State lawmakers failed to take any action yesterday to craft a bill to help Maui hospital workers transitioning to Kaiser Permanente. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports.
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
The new Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands said he will review the country’s security treaty with China. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
A conference this week in Tokyo on ocean planning and management is drawing leaders from more than two-dozen island countries. Itʻs being led by the head of a Pacific Island nation. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.