Typhoon drive nets 5,000 cans of food
Damien Memorial School seniors collected nearly 5,000 cans of food, $2,500 in cash, and about 300 bags of clothing and other supplies on Saturday to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines.
The four-hour “Help Damien Feed Tacloban” drive-through collection also yielded bottled water, rice, personal hygiene items, towels, bowls, pots, pans, diapers and other items, with more donations expected to arrive on Monday, according to the school.
Matson Navigation Co. will ship the goods at no charge.
About 40 percent of Damien students are Filipino, according to the school.
Deal reached in labor suit against isle farm
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will announce Monday a settlement with one of the Hawaii farms sued in the commission’s lawsuit against labor contractor Global Horizons.
The EEOC did not disclose the settlement terms or the name of what it called a “major employer.” It said the settlement involved more than 100 farm workers from Thailand in Hawaii.
The EEOC filed lawsuits in 2011 against Global Horizons, a California-based company also known as Global Horizons Manpower Inc.
Also sued were eight farms in Hawaii and Washington.
The suits alleged the farms engaged in unfair labor practices from 2003 to 2007 involving hundreds of Thai workers.
Global Horizons’ owner and company employees were charged with human-trafficking crimes, but federal prosecutors dropped the case last year.
The EEOC notified the federal court here this month that it reached a settlement “in principle” with some of the Hawaii farms.
2 brothers convicted of meth trafficking
Two brothers from Waialua have been convicted of methamphetamine trafficking.
The U.S. Attorney’s office announced that a federal jury on Thursday found Jacob Drummondo-Farias guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of meth.
His brother and co-defendant Joshua Lew pleaded guilty to the same charge.
Prosecutors say the brothers agreed with others to distribute meth that was mailed to Honolulu from California. Prosecutors say they orchestrated the shipment of 850 grams of meth, which was intercepted at the Honolulu airport by law enforcement.
Lew faces up to life in prison with a mandatory minimum term of 10 years. His brother also faces life, but because of a previous drug conviction, he faces a mandatory minimum term of 20 years.
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Star-Advertiser staff and Associated Press
