Case grows against sex assailant

Case grows against sex assailant DNA links Mark Heath to an unsolved crime that occurred in 2007 By Gene Park POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008 A man who has already pleaded guilty to burglary and sexual assault at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pleaded no contest yesterday to another sexual assault case…. Read more »

Two killed in collision near airport

Honoluluadvertiser.com December 17, 2008 Two killed in collision near Honolulu Airport Advertiser Staff Two men were killed early today when a speeding motorcycle broadsided a car near Honolulu International Airport, according to police vehicular homicide investigators. The horrific impact of the 12:45 a.m. collision at the intersection of Kamehameha Highway and Camp Catlin Road left… Read more »

Soldier on motorcycle crashes into car, 2 dead

Motorcycle and Car Flip, 2 Killed Written by Tim Sakahara – tsakahara@kgmb9.com December 17, 2008 05:06 PM The crash happened at 12:45 Wednesday morning. One man involved lived in Salt Lake. The other is a soldier from Florida. It’s one of the worst crashes police have seen in a while. The Nissan Altima was town… Read more »

Remembering the Massie Case

Someone posted this op ed about the Massie incident from a few years ago on a listserve.  It’s a sobering reminder of the oppressive conditions Hawai’i endured under US occupation. >><< Posted on: Sunday, October 14, 2001 Focus The Massie case: Injustice and courage By David Stannard Seventy years ago last month, in the pre-dawn… Read more »

Unexploded Ordnance removed from Kaua’i yard

Ordnance is removed from yard HANAMAULU, Kauai » An old, unexploded piece of ordnance sat in a front yard for decades before an elderly woman turned it over to police last week, Kauai officials said. On Dec. 8, Kauai police received a call for assistance Monday from a woman who wanted to remove a large… Read more »

Saddle Road Realignment: Another military highway

SADDLE: BIG ISLE ROAD CONNECTION Officials hail island link for Hilo and West Hawaii By Rod Thompson POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 12, 2008 HILO » Federal, state and county officials opened a rebuilt, widened, 9-mile stretch of the 49-mile Saddle Road between Hilo and West Hawaii yesterday, part of a two-decade-long process of unifying… Read more »

Tackling the Global Military Industrial Complex

Tackling the Global Military Industrial Complex By John Feffer The headlines coming out of East Asia have been rather positive – compared to the horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan, melting glaciers, and plummeting stock markets. The Six Party Talks have been making progress toward ending the confrontation between the United States and North Korea and… Read more »

Navatek builds robotic military ship

Another military ship backed by Sen. Inouye. “This summer, Navatek delivered to the U.S. Navy two 11-meter USVs worth $3.7 million, with pending orders for two more. The unmanned vessels will be used on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships that are now in testing.” HonoluluAdvertiser.com December 9, 2008 Navatek builds $2.2M research ship By William… Read more »

The new US invasion of Guam

This is an old article from a pro-military perspective. Notice how Chamoru opposition to the military expansion is diminished and how local politicians are falling over themselves to get to the trough. Guam’s Return to Prominence Sea Power | Richard R. Burgess | January 25, 2007 The 2006 agreement between the United States and Japan… Read more »

The Storm of US Militarization Hits Guam

The Storm of US Militarization hits Guam Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – April 2008 – New York, NY Item # 6 Topic: Pacific Presenter: Julian Aguon Collective Intervention of the Chamoru Nation and Affiliated Indigenous Chamoru Organizations; Society for Threatened Peoples International (ECOSOC); CORE (ECOSOC); Western Shoshone Defense… Read more »