Passengers Attempt To Skip Hawaii Quarantine With Worker Bribe
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Two passengers arriving in Hawaii tried to bribe their way out of the state’s mandatory 10-day quarantine. The two travelers offered an airport screener a total of $3,000 to let them leave without going into quarantine. They were promptly arrested and flown back to the mainland after the screener informed authorities.
Hawaii’s Safe Travels program requires travelers to quarantine for 10 days without a negative COVID test. Photo: Getty Images
Passengers arrested after offering screener a bribe
Johntrell White, 29, and Nadia Bailey, 28, both from Louisiana, arrived at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu last Friday. Under Hawaii’s rules, both travelers were required to complete a 10-day quarantine as neither had a negative COVID test or exemption.
Growing COVID-19 Outbreak At Maui Jail Has Inmates, Families Worried - Honolulu Civil Beat
Growing COVID-19 Outbreak At Maui Jail Has Inmates, Families Worried
Cases at the correctional center are rising and the state health department has identified the situation as a cluster. Reading time: 5 minutes.
WAILUKU, Maui Families of people held at the Maui Community Correctional Center are calling for accountability over concerns that the overcrowded jail isn’t taking adequate measures to protect their loved ones from COVID-19.
Among other concerns, families say that the MCCC is violating requirements put forth in the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission’s September report, like social distancing between bunks. The commission, which was put in place in 2019 but has never received money to hire staff or carry out its duties, has authority to set inmate population levels.
February 26, 2021
A new strain of the COVID-19 virus that has the ability to reinfect people who survived it before is now present on Oahu, state health officials said Friday.
The Brazil strain the second of two that originated there and is being monitored as having worrisome mutations has been tied to infections across the U.S. and in Europe and was found in one Oahu patient who recently traveled to the mainland.
The discovery was made by the Hawaii State Laboratories Division, where scientists analyze about 7.8% of all COVID-19 tests collected in the islands, or about 75 specimens per week, in search of variants that international scientists have flagged as concerning.
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PSD NEWS RELEASE: SENATE CONFIRMS GOVERNOR’S SELECTION TO HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY BOARD
Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Senate confirmed Governor David Ige’s appointee, Gene DeMello Jr., to serve on the Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA) board for a term of four (4) years, which expires June 30, 2024. On Monday, March 1, DeMello will be sworn in and will take over the seat currently occupied by outgoing HPA board member Fituina Tua. Tua’s term ends Friday, February 26, 2021.
The five-person authority is an independent quasi-judicial body, which, for administrative purposes only, is attached to the Department of Public Safety (PSD).