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...The university is proceeding with the administrative rules process for public and commercial activities on Maunakea....

"...inside these gates, we can do what we need to do...."

...Joint statement by DHHL and OHA on 1993 water use permit....

...The permit application process in the Canary Islands, in La Palma, continues. The environmental impact assessment of the project has been submitted to the competent authorities and, once the document is accepted, construction permits and other authorizations will be requested....

...EnVision Maunakea, a report reflecting the beliefs, views and opinions of about 100 Hawaiʻi Island residents about the future of Maunakea, is now available to the public....

... the Hawaii Supreme Court is being asked to resolve two fundamental questions in the latest case involving the Thirty Meter Telescope ....

...activists resort to sovereign citizen tactics in a desperate effort to prevail....

...The squatters were allowed to pack up personal possessions and valuables. What remained, including tents and other camping gear, was collected and loaded into trucks....

...Furthermore, according to official court documents of the State of Hawaii, Moses Enoka Heanu, the alleged “Chief Justice” of your “court” is a registered sex offender who was sentenced to five (5) years in prison for three (3) felony counts of sexual assault in the Third Circuit court of the State of Hawaii in 1998....

... It turns out that “Moses Enoka Heanu, ‘Chief Justice, Court of the Sovereign’” was sentenced in 1998 to five years in the state penitentiary ....

"...Judiciary Announces Hawaiian Language Interpreter Policy...."

...Why Has OHAʻs Mauna Kea Ad Hoc Committee Been Wrapped In So Much Secrecy?....

...OHA’s complaint requests the court to order the state to terminate UH’s general lease for the mountain.... 

...Castle & Cooke Hawaii ready to break ground at Koa Ridge....

... UH to Trade 10,000 Acres for Telescope Approval, Lease Extension? ....

...The more technical progress, the less attractive cultural nationalism becomes....

...the Board adopted today the recommendation of retired judge Riki May Amano to approve the application for a Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) to build the Thirty-Meter Telescope....

...Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court....

...Underwater: State’s Costs of Hawai‘i Superferry....

If it were not for the brave souls who decided to collect information from the wind, stars, weather, and ocean currents, what we know as Native Hawaiians may have not arrived here in Hawaii....

...According to Nature and Scientific American, claims of coral damage from sunscreen are a bunch of hype....

...I observe a seriously diminished vigilance in contemporary Hawaiian society on maintaining the cultural dignity of our traditions in the absence of a collective will to check our facts....

...June 13, 2017....

'Maunakea World Park' Advanced by Hawaii Mayor Kim at ILOA Galaxy Forum Kona....

...only pesticides from agriculture harm only native Hawaiians who are apparently immune to pesticides used on luxury resorts and golf courses.... 

...Bills that could increase the regulatory and financial burdens on Hawaii farmers....

...“He said it will likely be located in Hawaii or the Canary Islands.’....

The TMT International Observatory Board of Governors met last week to discuss the progress of TMT in Hawaii and to consider potential alternate sites....

The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process....

Indian scientists leading this project, led by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, visited the region and have completed measurements of Atmospheric turbulence....

New locations that are being considered include Baja California in Mexico, the Canary Islands and Chile, as well as locations in India and China....

...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....

...spill settlement funding to support Aha Moku for the next fiscal year....

They have spread misinformation on everything from GMOs, the Superferry, TMT, and now the ocean monument....

... big oil is funding these ocean closures worldwide ....

...the late request by the University to remove Judge Amano ... out of a fear that retaining her might be overturned on appeal, invites the Board to subvert its own independent judgment....

... UH time has consistently been oversubscribed on all observatories ....

"Why not just send it straight to the justices, if they are going to decide it eventually?”

All seven members of BLNR directed retired Hawai‘i island Judge Riki May Amano to proceed as the contested case hearing officer....

Telescope, HC&S, Superferry:  Going, going, gone.  Are protesters to blame?  Think again.

The bills, SB 2127 and HB 1658, say UH has “failed to charge sufficient sublease rent...."

Whatʻs In It For Them If TMT Decides To Stay....

"...camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawaii Administrative Rules...."

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

“Yesterday we decided to break down what some would consider to be a campsite."

Hawaii has just won last place in the latest ranking of business climates among the fifty states....

"The roads belong to all the people of Hawai‘i and they will remain open. We will do whatever is necessary to ensure lawful access."

...TMT International Observatory Board has decided to move ahead to restart the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the morning of Wednesday, June 24....

“TMT and our partners support the Governor’s vision. In the past two weeks, Caltech and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have pledged their support...."