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Pan-Pacific festival announces two new locations for 2013 arts showcases

Submitted by CommPac on Tuesday, May 7th, 5:15 pm

HONOLULU – The 34th Annual Pan-Pacific Festival has announced two new locations to host its Performing Arts Showcases this year in June: Waikiki Beach Walk Plaza Stage and Ala Moana Centertainment Stage (Nordstrom Wing, 3rd Floor). The Performing Arts Showcases are one of Pan-Pacific Festivals’ series of events that are held daily throughout the festival’s three-day celebration and will feature traditional Japanese song and dance, hula performances and other cultural presentations from more than 25 groups from Japan and Hawai‘i.

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Bishop Street commercial adds Serena Longo Esq. to staff

Submitted by Valerie Moore, Pineapple Tweed PR

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013, 5:17pm

Bishop Street commercial adds Serena Longo Esq. to staff

Bishop Street Commercial (BSC) announced the addition of Serena Longo Esq. as director of the Offices Service Group. She will be responsible for developing new business representing both tenants and landlords, and represent BSC’s new leasing assignment, Waikiki Trade Center, as well as a multitude of other tenant-clients.

Previously, Longo was the managing attorney for Crowell Law Offices in San Francisco where she handled litigation and transactional law for nearly 10 years. She brings an informed legal perspective to landlord-tenant matters, new client screening, lease preparation, turnovers, unlawful detainers, evictions and other aspects of the law where it intersects with commercial real estate

Longo earned her Juris Doctor degree from University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and her B.A. degree in psychology from University of California, Davis. She remains a member of the California State Bar Association and is a licensed real estate agent in Hawaii.

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Bishop Street Commercial Promotes Sue and McWilliams

Submitted by Valerie Moore, Pineapple Tweed PR

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013, 5:14pm

Bishop Street Commercial Promotes Sue and McWilliams

Bishop Street commercial (BSC) recently promoted two staff members to the following positions:

Keenan Sue was promoted to managing director from his previous position as director of the Office Services Group. He is responsible for over two million square feet of Class A office space in each of the three largest office submarkets in Hawaii. Keenan also provides real estate advisory services including leasing, acquisitions/dispositions, restructuring and transaction logistics for some of Hawaii's most prominent institutions.

He is a graduate of Punahou School and Macalester College (St. Paul, MN). Keenan was a professional baseball player, NCAA college baseball coach and commercial airline pilot for the former Aloha Airlines.

Paul McWilliams, Office Manager at Bishop Street Commercial

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Aung San Suu Kyi Shares Message of Peace in Honolulu

Submitted by Cara Mazzei, Community Blogger

Monday, January 28th, 2013, 12:15pm

Aung San Suu Kyi Shares Message of Peace in Honolulu

This morning to an audience of more than 300 people, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma lead a speech titled "Peace Takes Courage and Compassion", followed by a question and answer session with public and private high school students. This is the first visit to Hawaii for the opposition leader of Burma, the southeast Asian country also known as Myanmar. She is seeking to share her message of peace as well as gain an understanding of the island's unique culture and history. Her trip was co-hosted by the Hawaii Community Foundation, Rotary International, the East-West Center and the Myanmar Association of Hawaii.

"To work for peace one must be active, march and shout for peace and that requires passion." - Aung San Suu Kyi

Eager high school students arrive early for front row seats

PBS Hawaii Hiki No students from Maui High School reporting after the talk

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Aung San Suu Kyi Shares Message of Peace with Hawai‘i Leaders

Submitted by Bennet Group on Monday, January 28th, 12:10 pm

Peace leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first day of events in Hawai‘i began today with a visit to the Bishop Museum hosted by Pillars of Peace Hawai‘i. The tour of Bishop Museum provided an opportunity for Aung San Suu Kyi to gain a deeper understanding of Hawai‘i’s rich culture and history and how these elements have shaped Hawai‘i today. Upon her departure, Bishop Museum staff presented her with a special gift -- a manele a'e (Hawaiian soapberry) seed lei made by local artist Marques Hanalei Marzan from a tree on the grounds of Bishop Museum.

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BONTERRA SOLAR BRINGS SUN POWER TO POPULAR KAHALA CONVENIENCE STORE

Submitted by CommPac on Thursday, January 24th, 1:46 pm

HONOLULU – Bonterra Solar is helping a popular convenience store and fueling station in Kahala reach its clean energy goals with the installation of solar power.

Aloha Island Mart Kahala, known for its innovative store design and extensive product offerings, is now powered by 70 photovoltaic panels manufactured by U.S.-based SolarWorld. The new system will generate significant energy and cost savings for the 3,000-square-foot convenience store.

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Schnitzer Steel and Kokua Hawaii Foundation join to relaunch Aloha Aina Recycling Drive

Submitted by CommPac on Monday, January 21st, 4:35 pm

First drive of 2013 will be on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Niu Valley Middle School

HONOLULU – Schnitzer Steel Hawai‘i Corp., the Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation, and several local recycling companies have formed a partnership to continueone of O‘ahu’s most popular recycling events, the Aloha ‘Āina Recycling Drives.

Schnitzer Steel and the Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation believe that by joining together, they can introduce a reinvigorated Aloha ‘Āina Recycling Drive effort that will embody the strengths and environmental philosophies of both organizations. The recycling drives allow island residents to turn in a variety of unwanted items including used appliances, clothing, computers and more to be recycled into usable materials.

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