A recent article by an established newspaper, The Guardian, titled ‘The new drug highway: Pacific islands at center of cocaine trafficking boom’ suggests that the cocaine and methamphetamine from US and Latin America is being transported to Australia via South Pacific Island nations. Island Times interviewed the Director of Narcotics Enforcement Agency Ismael Aguon to […]
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Support needed to fund a chamoru-themed Book Project
After years of promoting hundreds of Chamoru and Guam-themed products on GerardAflagueCollection.com, and self-publishing Pacific Island-themed cultural books for children and adults that have been read by thousands, Gerard and Mary Aflague ,authors and former long-time residents of Guam have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new 350+page hard cover book they […]
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The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom
NADI, 24 JUNE 2019 (THE GUARDIAN) — It is the drug route you’ve never heard of: a multi-billion-dollar operation involving cocaine and methamphetamines being packed into the hulls of sailing boats in the U.S and Latin America and transported to Australia via south Pacific islands more often thought of as holiday destinations than narcotics hubs. […]
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EEZ vs Territorial water
What is EEZ – Exclusive Economic Zone? It is international water, not territorial water. Territorial water is only 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state, while EEZ is set at 200 nautical miles. So what is the right and obligation of a coastal state for its EEZ? Recently I found that President […]
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China militarization is everyone’s issue in the Pacific: Remengesau
President Tommy Remenegsau, Jr said that reports of China’s alleged militarization in the Pacific should be everyone’s concern. Speaking before the press during a weekly presidential media conference, Remengesau said that conflicts involving several countries in the Pacific such as the North and South Korea, China-Taiwan Strait issue, and the territorial dispute over South China […]
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Pacific leaders urge Scott Morrison to act on climate emergency following election win
CANBERRA, 22 MAY 2019 (THE GUARDIAN) — Pacific leaders have congratulated Scott Morrison on his surprise election victory but have urged him to do more to fight the climate crisis, which poses an existential threat to the region. “Australia has been lagging behind,” said Tuilaepa Sailele, the prime minister of Samoa, about Australia’s action on […]