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Written by Sig Silber It was hard to decide whether the Pacific Northwest Drought or the NASS Executive Briefing was the proper subtitle but the rotation of the drought into the Pacific Northwest was very extreme. Of course the new forecast that we may have a La Nina this winter is also very important. There is a long but very good video on crop sustainability that is well worth watching. The speakers deal with real issues not just theory. We cover all our regular topics including the intermedi...

June 29, 2021 On a recent Tuesday, 14 students sat on pieces of cardboard spaced several feet apart in a shaded patch of lawn at Honolulus Washington Middle School. In front of each student was a frond from a coconut tree. Find out whats happening in Honolulu with free, real-time updates from Patch. Lets go! The middle schoolers watched as Jendrick Paul, founder and executive director of the Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii, demonstrated how to create a basket out of the thick leave...

Por qué Micronesia necesita financiación climática ahora Robby Nena (centro) se dedica a la agricultura y la pesca de subsistencia. El pescado es un pilar de la seguridad alimentaria en la mayoría de los países y territorios insulares del Pacífico y proporciona la mayor parte de las proteínas animales de la dieta en la región. Foto: Cortesía de KCSO SÍDNEY – Robby Nena es uno de los muchos agricultores y pescadores que se encuentran en la primera línea del cambio climático en los ...

Written by Sig Silber The EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers want to revise the definion of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS). I guess that will happen now with every change of Administraton. NOAA says we may have a short revisit of La Nina this winter. Crop production continues to look good but not as good as recently. The weather may be catching up with it. In addition to the usual Crop Progress Report, there is an Executive Briefing that covers a number of crops but focuses on wheat. Se...

13 Pacific Islander Movies that Showcase the Richness and Diversity of Pasifika Cinema Pacific Islander writers, musicians, curators, and commentators share their picks from the vast and diverse world of Pasifika cinema and tell us why the movies mean so much to them. (Photo by Matt Grace & Daryl Ward/©Paladin Films/Courtesy Everett Collection) As part of AAPI Heritage month, we asked five writers, musicians, and film experts to share the Pacific Islander films they love. Below are their selec...

Letter: Guam needs a certified slaughterhouse By Mohammad Golabi View Comments Referring to current economic conditions in Guam, a recent PDN article stated: “One of the things COVID-19 made clear is that Guam needs a much more diverse economy. The reliance almost solely on military spending and tourism translated into an almost dead economy since the pandemic hit." Our ‘two-legged’ stool has proven extremely unreliable in times of crisis.’ Any new plan for island sustainability and eco...

Hawaii is not the multicultural paradise some say it is Imani Altemus-Williams © None None To outsiders, Hawai‘i might seem like the epitome of a post-racial society. For decades, scholars, writers, and tourism boosters have portrayed the islands that way—as a “racial utopia” where Native Hawaiians and Asians live harmoniously alongside white people, with the largely non-white population serving as the antidote to racism.  After all, no racial group holds a majority...

EWA BEACH, Hawaii (Habele) — A group of off-duty U.S. Army soldiers in Hawaii have teamed up with a public school on Oahu, students in the school’s Naval JROTC unit, and a nonprofit founded by former Peace Corps volunteers to send books to a school-based library in Kosrae. Diverse in culture and language, the far-flung picturesque islands of Micronesia are strategically situated. The Federated States of Micronesia are the geopolitical crossroads of the Pacific. The islands’ drama...

Regarding Article 12 IN his 1966 book, “A Reporter in Micronesia,” E.J. Kahn Jr. wrote that the U.S. wanted to “protect” the people of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands against the possibility of losing their most permanent and precious asset — their land. (Administered by the U.S., the TT comprised the NMI, the Marshalls, Palau and what is now known as the FSM — Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap). Kahn said the U.S. decreed from the start that non-Micronesian c...

Barnes wants entrepreneurship incubator program Pacific Daily News Vice Speaker Tina Muña Barnes delivered the keynote address for the Startup Weekend Micronesia event Friday. Bringing students from eight islands across the Blue Continent — Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Palau, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap — young adults with the dream of starting their own business had the opportunity to learn how to make their ideas a reality. Hosted by volunteers of the University of Guam’s Entrepreneur Socie...