Vol . 5 No . 6
Our Cover
Rejecting the notorious Insular Cases
VOL . 5 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO . 06
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EQUALITY
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MYTH
Military FSM Palau
Who is to blame for the tax leak ?
JUNE 2021
ConCon is running out of time
What ’ s next after the travel bubble burst ? www . pacificislandtimes . com
The discredited legacy of Insular Cases 16-18
It had something to do with oranges from Puerto Rico 17 Unintended consequences 19
From the Publisher ’ s Desk ‘ Alien races ’ and ‘ uncivilized people ’ 4
Brief Chat Yap Gov . Henry Falan : Thoughts on US military 5
What we have this month
Insights Views from the Trench : Keeping Guam ’ s culture alive 6 Yo Amti : What ’ s happening in India ? 7 These Islands : Samoa and Guam : A tale of two islands 8 Yes & Know : Bruno : in memoriam 9 Variations : Wrong but alive 10
Business Monetizing working vacation 11 CNMI The road to herd immunity 12 Military Who forgot the plug the tax leak ? 13 Technology Just a Byte : Traversing the smart road 20 Tides : Technology for small businesses 19
* Opinions expressed by columnists are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Pacific Island Times .
June 2021
Around the Pacific Palau-Taiwan bubble burst 22 FSM employees get pay raises in the time of Covid 23 Snap to it , FSM ConCon urged 23 What inspired the island monuments 25 Philippines Duterte and the China conflict 26 Life Lessons : What we have learned from the pandemic 27 The church in crisis 28 Daydream : A better world after the pandemic 29
Art Palm trees and endless possibilities 30