Posts Categorized: Pacific

Who Speaks for Local Soldiers? Two powerful testimonies against the military expansion on Guam from women whose family members serve in the U.S. military. One says: “If you don’t want to give them your land, they can take it.” She fears not being able to ever own land with the population and economic changes in… Read more »

http://mvguam.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1%3Aguam-local-news&id=10392%3Adeis-rouses-youth-activism&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=2 DEIS rouses youth activism Monday, 11 January 2010 05:02 by Zita Y. Taitano | Variety News Staff DYNAMIC young community voices are starting to rise above the public complacency toward the military’s voluminous draft impact study to give new breath to vital concerns of family, community and employment. More than 500 residents listen to… Read more »

This article discusses information that the Marine Corps relocation from Okinawa to Guam would negate the ‘need’ for a replacement facility in Henoko.  This news has been suppressed by the Japanese media.  But the article does not consider the destructive impact of the military invasion of Guam and CNMI. >><< http://japanfocus.org/-Tanaka-Sakai/3274 Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision… Read more »

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2486%3Abuildup-hearing-filled-with-anti-buildup-sentiments&limitstart=1 Buildup Hearing Filled with Anti-Buildup Sentiments Guam – The Southern High Cafeteria was filled with residents both curious and eager to speak publicly about the imminent military buildup. This is where the Joint Guam Program office held the first of it’s series of public hearings on the the Draft Environmental Impact Statement or D.E.I.S…. Read more »

Koohan Paik created this briefing paper from the military’s Draft Envirionmental Impact Statement for the military expansion in Guam and the Northern Marianas: THE MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS Guam, a possession of the United States, is one of 15 islands in the Marianas, an archipelago in the western Pacific so pristine and rich… Read more »

The Honolulu Advertiser ran this story from the AP about the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Japan over the fate of Futenma Marine Base.   The U.S. wants to proceed with plans agreed to by the previous Japanese conservative government to relocate the base in the pristine coral reef habitat of Henoko, destroying critical habitat… Read more »

Here’s a new YouTube Video about the military buildup in Guam: Senator B.J. Cruz of the Guam Legislature takes us for a spin to show us some of the devastation that the proposed military buildup will bring. Check out www.paraguahan.blogspot.com

Thanks to Japan Focus for translating and making available this excellent article about the military base relocation controversy in Japan. >><< http://japanfocus.org/-Tanaka-Sakai/3274 Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam [Japanese original text at Tanaka News (tanakanews.com)] Tanaka Sakai Translation by William Steele Introduction by Gavan McCormack The Japanese… Read more »