What cockfight ban? Vol 6 No 3 March 2022 | Page 3

Vol . 6 No . 03 What we have this month March 2022

Vol . 6 No . 03 What we have this month March 2022

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VOL . 6 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO . 03
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Around the Pacific
US accelerating expansion in the Blue Pacific
MARCH 2022

WHAT COCKFIGHT BAN ?

Defying federal law , Guam cockfighters are back in the cockpit
Military
The urgency of building missile defense for Guam www . pacificislandtimes . com
Cockfight ban : An unenforceable law ? 16-18
From the Publisher ’ s Desk
Public health and politics 4
Insights
Views from the Trench : House hunting
6
Yo Amti : A public health catastrophe
7
Global Guam : Creating waves
8
Tall Tales : Revisiting ‘ bro-gate ’
9
Live from Saipan : Techspeak
10
Yes & Know : A mother ’ s journey
11
Pacific Reflections : The sunken republics
12
Military
Enhancing Guam defense 13 Business
How to bring to bring the tourists back 14 CNMI
Living independently 19 Technology
Tides : Digital transformation 20
Around the Pacific
Micronexit on pause
21
The United States ’ long-term-future in the Blue Pacific
22
Keeping canoe alive
23
Peter Wilson : Micronesian legend
24
Philippines
The politics behind Philippine elections 27 Life
Lessons : Avoiding morbid thoughts 28 Art therapy
The Picasso of the Pacific 30

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