http://www.facebook.com/notes/womens-voices-women-speak/womens-voices-women-speak-stand-in-solidarity-with-jeju-island-activists/10150310281896460 Women’s Voices Women Speak Stand in Solidarity with Jeju Island Activists On Sept. 4, 2011, Women’s Voices Women Speak, Ann Wright, and a few friends gathered at the Korean Consulate of Hawai’i to hold a vigil in solidarity with peace activists on Jeju Island. This action was catalyzed by the current military and… Read more »
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Marine dies in motorcycle crash
From the Honolulu Star Advertiser: The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a Kaneohe Marine who died Sunday in a motorcycle crash in Aikahi Park as Brian Zuniga, 25, of Kaneohe. The medical examiner’s office said the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries due to an accident. Zuniga died at Castle Medical Center… Read more »
Veteran arrested after threat to Biden
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: Federal authorities arrested a U.S. veteran Friday when he got off a plane in Honolulu from Thailand because he allegedly threatened to kill Vice President Joseph Biden earlier this year. Justin Alan Woodward sent an email on June 22 to the White House website threatening to “kill you myself,” referring… Read more »
Road to Kuaokala, Peacock Flats closed due to heightened security
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that “The road to Kuaokala and Peacock Flats in the area of the Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station is closed because of the elevated security levels for military installations and facilities, the Department of Land and Natural Resources said today.” The Kaena point tracking station is part of the global… Read more »
Marines Expose an Untold Number of People to Radiation at the Kane’ohe bay sandbar
Autumn. Low tide. A group of people wading in shallow water in a row dangling line over the water. Must be oama (baby goatfish) season, right? Wrong. These guys are not fishing for oama. These men are workers from the state of Hawaii Department of Health absurdly conducting a radiation screening of Ahu o Laka… Read more »
Peace Prizes for War Presidents, Missile Tests on Day of Peace
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/06-0 Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Peace Prizes for War Presidents, Missile Tests on Day of Peace Escalation of US offensive missile strategy — launching an ICBM Missile across the Pacific on World Peace Day by Ann Wright The U.S. missile ‘defense” system is simply not defensive. It is offensive in every… Read more »
State allows public access on Ahu o Laka sandbar despite radiation leak
Using radiation monitors not designed to scan under water, the state determined that it was safe for the public to access the helicopter crash site in Kane’ohe Bay where radioactive Strontium 90 leaked out. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: The public will be allowed on the sandbar at Kaneohe Bay this holiday weekend despite concerns… Read more »
Kaneohe sandbar deemed safe after radiological testing?
Ahu o Laka, a sandbar in Kaneʻohe Bay, was the site of a fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in March 2011. More about that crash can be read here and here. The crash resulted in the release of fuel and a radioactive substance Strontium 90, which mimics calcium and attacks bones. However, the Marine Corps… Read more »
Mokoliʻi takes the lives to two soldiers
In the legend of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, Hiʻiaka kills a monstrous moʻo (lizard/dragon) named Mokoliʻi. Mokoliʻi island is its tail. As the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports, Mokoliʻi took the lives to two Schofield Barracks soldiers: 2 soldiers drown off Kualoa A group hits trouble on a return from Chinaman’s Hat By Gordon Y.K. Pang and Rob Shikina… Read more »
Another story about the radiation leak at Marine helicopter crash site
KHON TV carried a story about the radiation leak at the site of a fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in Kane’ohe Bay: Activist concerned about possible radioactive contamination at Kaneohe Sandbar Reported by: Andrew Pereira Updated: 8:28 am KANEOHE- Environmental activist Carroll Cox says a helicopter that crashed onto the Kaneohe Sandbar on the evening… Read more »
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