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The hospitalâs lobby serves as a vaccination clinic Thursday. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
WAILUKU Lt. Gov. Josh Green toured Maui vaccination sites Thursday, vowing to keep Neighbor Islands top of mind when doses arrive and asking for patience as the state works to roll out enough doses to meet the demand.
Since opening a week ago, Maui Memorial Medical Center’s vaccination clinic for residents in the Phase 1A and Phase 1B priority timelines has about 1,500 requests a day to receive the vaccine, officials said. Also, the closed point of delivery site at the University of Hawaii Maui College for first responders and other frontline workers has had to turn people away due to overwhelming demand. Both sites do not accept walk-ins.
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Kihei resident Victor Manzano says the secret to his longevity is an active lifestyle, a good sense of humor and a twice-daily dose of moringa. At 94 years young, Manzano combines his passion for agriculture and healthy living on his USDA-certified organic moringa tree farm in Wailuku. Photo courtesy of Victor Manzano
Whoever coined the phrase “age is just a number” may have had Victor Manzano in mind.
At 94, he has the energy of a man half his age. What’s his secret? An active lifestyle. A good sense of humor. And a twice-daily dose of moringa.
Manzano credits the superfood for his vitality. Before breakfast, he drinks a cup of warm water with a teaspoon of organic moringa leaf powder and a squeeze of lemon. He also takes four moringa capsules every day two in the morning and two in the evening.
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Mahi Pono’s Senior Vice President of Operations Shan Tsutsui has been promoted to chief operating officer, the company announced Wednesday.
Tsutsui succeeds Tim O’Laughlin who will be relocating to California to focus on new initiatives for both Mahi Pono and Pomona Farming, according to a news release.
In his new role, Tsutsui will be responsible for all day-to-day operations for the Maui-based farming company which includes management operations, business strategy, community leadership, government relations and sales and distribution. Tsutsui joined Mahi Pono in January of 2018.
Prior to joining the company, Tsutsui served as Hawaii’s lieutenant governor and a state senator representing Maui, in addition to with being a business owner and financial advisor.
17 MILE FENCE BUILT TO PROTECT MAUI RAIN FOREST Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/11/2006 - 00:00
By Harry Eagar
WAILUKU, Maui (The Maui News, May 9) – The latest link in the endless battle to keep destructive mammals out of East Maui’s rain forest has just been completed – a fence around 12,000 acres of mostly intact rain forest high on the windward side of Haleakala.
[PIR Editor s note: Haleakala is located in the eastern part of the Hawaiian island of Maui and comprises a National Park and areas surrounding Mt. Haleakala.]
Kat Lui, public relations director for the East Maui Watershed Partnership, said that in ancient times, a kapu [taboo] was placed on the wao akua [high forest] to protect it. Today, a kapu is insufficient.
Dec 15, 2020
Maui County will hold a COVID-19 surge testing event from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Kalana O Maui county building front lawn.
To register, visit www.doineedacovid19test.com.
Drive-thru testing will also be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Pauwela Cannery in Haiku.
Residents do not need to have insurance or meet any criteria to get tested for free. Participants must wear a face mask and come at their scheduled time. Results will be reported the same day as testing.
Minit Medical Urgent Care, which is carrying out the county-sponsored program, will also have sites open for testing in West Maui, South Maui and Central Maui from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 23.