The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports “Officers arrested a 23-year-old man of an address at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe at 2:11 a.m. Friday” for allegedly sexually assaulting a 20-year old woman in Waikiki on June 23. The man arrested and booked on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping was one of two… Read more »
Posts Categorized: O’ahu
How Waikiki was built “on war, racism and human misery”
Militarism and tourism have always been intimately related institutions in Hawai’i. With APEC leaders descending on Waikiki in November, Larry Geller reminds us of the hidden history Waikiki as illustrative of the history of Hawai’i as a whole. In Hawaii’s hidden history—slave labor, profit, and the taking of Waikiki, Larry Geller writes “If you’re a… Read more »
U.S., China broach South China Sea in Hawaii talks
Travis Quezon, the editor of the Hawaii Independent, covered recent U.S.-China security talks in Hawai’i for Reuters. The United States and China kicked off a new round of consultations on the Asia Pacific region in Hawaii on Saturday by broaching the flaring tensions in the South China Sea, a U.S. official said. The first set… Read more »
Army’s ‘Big Lie’ in Hawai’i
Jim Albertini of Malu ‘Aina released the following message in response to the Army’s announcement that it will renege on a decision to no longer use Makua for live fire training: The Big Lie! Lt. General Francis J. Wiercinski, Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific, was quoted in an Associated Press news story on June 19,… Read more »
Honolulu Solidarity Demonstration Against Militarism and Overseas U.S. Bases
RALLY AGAINST MILITARISM & OVERSEAS U.S. BASES THURSDAY, JUNE 30 4-6pm, FEDERAL BUILDING (Ala Moana Blvd & Punchbowl) Aloha, this Irei-no-Hi, the Okinawan Memorial Day for ALL War Dead (June 23). This day commemorates the end of war between Imperial powers Japan & USA in Okinawa. Unfortunately, 66 years after the fact, Okinawa remains heavily… Read more »
Military studies Waikane Valley bomb cleanup
The Honolulu Star Advertiser published an article about the progress of unexploded ordnance (UXO) cleanup in Waikane valley in Ko’olaupoko district of O’ahu. Waikane is a lush valley that is very significant in Hawaiian legend and history. The name refers to the waters of the great deity Kane. Sites in the valley are referred to… Read more »
Army commander may renege on decision to end live fire training in Makua
As our friends in Vieques, Puerto Rico have reminded us, history has proven that we cannot believe what the military says. The new commander of the U.S. Army Pacific may renege on the decision by his predecessor to end live fire training in Makua valley. The AP reports: The top U.S. Army commander in the… Read more »
Should electoral redistricting include nonresident military families in the count?
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that “An Oahu advisory council to the state Reapportionment Commission recommended Wednesday that the commission count nonresident military and their dependents as permanent residents when redrawing the state’s political districts, a position that puts Oahu at odds with neighbor island advisory councils.” The implications of this are significant: The decision… Read more »
Schofield Barracks man charged for allegedly trying to push wife out of a moving car
According the the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a 27-year old Schofield Barracks man was arrested and charged with terroristic threatening for allegedly attempting to push his wife out of a moving vehicle: Darren R. Barnhill, of a Schofield Barracks address, remained at the main police cellblock Wednesday afternoon unable to post $11,000 bail. Police said the… Read more »
Man finds naked sailor in home
A McCully man had an unusual and uninvited house guest last night. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: “Deyoung Chipen had left the door to his one-bedroom apartment unlocked as he moved his car in the parking lot. On his way back he saw the man, wearing only shorts and shoes, run into his second-floor unit.”… Read more »
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