East-West Center

...transition to locality pay for federal employees who now earn nonforeign cost-of-living allowances: » 1 to 3 p.m. : Open to public; East-West Center, 1777 East-West Road "For years, Hawaii federal employees have received far less in...

In this article: Daniel Akaka, Hawaii, U.S., Tax, Alaska, Oahu, and Maui

...inevitable, unless we can stop this. But I'm not such an optimist," he told journalists on a fellowship program with the Honolulu-based East-West Center. "The main message is we're in risk management. We do not know the science well enough to...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Mauna Loa, Fossil fuel, Stephen Schneider, U.N., Hawaii, Methane, and Coal

The East-West Center president tells how he was able to help arrange for APEC to hold its main event in Honolulu in 2011 POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 20, 2009 The leader of the working group that put together Honolulu's bid for the APEC...

In this article: APEC, Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama, United States, Pacific, and White House

...since 1993. The Obama administration was lobbied by Gov. Linda Lingle, Mayor Mufi Hannemann, the state's congressional delegation, East-West Center administrators and the Hawaii Tourism Authority, along with tourism and business leaders.

In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Hawaii, Honolulu, Linda Lingle, Pacific, University of Hawaii, Asian Development Bank, and World Trade Organization

...to host the meeting. "It brings a lot of publicity and awareness" about what Hawaii has to offer, said Charles Morrison, President of the East-West Center. Congress established the Hawaii-based education and research organization in 1960...

In this article: Hawaii, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Barack Obama, and Linda Lingle

...meeting in Honolulu will be the largest intergovernmental meeting of world leaders in the state's history, according to the president of the East-West Center, who played a key role in coordinating the bid. "It brings a lot of publicity and...

In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Hawaii, Barack Obama, and United States