Vol . 8 No . 06 What we have this month June 2024
Our Cover
Education
The Simon Sanchez High School saga
VOL . 8 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO . 06
DEMENTIA
CNMI
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JUNE 2024
Dealing with the dreaded disease
A collapsing economy
Around the Pacific
Why France won ’ t leave New Caledonia www . pacificislandtimes . com
Dementia : the dreaded disease 16-20 From the Publisher ’ s Desk
The lawyers ’ dilemma 4 Brief Chat
Denise Mendiola : from classroom to workplace 5
Insights
These Islands : Guam and New Caledonia 6 Live from Saipan : Election time again 7 Yes & Know : The next breed of leaders 8 Pacific Reflections : A welcoming nation ? 9
Politics The race for Congress 10-11
Education SSHS : The long-stalled project 12
Policy The political status vote 13
Construction BABA waiver 15
CNMI Operation 500K 21
Around the Pacific Inside the Reef : When the US is not looking 22 Micro Waves : Cultural rifts 23
View from the West : The Frech grip on New Caledonia 25
Digital currency in the Pacific 26
Our Islands Our People : The new and old Marshall Islands 27
Philippines Confronting China 28
Life
Daydream : The beauty of a sleeping volcanic beast 29
Art Creative women at TSP 30