Pacific Island Times January 2019 Vol. 4 No. 1 | Page 3

WHAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH
Our Cover
Insights
VOL 4
GUAM • PALAU
CNMI • FSM
Observer: “I’m a conservative”
Views from the Trench:
On Miley Cyrus and her revealing outfits
Variations:
Unsolicited advice for
newly elected officials
Not Your Average Joe:
Tidbits from 2018
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FOR MORE
Why Guam is
hooked on chai
restaurants n
Business and Economy
Brief Chat
Dealing with labor challenges
Who is still watching TV?
Meet Jeffrey
Cook
Guam’s first ‘First :
Gentl
Business
eman’
able providers
are
to adapt as viewe struggling
rs shift to
video streaming
Environment
The first day of January
is always symbolic
CNMI
Mapping out
plans to rebui
ld
a typhoon-wr
ecked economy
Technology
Just a byte: Digital detox
How will 5G change the
way we use technology?
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24 Bookshelf
“Brothers of the Fire Star”
will never go out of date 38
Travel
Skipping the tourist traps
in a Mexican village 39
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From the Publisher’s Desk
The era of peace CNMI
Remembering Bill Stewart 27
4 Around the Pacific
Six Pacific island countries
are at risk of falling into debt traps
More robots in Yap 29
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Life
Lesson for Everyday Life:
Nowhere woman sitting in a nowhere land
Daydream: The early riser
Almost famous:
Creating art in a foreign land
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Art
15 artists at Isla’s Creative Hands 16-17
Guam’s first “First Gentleman”
Philippines
Honoring the guardians of democracy
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15 American taste:
Why is the chain restaurant
industry thriving on Guam?
Brief Chat
Jeffrey Cook:
Why green energy receives the
least amount of aid
Marshall Islands’ goal:
net-zero emissions