Mayor tours Philippines to give business, sister-city ties a lift

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is traveling in the Philippines this week as part of a trade mission with the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

The purpose of the trip, which began Tuesday and runs through Feb. 17, is to strengthen ties, promote business opportunities and renew sister-city agreements made by previous administrations.

The delegation is visiting Manila City, Vigan, Candon City, Baguio City and San Fernando Pampanga and meeting with dignitaries in each of those cities, the mayor’s office said in a release.

Caldwell is also expected to speak at a business workshop, "Investment Opportunities in Hawaii," in Manila on Monday.

City Budget Director Nelson Koyanagi Jr. is acting mayor through Thursday because Managing Director Ember Shinn, who under the City Charter becomes acting mayor when Caldwell is out of town, is herself on a trip attending a meeting of the Urban Land Institute in Portland, Ore. Shinn will then assume acting mayor duties until Caldwell returns to Honolulu on Tuesday.

Mom-to-be last seen on Sunday

Maui police are looking for a missing Makawao woman who is five months’ pregnant.

Carly Joann Scott was last seen about 8 p.m. Sunday at her sister’s home in Haiku.

When her sister didn’t hear from Scott on Monday, she went to her sister’s home to check on her but couldn’t find Scott.

Her mother reported Scott missing on Tuesday.

Scott was last seen in her silver 1997 Toyota 4Runner with Hawaii license plate MDE889. The vehicle has a silver skull in the front grill.

Her mother, Kimberly Scott, said it is unusual for Carly Scott to just leave without telling anyone.

Motorist killed in park crash

A 46-year-old Wailuku man died Tuesday after the truck he was driving hit a parked car, a cement barrier and then a coconut tree inside Baldwin Beach Park in Paia.

Maui police identified the victim as Harlan Masuda.

Police said a witness reported that a 2004 white Dodge pickup truck struck a parked car at 4:20 p.m. and drove into the cement barrier, which broke. The truck then accelerated into the soccer field and hit the tree inside the park. The driver died at the scene.

Man, 90, dies in shed collapse

A storage shed fell on a 90-year-old man, killing him Tuesday.

Hawaii County police said Walter K. Sugi of Honaunau crawled under the shed to retrieve an item when the building collapsed on him. The Fire Department responded and brought him out from under the shed.

Sugi was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he died at 5:40 p.m.