Maui Business

Today’s guest is Dr. David Ulin, Chief Medical Director, Maui Health.  In his interview, Dr. Ulin discussed survivability of the virus on surfaces, blood plasma donations and how long social distancing will last.

Thursday’s guest was Dr. Lee Weiss, Regional Director of Emergency Medical Services.  In his interview, Dr. Weiss discussed hospitalizations, testing, and how life will be after the curve is flattened. “Everybody’s in the same boat.  Everybody has to pull the boat forward.  We all have to go in the same direction which is health, safety for ourselves and our families and our communities.  I think Maui can do this better than anywhere else because of the way people treat one another on Maui, because of the community spirit on Maui I believe Maui can really make this happen.”

Tara Dugan, digital sales director of MauiNow interviewed Gabe Lucy, president of Trilogy Excursions to learn how the sailing company and its businesses have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Lucy has been with the company for 13 years and shared Trilogy’s long history of operating in business on Maui. “We are coming up on […]

Kaiser Permanente received 18 cases of 1.75 liter bottles of hand sanitizer from Kauaʻi’s Kōloa Rum Company, totaling approximately 54 gallons.

“I believe it is the scheduling of the airlines that made that happen… But there is a concerted effort to cut down to as little as possible Trans-Pacific flights to our island and to Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island.  However, there will be–as far as I know–four flights a week to Maui County,” said Mayor Victorino.

Tara Dugan, digital sales director of MauiNow interviewed Dean Wong, executive director of Imua Family Services to learn how Imua has worked to continue providing critical services to children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have been here serving this community in Maui for 73 years now. Very fundamentally what Imua does is help […]

Hawaii State Federal Credit Union (Hawaii State FCU), announced that Mark Yamakawa, president and CEO of Hawaii Dental Service, has been elected to its volunteer Board of Directors, while Terrence Aratani and Kaulana Park have been reelected to serve a new three-year term, effective March 21.

Right now, the public can donate to Food Banks and go online to sign up to Volunteer for the future in case of emergency or Essential Volunteer Needs weekly at www.handsonmaui.com and statewide with Kanu Hawaiʻi.

On Monday, April 20, a total of 444 people arrived in Hawaiʻi from out-of-state including 111 visitors and 151 residents, according to new data compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. There were no flights to the neighbor islands from out-of-state yesterday.

Maui County Federal Credit Union donated a care package with $30 Starbucks gift cards, healthy snack bars and workout towels to the 26 Hale Makua Home Health Care staff. “It’s part of saying mahalo to our community that are in the medical field,” said Gary Fukuroku, President and CEO with Maui County Federal Credit Union.

The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness moved from research and planning for Hawaiʻi’s economic recovery post-coronavirus to focusing on the implementation of those plans. Under the plan, Hawaii is in the first of a three phase effort with any move to the next phase tied to healthcare readiness.  The group is currently setting timelines to ensure containment for screening, testing, tracking, and quarantine measures.

On Sunday, April 19, a total of 441 people arrived in Hawaiʻi from out-of-state including 123 visitors and 184 residents, according to new data compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. On Maui, there were 31 individuals who arrived from out-of-state including six crew members, 13 residents and 12 visitors.

“At this time it is under investigation.  And we are doing the proper steps.  Trust me, I believe Garrett has done a great job helping us, but there are laws that still exist and has to be abided by.  At this point, let the investigation take its course.  I’m saying that we will make it a fair investigation, and whatever we can do to resolve it as quickly as possible is what I’m asking for.”

As the 50th state marks Earth Day 2020, Hawaiian Electric is sharing its 13th annual Sustainability Report, Building a Stronger Hawai‘i TOGETHER.

Team Vacation-Maui, a vacation condo rental sales and management team, has pledged more than $100,000 in free short-term accommodations to the front-line workers fighting against COVID-19.

On Saturday, April 18, a total of 454 people arrived in Hawaiʻi from out-of-state including 109 visitors and 157 residents, according to new data compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. On Maui, there were 25 individuals who arrived from out-of-state including six crew members, 11 residents and eight visitors.

The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) announced that it has awarded nearly $2 million in grants to 42 local technology and manufacturing companies for fiscal year 2020 under two state programs designed to foster innovation and enable Hawaii firms to be more competitive in the global marketplace.

Hawaiian Airlines, in partnership with the grassroots community group Every1ne Hawai‘i, today chartered a cargo flight to bring 2 million face masks to Hawai‘i from China.

On Maui, there were 28 individuals who arrived from out-of-state including seven crew members, 10 residents and 11 visitors.

The equipment was delivered to the hospital this week, tested, and distributed to the floors to be used as needed. The Foundation purchased seven ventilators and the remaining three were donated by MultiCare Health System, a not-for-profit health care organization in Washington.