WestJet to begin Hawai'i flights
Advertiser Staff
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WestJet Airlines Ltd, a Calgary-based low-cost airline, said it will offer five-flights-a-week service between Hono-lulu, Maui and Vancouver beginning Dec. 9, the Canadian newspaper National Post reported yesterday.
WestJet will compete with two other Canadian carriers on the routes, Air Canada and Harmony Airways.
GAS PRICES MAY DROP MONDAY
The maximum price for wholesale gasoline will drop 6 cents Monday to about $2.92 a gallon for regular on O'ahu, including taxes, according to figures released yesterday by the Public Utilities Commission.
Including a dealer mark-up, pump prices next week are expected to be about $3.05 a gallon for regular. The wholesale price cap is announced every Wednesday and take effect each Monday.
LAWYER, 85, IS TOP OLDER WORKER
Veteran Honolulu attorney James Case has been chosen Hawai'i's "Outstanding Older Worker" by the nationwide Experience Works Prime Time Awards Program.
Case, a partner with Carlsmith Ball LLP, joined the firm in 1950 as an associate in its Hilo office, and transferred to Honolulu in 1965.
Case, 85, continues to practice law at the firm, typically arriving at 8 a.m. He will be honored in Washington, D.C., later this month by Experience Works, which provides training, employment and community service opportunities for older workers across the country.
HOSPITALS PAID FOR UNINSURED
Fifteen private Hawai'i hospitals received their share of $7.5 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to offset their costs for providing free medical services for the uninsured.
The Hawaii Health Systems also received an additional $2.15 million to cover shortfalls between July to September to care for low-income patients with Medicaid at 12 public hospitals.
The state Department of Human Services secured a total of $16.1 million in federal aid for the hospitals and will continue to cover the Medicaid shortfall for the rest of the year, using $6.45 million.
