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These Survivor Contestants Suffered Scary Health Issues After The Show
TheThings
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July 31, 2024
Highlights 1) Survivor is a challenging reality show, leading to extreme weight loss and health issues for contestants. 2) Parasites, tapeworms, and infections plagued many Survivor contestants after the show ended. 3) Some contestants faced...
Federated States of Micronesia atoll calls for seawall
Island Times
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August 2, 2024
POHNPEI (RNZ PACIFIC) — The chief administrator of the Federated States of Micronesia’s most remote island is calling on senators in the Congress to approve funds to build a major seawall. Solomon Lowson says Kapingamarangi Atoll, which has a...
Brazilian science and technology on Filipino plates: A recipe for agricultural development
Philstar
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July 16, 2025
Contrary to what some may assume, Brazil did not become a major food producer by chance or good fortune alone. Instead, this achievement was built upon decades of rigorous scientific research, technological innovation and strategic investments....
'Hit by tidal wave' - remote Federated States of Micronesia atoll calls for seawall
RNZ
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July 30, 2024
Housing structures is FSM's remote atoll Kapingamarangi washed away during high tide and swell event in January 2024. Photo: Supplied/Scott Nguyen The chief administrator of the Federated States of Micronesia's most remote island is calling on...
CHCC-CGC launches Pediatric Mental Healthcare Access Program
Marianas Variety
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(CHCC) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation-Community Guidance Center is proud to announce the successful launch of the Pediatric Mental Healthcare Access Program, a significant step towards addressing the critical shortage of children's...
Column: COFA alliances key amid Pacific tension
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 16, 2025
Scholars at the East-West Center, military officials in Hawaii and journalists covering the Pacific know a political tsunami can happen at anytime. It could be as dramatic as a Chinese attack on Taiwan, or as modest as a slow-motion seismic shift...
Federated States of Micronesia launches updated Nationally Determined Contribution at COP27
Pacific News Service
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The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has formally announced the submission of its updated Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. NDCs are non-binding national plans highlighting...
Researchers Face Funding Gap In Effort To Study Long-Term Health Of Maui Fire Survivors
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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July 30, 2024
The University of Hawaii team is having to recalibrate plans after the governor vetoed a wildfire omnibus bill, setting back efforts to follow a larger cohort of survivors. Plans to enroll hundreds of children this summer in a long-term study on...
Guam's baseball team advances to gold medal game at Pacific Mini Games
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s men’s baseball team is back in the gold medal game at the Pacific Mini Games after handling the Federated States of Micronesia, 10-6, Saturday afternoon in Palau. Guam's medal tally as of Sunday noon was nine, including two gold, three...
In Pacific island societies, sharing isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s a moral obligation
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
Microwaves By Jack Niedenthal Majuro—In the island societies of the northern Pacific—namely the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia—sharing is not merely a practice; it is a foundational element of our cultures, an...
American Samoa on alert after imported dengue fever cases confirmed
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
Photo: 123RF The American Samoa Department of Health has issued a travel health alert after confirmation of three imported cases of dengue fever. The department said the disease was found in travelers who had recently returned from Samoa. In its...
Welcome, $100 please: The countries with the weirdest entry requirements
WAtoday
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July 3, 2025
Sign a climate pledge: Palau For understandable reasons, tiny island nations tend to take sustainability seriously. But in 2017, the Micronesian nation of Palau (population 18,000) took things one step further by requiring all international...
MICS begins testing for heat-tolerant corals to be used in coral restoration
Island Times
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July 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands Conservation Society (MICS) has launched a coral heat-tolerance testing initiative and established two coral nurseries as part of the efforts to support reef restoration in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). This...
Next Ship in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Sailed on Sunday
Consortium News
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July 13, 2025
The ship named for a cartoon figure of a barefoot refugee child left from a port in Augusta, Sicily on Sunday, Ann Wright reports. Handala in Cobh, Ireland in June 2024. (Freedom Flotilla Coalition) By Ann Wright As the genocide of Palestinians...
Why Jonny Fairplay Should Have Been Cast In Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans
TheThings
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July 3, 2025
Even though Survivor attracts new fans every year who have to figure out which seasons to watch first, Jeff Probst's beloved reality show has loads of dedicated viewers. Survivor's most passionate fans know a lot about the show's medical...
Philippine Airlines hosts product update for Guam industry partners
The Guam Daily Post
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Philippine Airlines, represented by its General Sales Agent Goodwind Travel and Tour, hosted a comprehensive product update for its valued Guam-based industry partners last June 26. The event brought together representatives from travel agencies,...
Air Plant
Vallarta Mirror
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June 26, 2025
(Kalanchoe pinnata) Family: Crassulaceae Also known as: Cathedral Bells, Flaming Katy, Goethe Plant, Life Plant, and Miracle Leaf Origin: Asia, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Micronesia, Mascarenes, Melanesia, New Zealand,...
Mall Ball 3x3 summer high school tournament tips off June 20
Pacific Daily News
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Micronesia Mall's indoor basketball tournament returns with more than 20 high school teams competing, and the slots are now officially locked in. Mall Ball '25: 3x3 Summer Circuit series kicks off at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 20, continues at 10 a.m....
Koa Moana 25 U.S. Marines and Sailors Lifesaving Kits Empowering Palau in Time for Pacific Mini Games
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 29, 2025
KOROR, Palau – On June 25, 2025, U.S. Marines and Sailors with Koa Moana 25 delivered 100 first aid kits to the Belau National Hospital in Palau. Koa Moana is a recurring exercise that fosters partnerships with Compact of Free Association nations...
'67 Bombs to Enid' tells story of Marshallese community in Oklahoma
Tulsa World - Oklahoma
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Filmmaker Ty McMahan grew up in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Until he began working on a documentary that recently premiered, he had no idea about this piece of Oklahoma history: Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 atomic bombs across the...