This is great news! The Hawai’i Supreme Court ruled that Act 2, the special legislation that retroactively exempted the Hawai’i Superferry from state environmental protection laws, was unconstitutional. Perhaps this will be the end of the Superferry. Read the decision here. ===== http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/41333049.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Breaking News POSTED: 11:12 a.m. HST, Mar 16, 2009 Hawaii… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Guam Residents Unhappy About Relocation of US Marines from Okinawa
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Guam Residents Unhappy About Relocation of US Marines from Okinawa By Akahata 3-14-09, 10:21 am Original source: Akahata (Japan) Residents of Guam are so reluctant to accept the US Marines to be stationed on the island of US territory in the Pacific, that the Guam governor would sign the ordinance passed… Read more »
Video shows reef damaged by USS Port Royal
Check out this video of the damage to the reef caused by the grounded USS Port Royal. Pulverized. http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/15031/40/ New Video Shows Reef Damaged by Navy Cruiser Written by Brooks Baehr – bbaehr@kgmb9.com March 13, 2009 06:36 PM Local divers have given KGMB9 viewers what the U.S. Navy and State Department of Land and Natural… Read more »
Obama White House “wants to collect six to eight ‘scalps'”?
This article from the right wing Lexington Institute expresses worry that the new administration is looking to cut 6-8 major military programs, including reducing the number of aircraft carriers to 10. It also contains a little snippet that should buoy the anti-bases movement: There’s only one problem with all this. It reduces the United States’… Read more »
Navy sonar threat to whales in Florida
Some fear Navy sonar may harm Fla.’s right whales Environmentalists: Sonar from Navy’s proposed training site off NW Fla. may harm right whales RON WORD AP News Mar 13, 2009 06:35 EST In the blue-green surf, 11 endangered North Atlantic right whales surface, jump and shoot mist high into the air through their blow holes…. Read more »
Ex-soldier gets life term for rape of his infant daughter
March 13, 2009 Dad gets life term for infant’s rape Plea deal calls for at least 15 years in prison before seeking parole By David Waite Advertiser Staff Writer An O’ahu man who admitted in court last year that he repeatedly raped his infant child and videotaped the incidents was sentenced yesterday to life in… Read more »
Navy vet sentenced to life for murder of stepfather
Timothy Adarna, who took an early discharge from the Navy, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his stepfather Robert Ramos. Adarna stabbed Ramos numerous times then set the body on fire. Here are a couple of earlier articles: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/17/ln/FP611170359.html http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/19/news/story10.html ==== March 13, 2009 Man who killed stepfather in Ewa Beach… Read more »
O’ahu Taro Festival
O’AHU TARO FESTIVAL! Tuesday March 24th 10 am – 4 pm Mālama Hāloanakalaukapalili Don’t Miss This Family Roots Celebration! Nānā ka maka, hana ka lima. As the eyes see, let the hands work. COME GET INVOLVED! Learn about this amazing plant, enjoy food & festivities, and meet taro farmers from all over Hawai’i nei! Taro… Read more »
Chinese response to US escalation in South China Sea
China Daily (3/13/09) Pentagon reaction to row ‘inappropriate’ Naval officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday criticized the Pentagon for what they described as an “inappropriate reaction” after a confrontation between a US spy ship and five Chinese vessels in the South China Sea on Sunday. They were responding to a media report that… Read more »
“Deny, delay, minimize, trivialize or ignore”
The AP posted a story about a House investigative report on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), which is charged with protecting the health of communities affected by toxic contamination. According to the AP story: A House investigative report says officials from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry “deny, delay,… Read more »
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