Pacific Island Times Vol 3 No 8 August 2019 | Page 3

WHAT WE HAVE THIS MONTH
Education
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Critiquing critical thinking
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Around the Pacific
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CNMI
Ending
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Guam joins litigation against companies behind PFAS 16-18
From the Publisher’s Desk
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Zero-waste: a complex goal
Brief Chat
Andrienne Palacios: The first CHamoru monk
Insights
View from the Trench:
Remembering the war survivors’ sufferings
Variations: The politicians’ false promises
Court of Public Opinion:
Why kleptocrats get away with their crime
Military
Less money for defense construction on Guam
USCG expanding presence in Wastern Pacific
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Jellyfish lake reborn
Feds seeking to curb abuse of CNMI’s tourism parole
Chuukese Perspective:
Anticipating Compact renegotiation
How island nations resolve conflicts over
maritime boundaries
US aid in the Pacific
Philippines
Transforming isolated areas
Bookshelf
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Bestselling author bares his writing process 28
Life
Remembering Sal Biadure 29
Travel
A famous tourist oinkttraction in the Bahamas 30