Travel

By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Using bogus Covid-19 pre-departure tests has proven expensive for two airline passengers who flew to Toronto earlier this year. The first passenger has been fined $6,500 for presenting an altered …

By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii-Pacific Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) — Effective immediately, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection will implement the Simplified Arrival Program at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). This will eventually replace the Automated Passport Control …

By Thomas I. Likness Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — An international vacation may become a reality for some Canadians this summer, Prime Minister Trudeau hinted Tuesday. But Trudeau says it will likely require some form of a vaccine passport. …

By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — A frustrated Ontario Premier Doug Ford railed against the federal government Friday for what he calls weak border measures that have allowed variants of the Covid-19 virus to come into …

By Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stops short of saying Canada will require people coming into the country to produce proof of vaccination. Trudeau did not give a definite answer when …

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang has imposed a travel ban for those with travel history to India amid the emergence of more infectious variants there that caused an unprecedented spike in cases there. The travel ban will be in effect …

By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Flights from the Covid-19 hotspots of India and Pakistan will not be allowed to land at Canadian airports, the Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced Thursday. “Effective 11:30 p.m. eastern time …

(Eagle News) — The US State Department has advised against travel to the Philippines. In issuing the advice in its April 20 advisory, the US State Department noted for one, that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention had issued …

  By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii-Pacific Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Starting on Saturday, April 17, travelers from Taiwan may bypass Hawaii’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner, Governor David Ige announced. …

  By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii-Pacific Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has advised prospective visitors to prepare for a busy summer travel season at all of Hawaii’s airports. Visitor statistics have shown an average …

By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians are looking forward to the day when the Canada-US border reopens to non-essential travel but it won’t be anytime soon. “We’re all going …

By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Household spending in Canada in February is up from the same month a year ago according to an economics report from the Royal Bank of Canada released Tuesday. Core spending …