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Thu
16
Feb

16 Asian American & Pacific Islander Advisors To President Trump Resign

Submitted by PIR Editor on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 10:53

 

16 members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have submitted their resignations ahead of the expiry of their term indicating uncertainty about whether President Trump would respect their advise if it did not conform to his predetermined beliefs.

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Mon
13
Feb

Hawaii May Be Breaking Law By Accommodating Foreign Fishermen

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 12:17

 

About 700 foreign fisherman operating on vessels based in Hawaii harbors are not officially allowed into the U.S. The state has been granting them local fishing licenses in appararent violation of state laws. The employees vague legal status makes them vulnerable to exploitation. 

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Wed
01
Feb

Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care

Submitted by PIR Editor on Wed, 02/01/2017 - 09:10

 

U.S. veterans who were involved in clean-up operations at Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands experience much higher levels of cancer and other illnesses presumably related to their exposure to radioactive materials. So far the Department of Defense has refused to accept any link between their work and their health problems and has refused to pay for their healthcare. 

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Wed
04
Jan

Indonesia Halts Military Cooperation With Australia Over 'Insulting' West Papua Posters

Submitted by PIR Editor on Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:14

 

Future joint exercises between Australia and Indonesia are in doubt after an Indonesian officer complained after seeing posters about West Papau at an Australian Special Forces base in Perth.

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Mon
26
Dec

Despite Climate Change Exodus, Some Marshall Islanders Head Back Home

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/26/2016 - 13:02

 

Despite the difficulties of living in one of the world's most climate vulnerable countries, many young Marshallese are returning home from abroad to help confront these challenges. 

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Mon
12
Dec

Broken Men In Paradise: Australia's Cruel Refugee Detention Policy

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:25

 

New York Times columnist Roger Cohen visited the Australian asylum seeker detentional facility on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and concluded that "The world’s refugee crisis knows no more sinister exercise in cruelty than Australia’s island prisons."

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Wed
07
Dec

West Papua's Verdant Heartlands Devastated By Mine Waste – In Pictures

Submitted by PIR Editor on Wed, 12/07/2016 - 12:55

 

"Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of tailings from the Grasberg mine end up in the Indonesian province’s Aikwa delta system every day, which the Kamoro tribe say is destroying the landscape on which they rely for food and trade."

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Mon
05
Dec

New York Times OpEd: Save The Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 13:25

 

As the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meets in Fiji this week,Jane Lubchenco  and Maria Damanaki issue an urgent call to protect the remaining tuna stocks in the Pacific.

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Tue
22
Nov

Cultural Factors Complicate Zika Prevention in American Samoa

Submitted by PIR Editor on Tue, 11/22/2016 - 14:03

 

Despite awareness, funding for zika prevention in American Samoa, NBC News reports that efforts to control the mosquito-borne virus outbreak are faltering.

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Tue
15
Nov

Big Money, Big Questions At Saipan's Best Sunshine Casino

Submitted by PIR Editor on Tue, 11/15/2016 - 10:37

 

The new casino in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas is raising eyebrows due to its reported huge revenue figures, which apparently dwarf established industry leaders in regional gambling mecca Macau. With increased efforts by Chinese authorities to crackdown on capital flight via Macau, Saipan may be the new destination of choice for mega-wealthy Chinese. 

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