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‘Panama Papers’show how therich hide moneyBy DAVID McHUGH and FRANK JORDANSThe Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany — A leak of 11.5 milliondocuments from a Panama-based law firm offers aglimpse into the shadowy world where the rich and pow-erful hide their money, raising sharp questions about theuse of shell companies that obscure the identities of theirtrue owners.
Leaders of the Group of 20 — representing about 80percent of the global economy — have vowed to crackdown on the practice, which is blamed for helping con-ceal money laundering, corruption and tax evasion.
By themselves, shell companies aren’t illegal. Coun-tries have tightened rules on using them — but notenough to satisfy anti-corruption activists.
News organizations working with the Washington,D.C.-based International Consortium of InvestigativeJournalists have been processing the legal records fromthe Mossack Fonseca law firm that were first leaked tothe Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper based in Munich,Germany.
In reports that began Sunday, ICIJ said that the docu-ment dump, dubbed the “Panama Papers,” shows thehidden offshore assets of politicians, businesses andcelebrities, including 12 current or former heads of state.
Among the countries with past or present political fig-ures named in the reports are Iceland, Ukraine, Pakistan,Saudi Arabia, Russia and Argentina.
The law firm said in a statement that it observed all
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Panama City’s skyline is seen Monday. Pana-ma’s president says that his government will coop-erate “vigorously” with any judicial investigationarising from the leak of a vast trove of informationon the offshore financial dealings of the world’s richand famous.
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By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer
Two bills that would give the cash-strapped Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Com-mission a little more money this year arestill alive as the state Legislature windsdown to its final month.
KIRC Executive Director Michael Na-ho‘opi‘i said Monday that a bill appropriat-ing possibly $600,000 will be discussed ina conference committee. If it clears theconference committee, the funding meas-
ure has a good chance of surviving finalvotes in both houses and heading to thegovernor’s desk for his signature,Naho‘opi‘i said.
A version of the bill cleared the power-ful Senate Ways and Means Committee onThursday. The House already has passedits version.
Currently, there is no specific fundingamount in the bill, though the bill’s reportcalled for $600,000. Naho‘opi‘i explained
that normally the state budget is passed andthen bills like this one wait to see howmuch funding is left over.
KIRC needs the funds to continue oper-ating. A $44 million federal trust fund, setaside about 20 years ago, is down to$500,000, KIRC officials said recently.Last session, lawmakers approved only athird of the commission’s $6 million re-quest for the biennium for fiscal years
Bill providing more funds for KIRC still alive
See KIRC on the next page
Carl Kaupalolo (above, from left), Ted Awana andTimmy Paulokaleioku Bailey — members of theRoyal Order of Kamehameha I, Kahekili MauiChapter IV — remove the bones from two freshlycooked pigs at the Hale Nanea Cultural Center inKahului on Monday. Kamehameha V establishedthe order in 1865 to honor his grandfather. TheMaui Chapter is recognizing the 150th Jubileewith a weeklong celebration of cultural demonstra-tions, food, crafts and entertainment. Rod Ryugoof Haiku (at right, from right), Maryanne Moriokaof Kula and Ginger Kapaku of Wailuku stringfeathers together to make small kahili, featheredpoles that signify Native Hawaiian royalty. RonDaniels (left) said that early kahili were 8 to 12 feettall and could include nearly 7,500 feathers.
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Maui island wouldbe 100 percentgreen by 2040
By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer
In 24 years, Maui island could bepowered by 100 percent renew-ables, including solar, wind, hydro-electric and geothermal energy, ac-cording to updated plans submitted
by Hawaiian Electric Cos., whichinclude subsidiary Maui ElectricCo.
On Friday, MECO, HawaiianElectric on Oahu and Hawaii Elec-tric Light Co. on the Big Island sub-mitted plans to chart a 30-yearcourse to 100 percent renewable en-ergy in their Power Supply Im-provement Plan Updates. The planswere submitted to the state PublicUtilities Commission for review.
Last year, Gov. David Ige signedan energy bill that directed thestate’s utilities to generate 100 per-cent of their electricity sales from re-newable energy resources by 2045.
According to the plans, Mauiwould reach the 100 percent renew-able goal five years early in 2040,as would Hawaii island. Molokaiand Lanai would reach the goaleven earlier — by 2030. Oahuwould hit the 100 percent renew-
able mandate by 2045.
“Our plans show that a 100 per-cent renewable energy future can beachieved,” said Alan Oshima, presi-dent and CEO of Hawaiian ElectricCo., in a news release. “We want towork with parties from all segmentsof the community — government,business, community and environ-mental groups — to refine the plansfor Hawaii’s energy future.”
