The islands of Yap are at a crossroads. Should they stay aligned with the U.S., drift toward China, and/or open up to widespread development? YAWUR VILAGE, 17 AUGUST 2017 (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) — On a hot summer’s day in Yap, a crowd gathers in the island’s capital for the annual Homecoming Summer Festival. First a handful […]
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Chinese fishing vessel crew arrested for poaching endangered sharks off Galapagos Islands
LONDON, 17 AUGUST 2017 (IBTIMES.CO.UK) — A Chinese ship has been detained in the Galapagos Islands after it was caught carrying 300 tonnes of endangered sharks. National park rangers said they “alerted” the Ecuadorian Navy, which has jurisdiction over the islands, that Chinese refrigerator ship Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999, was 34.5 nautical miles off […]
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Digicel founder behind new telecom – Denis O’Brien main shareholder in Deep Blue Cable
KINGSTON, 17 AUGUST 2017 (THE GLEANER) — Digicel Group founder and Chairman Denis O’Brien holds the largest stake in Deep Blue Cable, the new entity that aims to string the region with underwater fibre-optic cables. Deep Blue is not connected to Digicel, which has operations in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific Islands. [restrict] “Deep […]
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Steve Bannon slams far-right: ‘These guys are a collection of clowns’
Steve Bannon has broken his silence on last weekend’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, describing the participants as “a collection of clowns.” In an interview published Wednesday with The American Prospect, a publication whose goal is to “advance liberal and progressive goals,” the White House chief strategist dismissed the far-right as irrelevant and downplayed […]
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5 missing after report of downed Army helicopter off Hawaii
Search-and-rescue crews continue to look for five missing crewmen Wednesday afternoon after a downed U.S. Army helicopter was reported off the coast of Hawaii the night before, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army said. The search was reported late Tuesday night local time, about two miles west of Kaena Point, the westernmost tip of land […]
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3rd Australian minister could be fired over dual citizenship
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A third Australian government minister revealed Thursday she might have been unlawfully elected to Parliament because of a constitutional ban on dual citizens that has snared six lawmakers since July in an unprecedented political crisis. [restrict] Fiona Nash, deputy leader of the Nationals junior coalition party, told the Senate she had […]