news release declares, “God hates Hawaii!”
