Pacific Islands in top 10 countries for obesity, diabetes

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier/PIDP)—Pacific Islands are in the top 10 countries with the highest rates of obesity as well as diabetes, a report from the World Health Organization says about these non-communicable diseases. WHO defines non-communicable disease...
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Coast Guard medivacs woman from aground sailboat in Lanai

HONOLULU—The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a 25-year-old woman from a sailing vessel after it ran aground outside of Ka’a Fishpond, Lanai, on Saturday. Watchstanders at the Sector Honolulu Command Center received notification via Channel 16 at 7:28pm from 38-foot sailboat...
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Economic census: USVI generated $6.8B sales in 2012

The 2,414 business establishments in the U.S. Virgin Islands generated $6.8 billion in sales, employed 32,465 people and paid $1.1 billion in annual payroll, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Economic Census of Island Areas: Geographic Area Series for the U.S....
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Retirees, stop bellyaching and help your country

If the 3,800 retirees would look into all the departments, agencies, and autonomous corporations in our government as a group, every single anomaly in these agencies could be exposed in three days but you just sit around and wring your hands and moan about your plight while our...
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