Pacific Island Times February 2018 Vol 3 No. 2 | Page 3

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Insights
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FEBRUARY 2018
Yes & Know:
Embracing charter school
TUG-OF-WAR
China and Taiwan are in a battle
for influence in Pacific island
s
FSM
How will Yap’s slow
internet affect
the upcoming
Micronesian Games?
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Government
Affairs
The pricey cost
of lobbying
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Live From Saipan:
Saipan’s rollercoaster economy 9
The LocaList:
Feeding the pigs 9
Not Your Average Joe:
Vying for Darwin Awards Views from The Trench:
Protecting Ritidian Two Chinas fight for
influence in the Pacific 16-17 Government Affairs
What’s the deal with
China’s cash splash?
16-17 The pricey cost of lobbying
Borrowing for tax refunds
From the Publisher’s Desk
The China conundrum
4 Business and Economy
Brief Chat:
Shoes, sports and sustainability The Valentine’s industry
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Eliminating GRT

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Views from Palau:
Plastic and other garbage 21
Around the Pacific
10 Why all the excitement about
Yap’s fiber cable project is gone
22
11 Focusing on Pacific
coconut industry 24
FSM’s new air service to
boost Japanese arrivals
25
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What the Health:
Year of good health
18
Philippines
Press freedom in peril 26
Daydream:
Love and other addictions 27
History
The legacy of the last
World War II combat
mission pilot
28
Bookshelf
The 1970s:
Revisited and relevant
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