Pacific Island Times Issue No 11 Volume 2 | Page 3

WHAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH
Our Cover
Yes & Know:
Social norms and
human behavior
VOL 2
NO. 11
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Variations:
History lessons
from the Philippines
AUGUST 2017
THE
80-YEAR-OLD
MYSTERY
Amelia
Earhart con
tinues
to fascinate
researchers
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Views from the Trench:
Must-see dystopia TV
Brief Chat
Robert Underwo
turning a new
leaf
od
Have smartph
one
will travel--
to Pala
u
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Earhartmania:
More conspiracy theories pop up
80 years since Amelia Earhart’s
disappearance

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From the Publisher’s Desk
If Hobbes were a lawmaker
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Brief Chat:
Robert Underwood
eyes retirement
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Views from Palau:
What’s Brexit got to do with us? 10
Not Your Average Joe:
Speculations on the
future of humanity 11

Policy
Mental patients’ rights
vs. community safety
12
Healthcare
On the cusp between
comfort and poverty
Insights Environment
Observer:
Witchcraft, witchhunt Reef watch:
Beware coral bleaching
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What the Health:
Figuring out cultures to fix health 18
Jus’ Sayin’:
Fixing the Bai ra Keai 21
Policy
Marianas Trench is on
deck for oil drilling
Culture
Amid influx of outsiders,
Pohnpei struggle to
save language
23

Philippines
Daydream:
A love-hate relationship
with FaceBook
Marcoses crave power
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22
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25

Around the Pacific
26
Tokelau’s contentment
EU turns on funding tap
to douse drought crisis
Set for broadband Internet 26
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The bleak picture of
A. Samoa’s finances 27
Numbers game in
Papua New Guinea
28
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Budget politics in Fiji
Bookshelf
What’s Wisconsin
got to do with Guam?
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