According to the Honolulu Advertiser (“Man suspected in murder-attempted suicide was Camp Smith soldier”, November 2, 2013), the military confirmed that the soldier suspected of killing his 33 year-old wife from Singapore before turning the gun on himself was assigned to the Pacific Command Special Operations Command. The murder victim was Tara Insin, originally from Singapore…. Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2013
Army training burns 450 acres, Navy unexploded ordance
On October 10, Army training activity caused a brush fire that burned for 18 days and scorched more than 450 acres of the Waiʻanae mountains. The column of thick blackish brown smoke could be seen all the way from Honolulu. In the Kona winds, the smoke blanketed the north shore for nearly a week. The news… Read more »
Woman dead, man seriously injured in Waikīkī shooting
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported (10.28.2013) that a 33-year-old woman was dead and a 40-year-0ld man was hospitalized in an apparent murder-attempted suicide in Waikīkī. The paper indicated that the man may be a soldier: Two Army Criminal Investigation Command investigators also were called to the scene. One of the investigators said they were there because… Read more »
UH President Greenwood renews the UARC contract without public review or input
Exemplifying the secrecy and lack of accountability of the University of Hawaiʻi administration, outgoing President M.R.C. Greenwood renewed the Navy sponsored Applied Research Laboratory – UH (ARL-UH), also known as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), without public review or input. When the Board of Regents initially approved the UARC in 2008, one condition was that the… Read more »
Stop the secret renewal of UH classified naval research center!
The University of Hawaiʻi is poised to renew a contract with the Navy to operate a controversial Navy sponsored University of Hawaiʻi Applied Research Laboratory, otherwise known as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). The UARC was approved in 2008 despite fierce opposition and a civil disobedience campaign that culminated in a week-long occupation of the… Read more »
(Another) Bomb-like object found at Hapuna beach
Photo: Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources Wreckage from the military use of Hawaiian land continues to surface. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported“Bomblike device recovered off Big Isle” (June 15, 2013): Army ordnance disposal experts removed a bomblike object Friday night that prompted the closure of part of Hapuna Beach State Park… Read more »
Marine arrested in death of prostitute from Vegas
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported that Honolulu Police have arrested a U.S. marine sergeant for the death of a 29-year old woman whose naked body was found May 20, 2013 at Keawaʻula (Yokohama Bay) on Oʻahu’s west side. A U.S. Marine sergeant has been arrested in the killing of a prostitute. Nathaniel L. Cosby was… Read more »
Moana Nui 2013: Obama’s “Pacific Pivot” Destroys Environment, Democracy, Cultures
Press Release ANNOUNCING: MOANA NUI #2 June 1-2, 2013 Martin Luther King Auditorium, Berkeley (“Moana Nui” is Polynesian for “Vast Ocean”) The peoples of the Pacific need help. It is no longer sufficient to speak merely of working to “protect local cultures” and “traditional economic practices.” Local peoples are being rapidly overrun by the larger hegemonic battles… Read more »
Stop Bombing Pohakuloa! Where’s the Outrage?
Stop Bombing Pohakuloa! Where’s the Outrage? According to military documents up to 14.8 million live rounds are fired annually at the 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA), the largest military training area outside the U.S. PTA is located at 6,500 feet elevation in the center of the Hawaii Island. All branches of the U.S. military train… Read more »
Unexploded bomb found near Puʻunene School
The AP reported that an unexploded bomb, most likely from World War II, was found in a sugar cane field near Puʻunene School on Maui: The Maui News reports that the aerial bomb was discovered by an employee of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. during a weed control operation. It was found just east of the… Read more »
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