Power to the People Vol 5 No. 8 August 2021 | Page 3

Vol . 5 No . 8
August 2021

Vol . 5 No . 8

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POWER TO THE

PEOPLE

Solar energy got cheap . We can use it more
Military
Will Yap be the site of a planned military base in FSM ?
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CNMI
Building a sustainable workforce
Around the Pacific
Island nations are setting the Blockchain trend in the region
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You have the option to build
your own micro power plant
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More power to GPA : Going green
100 % Greening the blue Pacific
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From the Publisher ’ s Desk
Information crisis
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What we have this month

Insights These Islands : The ethnicity factor 7 Pacific Reflections : Voting rights : what about the U . S . territories ? 8 Tall Tales : Taxes and Insular Cases 9 Yes & Know : The future shock 10 Variations : The unwinnable war on drugs 11
Feature
What preoccupied Guamanians during the lockdown ? 12
CNMI Building skills and self-reliance 14-15 Technology Tides : Going back to work 20 Around the Pacific
Ahead in the game : Island nations are Blockchain pioneers 21 Bitcoin and Yapcoin 22 US begins sharpening FSM as the new “ tip of military spear ” 23

August 2021

Aiding the Pacific
24
Samoa enters a new era
25
The ancient dead in Nan Madol
26
Philippines
So long Noynoy
28
Life
Lessons : The infamous printed shirt
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Daydream : The prime of life
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Art
Artspirations
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