Pacific Island Times May 2020 Vol 4 No. 5 | Page 3

WHAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH
Our Cover
VOL. 4
GUAM • PALAU
CNMI • FSM
NO. 5
$1.25 MAY 2020
DIGITAL
MIGRATION
Covid-19 forces schoo
to adopt e-learning. ls
Is this the future of
education?
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Business
The rise of telew
orking
Signs of the Times
What the world
can learn from
small Pacific
island natio
ns
Digital migration: The future of education?
What happens to the future of CNMI students?
A teacher’s lament over the sudden end of thee school year 16-17
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From the Publisher’s Desk
Lessons from small island nations 4
Brief Chat
Cassie Brady: Farm to table 5
Insights
View from the Trench: The new normal
Dr. Robert Underwood: A test of leadership
Variation:
Pandemic
predicted
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Yo Amti: Addressing the loneliness of the sick elders 6
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Court of Public Opinion: The new world disorder
Solarizing: The instability of the global oil market 10
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Military
America’s new security challenge 12
Technology
The rise of teleworking 14
Around the Pacific
Stranded in Marshall Islands
Covid loans for the Pacific
Overfishing in Palau
And now the swine flu 22
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Life
Lessons: Saying ‘thank you’ before it’s too late
Daydream: Running for our lives 27
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Bookshelf
Q&A with Julia Alvarez 28
Travel
A half-naked man next door 30
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