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EDITORIAL: Mote, Oklahoma Micronesian Coalition recognition well-deserved
Enid News & Eagle - Oklahoma
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Enid resident Terry Mote and the Oklahoma Micronesian Coalition will be honored in Washington, D.C., for their efforts to increase access to information about health care, Medicare and Medicaid in the Micronesian community. The Asian & Pacific...
Tackling Systemic Inequities in The Solomon Islands Healthcare System: The Race-Health-Governance Nexus
Pacific Islands Report
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July 16, 2025
The Solomon Islands are an archipelago in the Southwest Pacific, extending from Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu. The country comprises nine provincial governments: Isabel, Guadalcanal, Temotu, Renbel, Central, Malaita, Western, Choiseul, and Makira....
ASC Trust launches financial well-being study across Guam, Micronesia
The Guam Daily Post
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ASC Trust, in partnership with a nationally recognized expert in financial psychology and therapy from Texas Tech University, has launched a study to examine financial well-being across Guam and the Micronesian region. Beginning July 14, the...
Governor drums up regional support for her Guam hospital project
The Pacific Island Times
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July 13, 2025
Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero with Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor of Guam The 27th Micronesian Islands Forum has adopted a resolution supporting the development of a regional medical complex on...
Variations ǀ Survey says
Marianas Variety
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PREPARED by a team of economists and other experts, the Marianas Economic Roadmap includes the results of a community survey conducted from Nov. 14 to Dec. 5, 2024. The confidence level is 95%, and the margin of error is ±4.35%. The results are...
In our 50s, we moved to a remote Pacific island. We know we'll need better healthcare someday, but for now, it's paradise.
Insider
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July 11, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Buz Moffett, 63, who moved from Hawaii to Pohnpei, an island in the Pacific Ocean that's part of the Federated States of Micronesia, with his wife in 2018. It has been edited for length and...
Health care slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
The Columbian - Washington State
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Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and spending...
Keeping the Sea Clean: Japanese Efforts to Recover Oil from Wartime Wreck in Chuuk, Micronesia
Nippon
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July 8, 2025
Japanese vessels sunk more than eight decades ago in Micronesia continue to pose an environmental threat in the waters off of Chuuk. Japanese and other specialists are working to capture and remove the polluting oil. Pristine Waters with a...
Olympic gold medalist Yui Susaki visits Guam for July 10-12 wrestling clinic
Pacific Daily News
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Guam's grappling enthusiasts are in for a great treat as Yui Susaki, an Olympic gold and bronze medalist in women’s wrestling, arrives on the island to share her expertise. Susaki will conduct a wrestling clinic on July 10 to 12, offering sessions...
Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
Alaska Beacon
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
More than 78,000 in FSM to benefit from US$17.9m climate-health programme
RNZ
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July 6, 2025
With a land mass of only about 702 sq km but spread in more than 2,600,000 sq km area of water, FSM consists of four states - Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. The total number of islands is more than 600. Photo: Whereig.com The Federated States of...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
GRMC lines up staff, community events to celebrate 10 years
Pacific Daily News
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Guam Regional Medical City, the only private hospital on the island, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this July with a series of activities for both staff and the community, including a July 26 health fair. From breaking ground in 2011 to...
The Federated States of Micronesia is tackling rising climate-related diseases with a major health resilience programme backed by the Green Climate Fund and SPC.
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Shiprwreck in Chuuk Lagoon As sea levels rise and storms intensify, communities across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are facing a surge in climate-sensitive diseases. From dengue fever to diarrhoea, illnesses once considered seasonal...
Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
Public health to host free back- to-school immunization clinic
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Service is heading out into the community to offer free immunizations for school-aged children, later this month, to prepare them for the upcoming school year in August. To enroll in a school on...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill will slash health care for legal immigrants to pay for tax cuts
Arizona Mirror
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
12K personnel, 400 aircraft in US-led exercise across Guam, Pacific
Pacific Daily News
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Every few minutes at Andersen Air Force base, fighter jets, cargo aircraft and aerial refueling tankers are taxiing down the busy airfield and launching into the skies. While aloft, they train with some 400 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force and a...
Public Health to offer free back-to-school immunization on July 25
Pacific Daily News
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Parents and guardians are encouraged to mark their calendar for a free back-to-school immunization for children 4 to 18 years old who are enrolled in Medicaid, Medically Indigent Program, MIP, or have no insurance. The Department of Public Health...