Not that the deaths of Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett have much to do with the recent riots over the reported fraudulent Iranian election, or the United Nations Decolonization Committee’s call for a change in Puerto Rico’s status. Their deaths however (Farrah from cancer at age 62 and Michael from a heart attack at 50), [...]

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BY FRANCES ROBLES

frobles@MiamiHerald.com

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s top political leaders are heading to Washington, D.C., Wednesday to battle over a bill that could result in the first congressionally mandated referendum on the future of the island’s political status.
Proponents of statehood for Puerto Rico say a bill before the [...]

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UN: Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Calling on United States to Expedite Self-Determination Process for Puerto Rico
Members Hear Petitioners Speak up for Independence, Statehood, Free Association
The Special Committee on Decolonization this afternoon approved a draft resolution calling upon the Government of the United States to expedite a process that would allow the [...]

Seededlands.org has a new petition drafted by Mililani Trask, demanding that the Federal Government hold hearings in Hawai’i on the Akaka Bill. Included in this website is a series of articles written by J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Kekuni Blaisdell, an open letter to Obama on the Akaka Bill signed by a who’s who list of [...]

TESTIMONY OF CONGRESSWOMAN MAZIE K. HIRONO
BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
ON H.R. 2314
THE NATIVE HAWAllAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2009
1324 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC
JUNE II , 2009
Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Hastings, and members of the Committee:
Thank you for this opportunity to testify today on H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, which [...]

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KPFK interview starts off with the Eisenhower video. Jon, Kuhio and myself were escorted to Sonali Kolhatkar’s Uprising Radio by the LAPD after Christian Dautresme’s Volvo broke down on the 101 N. early in the morning. Following drawings and writings are from Kamehameha School 5th grade class and can be seen [...]