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Renegotiate Treaties With Micronesia To Help Micronesia US Embassy Kolonia/White House

Renegotiate Treaties With Micronesia To Help Micronesia

The U.S. should move now to amend and extend funding through the Compacts of Free Association with three island nations.

Georgia Adoption Consultants Helped Honolulu Lawyer Place Marshallese Babies Screenshot/2019

Georgia Adoption Consultants Helped Honolulu Lawyer Place Marshallese Babies

The Christian referral service said it didn’t know Marshallese women were flying to the U.S. for adoptions, but the materials it sent to adoptive parents on behalf of attorney Laurie Loomis made it clear.

US Ramps Up Attention On Micronesia To Curb China’s Expanding Influence

US Ramps Up Attention On Micronesia To Curb China’s Expanding Influence

Some want the Trump administration to act with more urgency in renegotiating existing treaties, which provide critical support to the tiny island nations.

Rep. Case Demands Hawaii Be Paid Millions More For COFA Costs Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Rep. Case Demands Hawaii Be Paid Millions More For COFA Costs

If not, the congressman says renewal of the U.S treaties with three Micronesian nations may be at risk.

Feds Need To Investigate Hawaii Lawyer Involved In Marshallese Adoptions Jessica Terrell/Civil Beat

Feds Need To Investigate Hawaii Lawyer Involved In Marshallese Adoptions

Honolulu attorney Laurie Loomis is under scrutiny from professional regulators, but a broader inquiry by federal and state law enforcement agencies is warranted.

Hawaii Disciplinary Counsel To Investigate Lawyer Who Ran Marshallese Baby Business Jessica Terrell/Civil Beat

Hawaii Disciplinary Counsel To Investigate Lawyer Who Ran Marshallese Baby Business

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel said a Civil Beat story triggered the investigation into attorney Laurie Loomis.

This Honolulu Lawyer Has Run A Marshallese Baby Business With Impunity Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

This Honolulu Lawyer Has Run A Marshallese Baby Business With Impunity

Laurie Loomis’ operation, including flying women from the Marshall Islands for adoptions, resembles that of a recently indicted Arizona lawyer, but thus far she has faced no consequences.

Chad Blair: Is SpongeBob SquarePants More Than Just Nautical Nonsense? Flickr: Owen Prior

Chad Blair: Is SpongeBob SquarePants More Than Just Nautical Nonsense?

Personally, I think it’s just a cartoon. But a research paper connects Bikini Bottom to the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests.

Pacific Islanders Go To Extremes To Retrieve Key Immigration Records Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Pacific Islanders Go To Extremes To Retrieve Key Immigration Records

Some travel to the Mexican border to replace documents that are essential to accessing jobs, housing and even driver’s licenses.

Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors In Guam May Receive Payments In 2020 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors In Guam May Receive Payments In 2020

Guam lifted its statute of limitations for child sexual abuses in 2016, paving the way for claims to be filed.