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Hiring teachers from the Philippines could mean brain drain for Filipino schools

Economy admin -
When Alaska school administrators toured Pajo Elementary School, each class greeted them by welcoming them to the Philippines in both English and in Filipino.
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New teachers are latest wave in the centuries-long history of Filipinos in Alaska

Economy admin -
The first Filipino known to visit Alaska came in 1788, aboard a Spanish trading ship called the Iphigenia Nubiana.
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Appeals court upholds approval of Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope

Courts Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
In a split decision, the court says a flaw in the review was too minor to warrant overturning the 2023 approval for the huge oil field already under development.
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From island nation to an island in Alaska: how Filipino teachers adjust to their new lives

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Carmela Sison is one of Kodiak’s new special education teachers from the Philippines.
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AIDEA continues to block public release of ‘independent’ study finished in early 2024

Economy Dermot Cole -
On April Fools’ Day, the head of AIDEA said the long-delayed $250,000 “independent” review of the agency would be released by mid-April after the contractor inserted revisions prepared and demanded by AIDEA.
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For teachers from the Philippines, getting hired to work in Alaska is only the first step

Economy admin -
Julieth Tapado was one of hundreds of teachers waiting for the chance to impress recruiters from Alaska school districts earlier this year.
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Alaska schools need teachers. They’re hiring them from the Philippines.

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Serjoe Gutierrez, who was born and raised in the Philippines, was in his fifth year of teaching there when he decided to try to work in another country.
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Amid gas crunch, Alaska could revoke leases from a company whose drilling has stalled

Environment Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
The Dunleavy administration is threatening to strip Texas-based BlueCrest Energy of oil and gas leases near Anchorage, saying it’s failed to advance development that could delay urban Alaska’s impending gas shortage.
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New Alaska Bitcoin mine would use as much power as the state’s largest coal plant produces

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
The startup planning the operation near the North Slope oil fields would power its computers not with coal but with another fossil fuel: natural gas that’s currently going unused.
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Did the Dunleavy administration cut sweetheart tax deals with oil companies? Legislators are trying to find out.

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska legislative leaders are demanding Dunleavy address an “overall pattern of peculiarities” in the state’s collection of oil and gas tax.
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