Obituaries for June 9
Cresencia Quinto Babas, 88, of Pepeekeo died May 31 in Hilo. Born in Lipit, Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines, she worked for Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company as a line worker. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, June 18, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Funeral Services 10:30 a.m. Face masks and social distancing required. Burial to follow at Alae Cemetery (new section). Survived by husband, Marcelino M. Babas, Sr. of Pepeekeo; children, Marcelino (Judy) Babas, Jr. of Honolulu, Ricarte (Chloe) Babas, Relito Babas and Frankilito (Christina) Babas of Keaau, Francisco (Chelsea) Babas of Hilo, Teodorico (Guylyn) Babas of Mt. View, Grace (Stephanie) Babas of Portland, Oregon, Christopher (Samantha) Babas of Pepeekeo and Sherilyn (Selson) Babas of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; brothers, Genaro (Nenita) Quinto and Alejandro (Mamita) Quinto of Philippines; sisters, Trinidad (Ignacio) Juanitez and Felisa (Rodolfo) Aspiras of Philippines; 34 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Police promote four to captain
Police Chief Paul Ferreira has promoted four officers to the rank of captain, effective June 1.
Man sought by police
The Hawaii Police Department is searching for Samson Yurong, 28, who is known to frequent the Kailua-Kona area.
Premier Medical Group continues testing, also offering vaccines
Premier Medical Group continues to bring COVID-19 testing and vaccinations to communities countywide.
Teen reported as runaway
Hawaii Police Department is seeking is a juvenile male who was reported as a runaway.
New eco-hotel in Hilo launches program to clean beaches
Staying at a Hilo hotel will help make the island a cleaner place thanks to a partnership with the Hawaii Wildlife Fund.
Department of Liquor Control to lease office space in Kona
Just a decade after opening, the West Hawaii Civic Center has reached its brim and a Hawaii County department is again leasing office space in Kailua Village.
Aquarium industry submits revised EIS: Fishing permits, allowable species to be reduced
A revised environmental impact statement from a commercial aquarium collectors’ group states it will rely on fish population trend data and projected population trends to implement catch quotas along the West Hawaii coast.
US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden’s July 4 vax goal
WASHINGTON — For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to meet his target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.
New state bills signed into law for World Oceans Day
Visitors to Hawaii will now need a license to fish recreationally under legislation Gov. David Ige has signed into law.
Global sting began by creating message service for crooks
SAN DIEGO — When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service.
State briefs for June 9
All-clear after threat locks down Pearl Harbor
Senate report details broad failures around Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent attack.
Senate passes bill to boost US tech industry, counter rivals
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China.
ProPublica: Many of the uber-rich pay next to no income tax
WASHINGTON — The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax collector.
Yes, we should talk about ‘defunding the police’
Millions of people have celebrated former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd as a validation of the Black Lives Matter movement. It is a major step along the way to police reform.
Federal regulators, Mattel failed miserably while infants died in an inclined sleeper
Areport released Monday by House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney delivers a rude awakening to Fisher-Price and the federal government — which for nearly a decade looked the other way even as dozens of infants died in a product marketed for napping and overnight sleeping. Deepest shame on the company and its parent, Mattel, for putting profits over safety, and on the feds for taking years to snap out of their own deadly slumber.
East Hawaii teens compete in international STEM competition
Research on novel cancer treatments swept the competition at this year’s Hawaii District Science and Engineering Fair held in March.
Rotary Club of Hilo presents “Brewfest-in-a-Box” – a virtual event
COVID-19 shut down the Rotary Club of Hilo’s annual in-person, 1,200+ person event last year. This year, not even a world-wide pandemic will stop the Hilo Brewfest.