Overall, the document is “one of
the stronger plans they put togeth-er,” said Doug McLeod, MauiCounty’s former energy commis-sioner.
The downside is “we still don’thave the public’s involvement,” saidMcLeod. “We still don’t have com-munity and environmental groupsgiving input into the process. I thinkthat’s going to be the question. Willpeople look at the report and its
Utility submits renewable energy plans to PUC
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Aiea 84/67/sh 77/69/cEwa Beach 83/68/sh 79/70/cHanalei 77/65/sh 75/68/cHilo 86/69/c 79/69/shHonolulu 83/68/sh 79/69/cKailua 85/72/sh 85/71/shKalaoa 82/73/sh 81/73/pcKalaupapa 82/68/sh 77/68/cKaneohe 84/69/sh 77/70/cKapaa 77/67/sh 75/69/pcKihei 86/69/pc 78/69/cLihue 80/68/sh 77/68/pcMililani Town 81/65/sh 74/66/pcMokapu 81/71/sh 77/73/cNanakuli 83/68/sh 79/69/cPearl City 84/66/sh 77/68/cWahiawa 79/63/sh 71/64/pcWaimea 77/62/c 69/62/shWaipio 83/68/pc 78/67/sh
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A front will move in; some morning sun, then clouds and showers arrive later on
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Windy with showers; downpours windward and mauka, it will also be turning cooler
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5:06 p.m. 2.0 10:36 p.m. 0.0
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3:49 p.m. 1.7 9:32 p.m. 0.0
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Thu. 2:55 a.m. 2.2 8:49 a.m. -0.2
3:38 p.m. 2.4 9:22 p.m. 0.1
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Highest Today ... 11 ....... extreme9 a.m. .................. 6 ............. highNoon .................. 11 ....... extreme3 p.m. .................. 5 ..... moderate5 p.m. .................. 1 ............... low
Precipitation at Kahului24 hrs ending 3 p.m. Mon. ... 0.00”Record Monday ....... 0.80” in 1977Month-to-date ....................... traceNormal month-to-date .......... 0.29”Year-to-date ......................... 3.50”Normal year-to-date ............. 7.57”Last year-to-date ................ 15.74”
Temperature at KahuluiHigh ......................................... 90°Low .......................................... 65°Normal high ............................. 82°Normal low .............................. 66°Last year high .......................... 85°Last year low ........................... 73°Record high ................ 90° in 2016Record low ................. 54° in 1985Average humidity ................... 71%
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24 hrs ending 8 a.m. Mon. ... 0.00”Hana
24 hrs ending 8 a.m. Mon. ... 0.05”Lahaina
A cold front will approach today. With the flow reversed ahead of the front, showers most of the day will favor the usually dry areas of the islands. When the front arrives late today, the wind will turn to the north and increase. Tonight through tomorrow will be windy and cooler with widespread showers; downpours will be windward and mauka. Winds can gust over 40 mph in some areas tomorrow.
Sun and MoonSunrise today ............. 6:15 a.m. Sunset tonight ............ 6:42 p.m. Moonrise today ........... 5:00 a.m.Moonset today ............ 5:18 p.m.
