For Immediate Release Contact: Ellen-Rae Cachola Women’s Rights Groups Urge the Philippines to Rethink Guam Military Buildup Bid By Ellen-Rae Cachola and Terry Bautista March 1, 2010 In his statement to the press, Mayor James Gordon Jr. spoke with nostalgia about U.S. military presence in Olongapo and across the Philippines. He said that for Olongapo,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2010
More on Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day
http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11167:-nuclear-survivors-remembrance-day-&catid=36:bens-pen&Itemid=67 Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day Tuesday, 02 March 2010 03:26 by Sen. Ben Pangelinan March 1, 2010 marks the 56th year of the explosion of the most devastating instrument of mass destruction of its time and for many decades to come, the nuclear bomb, Code named “Bravo” on the peoples of the Pacific. It was… Read more »
Nuclear survivors worry as U.S. presses for resettlement
http://www.mvariety.com/n-test-affected-islanders-worry-as-us-presses-for-resettlement.php N-test affected islanders worry as US presses for resettlement Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00 By Giff Johnson – For Variety MAJURO — Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing islanders to return home by next year. March 1… Read more »
U.S. Torture – It’s Not Over Yet
US Torture–It’s Not Over Yet Washington’s Wars and Occupations: Month in Review #58 February 28, 2010 By Rebecca Gordon, War Times/Tiempo de Guerras February was not a good month for U.S. torture victims or their supporters. A British court released documents detailing the tortures suffered by Binyam Mohamed, whom the U.S. had shipped to Morocco… Read more »
Military suicides exceeded combat deaths in January
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/01/military-suicides/ Military Suicides Posted by Joe Klein Monday, March 1, 2010 at 11:52 am During the month of January, more soldiers committed suicide (24) than were killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan and Iraq combined (16). This is unusual, but–amazingly–not unique. In fact, the problem of military suicides is growing much worse, as Army Chief… Read more »
Maui peace activists honored by the ACLU
Congratulations to Mele Stokeberry and Charles Carletta, two leaders in Maui Peace Action, for receiving the Pila Witmarsh Aloha Award! >><< http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/529100.html?nav=10 Maui activists win ACLU accolades By LEE IMADA, News March 1, 2010 Two longtime Maui activists who were honored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai’i this month believe peace in the… Read more »
Marine mammals will be casualty of Navy exercises
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=8549 Marine mammals will be casualty of Navy exercises Guest opinion by Carolyn Heitman Kodiak Daily Mirror Article published on Monday, March 1st, 2010 In November 2009 the Navy sent NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service an application and request for a Letter of Authorization and Permit to do Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Training Exercises using mid-frequency… Read more »
Much of Hawai’i’s stimulus funds helps stimulate military buildup
So, stimulus funds went to install key-less locks and repairing tennis courts at military bases? Studying windmills for Punchbowl? Why didn’t the state pay for teacher salaries, so the school furloughs could be averted? Hire crews to remove invasive species and restore forest and reef ecosystems? >><< Posted on: Monday, March 1, 2010 http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010358/Checking+Hawaii%E2%80%99s+stimulus+deals Checking… Read more »
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