Dinengdeng and Pinakbet

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A Cayetano Retrospective Benjamin Cayetano: First highest-ranking elected official of Filipino ancestry in the State of Hawai‘i: 3rd in a series. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran My mom framed a photo from the first Cayetano Inaugural Ball. A beaming Ben Cayetano and...

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Benjamin Cayetano: First highest-ranking elected official of Filipino ancestry in the State of Hawai‘i: 2nd in a series. 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...

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Dinengdeng & Pinakbet

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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Finding and making balance in this highly-polarized political atmosphere…

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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