Yearly Archives: 2008

Deception lures Kapolei students to join Navy

Navy recruiter’s false promises allegedly snare Kapolei students Petty Officer 1st Class Jimmy Pecadeso’s tactics have drawn previous complaints By Susan Essoyan sessoyan@starbulletin.com Enlist in the Navy now, the recruiter told Cory Miyasato and Joseph Mauga Jr., and get a free, four-year college education before going off to sea. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARBULLETIN.COM Joseph Mauga… Read more »

Halawa Heights killer faced sex-assault rap

Looks like Eliseo Dumlao, a retired military man, was in the midst of a sex assault case when he killed his wife and himself. >><< starbulletin.com May 29, 2008 Halawa Heights killer faced sex-assault rap By Leila Fujimori lfujimori@starbulletin.com The 60-year-old Halawa Heights man who fatally shot his 45-year-old wife and then killed himself Monday… Read more »

Ex-military man involved in murder-suicide

Article URL: http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/28/news/story03.html May 28, 2008 Police say shootings were murder-suicide By Gene Park gpark@starbulletin.com Police classified Monday’s Halawa Heights shooting as a murder-suicide case, the second on Oahu in 32 days. A 60-year-old man shot his 45-year-old wife in the head, before turning the 9 mm handgun on himself in their Halawa Heights apartment… Read more »

Halawa Shooting by Retired Military Man Ruled Murder-Suicide

Halawa Shooting Ruled Murder-Suicide Co-Workers Remember Slain Woman As Talented Leimaker POSTED: 4:09 pm HST May 27, 2008 UPDATED: 4:33 pm HST May 27, 2008 HONOLULU — Honolulu Police Department investigators said it appears a Halawa Heights man shot and killed his wife before killing himself in a double fatal shooting on Monday night. Friends… Read more »

Peace activists deflate dome of Waihopai spy base

Statement issued 6.30pm 4 May 2008: ANZAC PLOUGHSHARES DEFLATE AND UNMASK WAIHOPAI At 6am on the morning of the 30 April three people entered the Waihopai Spy Base and used a sickle to deflate one of the two 30 metre domes covering satellite interception dishes. The group then built a shrine and prayed for the… Read more »

Hawai’i Needs You

The Nation. Hawaii Needs You This article appeared in the April 28, 2008 edition of The Nation. April 8, 2008 An open letter to the US left from the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. The confluence of two forces–a massive military expansion in Hawai’i and Congressional legislation that will stymie the Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian] sovereignty movement–will… Read more »

Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian Resistance Then – and Now

The Nation Magazine featured Hawai’i in it’s April 2008 issue. Here are is the introductory letter from the Editors and the lead article. The Nation and Hawaii This article appeared in the April 28, 2008 edition of The Nation. April 10, 2008 In this special issue of The Nation we present editorial board member Elinor… Read more »

Air Force won’t fly low over Big Isle

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Apr/26/ln/hawaii804260329.html Posted on: Saturday, April 26, 2008 Air Force won’t fly low over Big Isle Advertiser Staff The Air Force has dropped a plan to establish a low-altitude flight path over the Big Island as a training route for C-17 cargo transport planes, U.S. Rep. Mazie K. Hirono said yesterday. The decision came after Big… Read more »

Schofield soldier acquitted of killing an Iraqi

Soldier acquitted in killing of Iraqi A jury rejects charges by the prosecution that the soldier’s story had several holes in it Schofield Barracks soldier Trey Corrales credits his acquittal of premeditated murder to his commander’s testimony about Corrales’ role in a coordinated operation to root out insurgents in Iraq. In a Wheeler Army Air… Read more »

Budget crunch hits C-17 training

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/p…./LOCALNEWSFRONT Budget crunch hits C-17 training Air Force needs new Kona practice strip but lacks money to build it The Air Force is falling short of the C-17 cargo plane training it needs in Hawai’i for combat landings and takeoff practice and low-altitude terrain flying, an official said. Already, an approximately 4,200-foot “assault landing zone”… Read more »