Vol . 8 No . 08 What we have this month August 2024
Our Cover
VOL . 8 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO . 08
SINKING , SHRINKING
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CNMI sees population drop amid collapsing economy
AUGUST 2024
Military
The price of Guam ’ s defense
Around the Pacific
New PIF leader shuns geopolitics www . pacificislandtimes . com Seeking greener pastures 16-19 From the Publisher ’ s Desk
Who you gonna call ? 4 Brief Chat
Melissa Savares : On war and survival 6
Insights These Islands : Federal policy distortions 7 Live from Saipan : The CNMI ’ s pivot policy 8 Pacific Reflections : A false sense of security 9 Guest column : The Guam politicians ’ way 10
Military Flight tests coming up 11
Policy
Guam ’ s ancestral remains “ shoved in the closet ” 14
Around the Pacific |
No respite for power customers |
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Palau , American Samoa and |
Vanuatu nix seabed mining |
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Pacific Islands Forum leader |
shuns geopoliticsd |
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Inside the Reef : |
The FSM ’ s “ brain drain ” problem |
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Micro Waves : No maternity leave |
for fifth pregnancy in Marshall Islands |
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Japan ’ s growing role in regional security |
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Reviving traditional navigation |
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Our Islands Our People :
The Marianas under the Germans
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Life |
Yes & Know : A journey with autism |
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Lessons : Home is where the heart is |
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Art Creative resistance 29
Bookshelf |
Madeleine Bordallo ’ s biography launched |
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The last war survivors |
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