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News Release – DOH Reports Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case on Oʻahu
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIA‘ĀINA KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HO‘OKELE DOH REPORTS TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE ON OʻAHU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2024 24-114 HONOLULU — The...

News Release – DOH Reports Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case on Oʻahu
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIA‘ĀINA KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HO‘OKELE DOH REPORTS TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE ON OʻAHU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2024 24-114 HONOLULU — The...

DOH Reports Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case on Oʻahu
Posted on Aug 15, 2024 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has identified a new case of travel-related dengue virus case on Oʻahu, bringing the number of total cases to 11 identified in the state in 2024 (one on Kauaʻi,...

DOH REPORTS TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE CASE ON OʻAHU
Posted on Jul 30, 2024 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reports one new travel-related dengue virus case on Oʻahu. The affected person traveled to a region where dengue is known to be spread. DOH teams were deployed...

Visitor Arrivals and Expenditures Increased in May 2025
Posted on Jun 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: June 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in May...

Safe Bulkers, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on its 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares; 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
MONACO, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared: a cash dividend of...

President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...

Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
Posted on May 29, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: May 29, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in April...

President Lai meets delegation led by Representative Bera, co-chair of US Congressional Taiwan Caucus
TAIWAN, June 16 - Details 2025-06-13 President Lai meets delegation led by French National Assembly Taiwan Friendship Group Chair Marie-Noëlle Battistel On the morning of June 12, President Lai Ching-te met a delegation led by Marie-Noëlle...

President Lai meets delegation led by French National Assembly Taiwan Friendship Group Chair Marie-Noëlle Battistel
TAIWAN, June 13 - Details 2025-06-05 President Lai hosts state banquet for President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala At noon on June 5, President Lai Ching-te hosted a state banquet at the Presidential Office for President Bernardo...

President Lai hosts state banquet for President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala
TAIWAN, June 5 - Details 2025-06-05 President Lai welcomes President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala with military honors On the morning of June 5, President Lai Ching-te welcomed with full military honors President Bernardo Arévalo of...

President Lai welcomes President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala with military honors
TAIWAN, June 5 - Details 2025-06-03 President Lai confers decoration on President Hilda C. Heine of Republic of the Marshall Islands, hosts state banquet At noon on June 3, President Lai Ching-te, accompanied by Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao,...

Transformative Mental Health Documentary The Kindness Within: A Journey to Freedom Launches on YouTube May 22
Streaming During Mental Health Awareness Month, the Film Shares a Message of Hope, Healing, and Human Connection LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, May 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Following its acclaimed debut on Prime Video, The Kindness...

Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
Posted on Apr 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: April 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in March...

Navigator Gas Announces Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Results (Unaudited)
LONDON, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Quarter Financial Highlights On May 14, 2025, the Board of Navigator Holdings Ltd., (NYSE: NVGS) (“Navigator Holdings,” "Navigator Gas," “our,” “we,” “us” or the “Company”) declared a cash dividend of...

Visitor Spending Increased in February 2025
Posted on Mar 27, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: March 27, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 240,525 total visitors in Hawaii on any given...

Visitor Industry Continued Improvement in December 2024
Posted on Jan 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: January 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 910,055 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in...

Safe Bulkers, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend on its 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares; 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
MONACO, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared: a cash dividend of...

President Lai visits Guam Legislature
TAIWAN, December 5 - President Lai visits Guam Legislature On the morning of December 5 local time (also morning of December 5 Taipei time), President Lai Ching-te visited the Guam Legislature while transiting through Guam during his itinerary of...

President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau
TAIWAN, December 6 - President Lai hosts appreciation luncheon in Palau On the afternoon of December 6 local time (noon the same day Taipei time), while on a series of state visits to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic...