Dinengdeng and Pinakbet

Dinengdeng & Pinakbet

Mid-June sports in review Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran The NBA play-offs are still going. But my Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry are done … again. But then so are the Lakers. Unless you’re a Jazz or Suns or Bucks or Sixers or...

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The Secrets That We Keep “Dark on the Inside: A Novel” By Virginia Cantorna (Aviva Publishing 2021) Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran My grandmother Laureana was the keeper of our family lore. She came to Hawai‘i late—I was already born and my...

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“What school you wen’ go?” Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran What school you wen’ go? It’s a common way in local circles to get a sense of someone’s background. On Maui, whether you went to Lahainaluna, St. Anthony, Baldwin or Maui High...

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Nana Lydia; our brave 92-year-old takes vaccine. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran My 92-year-old mom initially resisted getting her COVID-19 vaccination. She even skipped her flu shot this year. Mom watches a lot of cable news during this pandemic. She heard about...

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Reading Books: Key to Opening Your Mind to Any and All Sorts of Imaginable Possibilities Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran “It was a dark and stormy night.” A Facebook friend posted that opening line is a familiar punchline for Snoopy’s novelist persona...

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Judge Alfred Laureta’s life and legacy honors our shared Filipino ancestry and community. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran Photographs of past Directors of the State of Hawai‘i Department of Labor and Industrial Relations line the walls of a conference room at the...

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