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Acapulco 92/71/s 92/70/sAuckland 69/54/pc 68/53/sBangkok 98/83/s 100/82/sBeijing City 75/52/pc 73/54/pcBerlin 72/50/pc 59/47/pcBermuda 72/61/sh 65/61/cBuenos Aires 73/60/t 73/58/shCalgary 58/41/c 63/37/pcHong Kong 80/68/c 81/71/pcJohannesburg 78/56/pc 62/47/tLondon 58/43/pc 54/40/shMelbourne 83/57/pc 62/50/rMexico City 83/50/s 82/54/sMontreal 30/16/pc 38/30/pcOsaka 66/47/pc 71/54/pcParis 58/42/pc 57/40/shSao Goncalo 87/73/s 88/73/pcRome 73/51/pc 77/54/pcSeoul 62/37/s 72/51/pcShanghai 64/57/c 71/58/shSingapore 92/79/c 93/80/cSydney 82/69/s 89/66/sTokyo 57/46/c 67/56/sToronto 32/21/s 38/33/rVancouver 55/44/r 59/44/pc
Albuquerque 76/41/s 74/42/pcAnchorage 46/35/c 48/33/cAtlanta 68/44/s 68/53/pcAustin 82/55/s 79/46/pcBaltimore 48/24/s 57/47/pcBillings 54/38/sh 69/43/cBoise 58/38/pc 69/44/sBoston 35/24/s 40/36/pcCharleston, SC 67/43/s 70/59/sCheyenne 49/31/c 59/38/pcChicago 45/40/pc 56/35/shCleveland 37/28/s 58/40/tColumbus, OH 46/31/s 60/42/tDallas 84/58/s 79/49/sDenver 60/33/pc 65/39/sDetroit 40/29/pc 55/36/rEl Paso 87/54/pc 80/50/pcFairbanks 47/26/s 48/25/sFargo 57/34/sn 48/35/cHouston 81/56/pc 78/49/pcIndianapolis 50/38/s 57/40/tKansas City 73/48/t 60/39/pcLas Vegas 87/62/s 86/63/pcLittle Rock 76/57/s 74/48/tLos Angeles 81/62/s 87/62/pc
Memphis 70/53/s 70/47/tMiami 83/68/s 79/70/shMilwaukee 42/35/r 52/33/shMinneapolis 44/39/sn 48/35/shNew Orleans 79/60/s 76/59/pcNew York City 41/28/s 47/43/pcOrlando 82/58/s 80/62/pcPhiladelphia 44/28/s 54/47/pcPhoenix 92/66/s 96/67/pcPortland, ME 37/19/s 37/33/pcPortland, OR 62/42/pc 74/50/sProvidence 37/18/s 41/36/pcRaleigh 54/32/s 64/53/sSt. Louis 59/52/pc 64/43/tSalt Lake City 54/36/pc 62/40/sSan Diego 73/61/pc 74/62/pcSan Francisco 75/57/s 86/60/sSeattle 59/43/c 67/48/pcSpokane 55/37/pc 64/43/sSpringfield, IL 54/47/pc 61/40/shTampa 80/62/s 81/67/pcTopeka 77/49/t 63/36/pcTulsa 84/57/s 74/42/sTucson 88/56/pc 93/63/pcWashington, DC 50/30/s 60/51/pc
Marine ForecastCoastal waters: Wind southwest becoming northwest at 10-20 knots today. Wind waves 4 feet, minimal swells. Spotty showers.
Channels: Wind southwest becom-ing northwest at 10-20 knots today. Wind waves 4 feet, minimal swells. Spotty showers.
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Concert benefits Bernie Worrell
NEW YORK — BernieWorrell, funk’s “Wizard ofWoo,” is amazed at the lineupof friends and admirers whoturned out for his benefit con-cert: GeorgeClinton andNonaHendryx,JonathanDemme andBootsyCollins, PaulShaffer andLivingColour.
Even Meryl Streep and RickSpringfield, with whom Wor-rell worked on last year’smovie “Ricki and the Flash,”appeared Monday at WebsterHall for “All the Woo in theWorld,” a “funkraiser” to helppay for Worrell’s cancer treat-ment.
“I think it’s an outpouring oflove,” the 71-year-old Worrellsaid. “I’m a humble type ofperson who just tries to makepeople happy. I didn’t knowthis event would be so big.”
Diagnosed a few monthsago with stage-four lung can-cer, the keyboardist for Clin-ton’s Parliament-Funkadelicempire of the 1970s has neverbeen as famous as some of theperformers at the Webster Hallshow. But he is revered by fel-low musicians and others whoknow him and his trademarkriffs, screeches and squiggles,essential to such hits as “Flash-light,” “Give Up the Funk(Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”and “One Nation Under aGroove.”
“Bernie was the key,” Clin-ton said. “He knew so manydifferent kinds of music andknew all the mechanics.”
“He gives you the theologyof funk,” David Byrne said ofWorrell, who has played onsuch Talking Heads albums as“Speaking in Tongues,” and on“Stop Making Sense,”Demme’s 1984 concert docu-mentary. “Bernie can take themusic to a very cosmic place.”
Hendryx, who has knownWorrell for decades, organizedthe event. She hopes the showwill raise around $75,000 andis counting on an online auc-tion (www.sweetrelief.org) tobring in more, with items in-
cluding a signed poster fromthe Rolling Stones and a guitarautographed by Carlos San-tana.
Soprano TamaraWilson wins award
NEW YORK — SopranoTamara Wilson has won theaward dubbed the HeismanTrophy for singers.
The Richard Tucker Award,along with a $50,000 cashprize, was announced Mondayin New York. It goes to anAmerican opera singer on thecusp of a major internationalcareer.
Since it was created in 1975and named for the late Brook-lyn-born tenor, many winnershave become stars on worldstages, including soprano Re-nee Fleming and last year’shonoree, mezzo-soprano JamieBarton.
