Archive for October 12th, 2009

Celebration on Molokai for Saint Damien’s canonization

| October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
Celebration on Molokai for Saint Damien’s canonization

Molokai enjoyed a busy weekend of activities highlighted by the Aloha Festivals, which wrapped up Saturday with a busy parade and hoolauhlea. But the event that overshadowed everything else this weekend was canonization of Blessed Father Damien of Molokai to a saint. Molokai now has a saint of its own to celebrate — Saint Damien [...]

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Shell Va’a dominates Molokai Hoe for 4th straight year

| October 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Shell Va’a dominates Molokai Hoe for 4th straight year

Shell Va’a once again dominated the Molokai Hoe men’s outrigger canoe championship by winning for the fourth year in a row yesterday. The Tahiti team missed breaking its own 2007 record for crossing the Kaiwi Channel by only 1 minute, 42 seconds. The winning time of 4 hours 40 minutes, 17 seconds, more than 12 [...]

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