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Benjamin Cayetano: First highest-ranking elected official of Filipino ancestry in the State of Hawai‘i. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Editor’s Note: 2019 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the election of Benjamin J. Cayetano as the Fifth Governor of the State of Hawai‘i...
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Making it a Season for family, friends, those less fortunate or suffering or in grief… Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran The holiday season has come quickly and rather quietly in my family. No out-of-town visitors expected this year. We had a small...
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I sometimes think some politicians both locally and in Washington, D.C. no longer value the basics of civic engagement. The current normal in politics is polarization—them and us, liberal or conservative, progressive or old boy, environmentalist or developer, business owner...
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During the Yale of Ramirez and Kavanaugh… Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Photos courtesy of Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran I went to Yale. At my age, I don’t really talk about it much. Admittedly, I only applied to some colleges outside of the...
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Them was the days. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Photos courtesy of Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Some of my mother’s friends were surprised not to see my name on the Primary Election ballot. While I have been campaigning every two years since 2010,...
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Is winning the Filipino vote important in putting Filipinos into government—musings from the experienced legistlator. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Photos courtesy of Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran I’m the only Filipino legislator in the Maui delegation. In the just completed 29th Legislature, there...
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