Wilson, 34, said that whenshe got the call she jumped forjoy around her London hotelroom “for a solid 10 minutes.”
Wilson made her criticallyacclaimed Metropolitan Operadebut in 2014 singing the titlerole in Verdi’s “Aida.”
As this year’s winner,picked by a panel of profes-sionals, she’ll be featured atCarnegie Hall on Oct. 30.
Wilson, who grew up inNaperville, Ill., is part of a newgeneration of singers reachingout to a audience whose tastesmay not initially include opera.
On the YouTube channelExit Stage Left, the efferves-cent singer offers earthy, zanychats about offstage life thatcould be useful to anybody,from how to pack for long tripsto a long list of cold remediesand advice on surviving andthriving in a tough, competitiveworld.
She promises a “Sexi Sopra-no Webinar” about “blockingthe haters, building up yourself-confidence and pushingout the negativity in a world . . .where you’re constantly beingjudged, broken down, toldfrom all different directionswhat you should be, how youshould act, what you shouldwear, how you should sound.”
Wilson has sung in top the-aters from Spain, Germany andEngland to Chile, Brazil andJapan.
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KIRCContinued from Page A12016 and 2017. KIRC isscheduled to receive $1 millionfrom the state for fiscal 2017,which begins July 1, after re-ceiving $1 million in the cur-rent fiscal year.
KIRC’s budget normallyruns about $2.5 million peryear, Naho‘opi‘i said. Thegroup has done onlinefundraising and sought more
grant money to try to make upthe shortfall.
Another bill that would pro-vide $500,000 to establish athree-year pilot project involv-ing photovoltaic-powered de-salination equipment on Ka-hoolawe and having KIRCstudy the benefits of the tech-nology, is awaiting a hearingby the Senate Ways and MeansCommittee. Naho‘opi‘i saidthat a hearing has to be con-ducted by Friday in order for
the bill to stay alive.
KIRC, which is managingand helping to restore the for-mer military target island, han-dles access to the island andhas been lobbying committeeChairwoman Jill Tokuda for ahearing. Naho‘opi‘i argued thatthe program has added benefitsbeyond Kahoolawe; the projectcould be a model to bring waterto the typically dry leewardcoasts of all islands.
Another measure, HB 2200,
which could have given KIRCadditional funding through an-other funding mechanism isdead. It would have authorizedthe state Board of Land andNatural Resources chairpersonto transfer public land trustfunds or ceded land revenuesto the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilita-tion Trust Fund.
It also authorized the Officeof Hawaiian Affairs to expenda portion of its public land trustrevenues “for purposes consis-
tent with” those of the Ka-hoolawe trust fund.
The measure faced strongopposition from the state De-partment of Land and NaturalResources and OHA.
Because of the dwindlingfunds and restrictions on rev-enue generation, three employ-ees were laid off, three full-time staffers became part-timers and the rest of the stafftook a 5 percent pay cut lastyear, Naho‘opi‘i said.
The number of trips to the is-land has dropped. At its peak,1,000 people visited the islandin a year but, this fiscal year,KIRC will be “lucky” if the to-tal is in the low 300s,Naho‘opi‘i said.
If the $600,000 is appropri-ated, Naho‘opi‘i said those
funds would go to needed re-pairs to the organization’s boatthat is used to travel to andfrom the island. The group hascut back on maintenance tosave money.
“We are hoping to have a lit-tle buffer there, to get a lot ofthe repairs done,” Naho‘opi‘isaid.
Naho‘opi‘i said that perhapsthings could get easier in up-coming legislative sessions,noting that the current fiscalyear is the first time state gen-eral fund money has flowed in-to KIRC.
“I think it’s a learningprocess for us,” saidNaho‘opi‘i.
■ Melissa Tanji can be reached at [email protected].
HONOLULU (AP) — TheUniversity of Hawaii has askedindependent safety experts toinvestigate what caused a labo-ratory explosion last monththat seriously injured a visitingresearcher.
The school said Mondaythat the University of Califor-nia Center for Laboratory Safe-ty will look into the March 16blast. A team from the centerwas on the UH’s Manoa cam-pus last week. The investiga-
tion is expected to be complet-ed by the end of the month.
The university said that theexplosion occurred when a re-searcher was growing cells byfeeding them a mixture of low-pressure hydrogen, carbondioxide and oxygen.
The school said that thesame process has been used al-most daily and without inci-dent since 2008 at a lab that’spart of the Hawaii Natural En-ergy Institute.
UH has safety expertsreview lab explosion
