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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...
$8.8M contract awarded to renovate Hagåtña Pool over 5 years after closure, groundbreaking this Thursday
Pacific Daily News
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An $8.844 million contract to renovate Hagåtña Pool has been awarded, five years after it was forced to shut down over health law violations related to its water quality. Families, athletes and other swimmers could be back into the water at the...
Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
In the tiny South Pacific nation of just over 10,000 people, one in three citizens has already entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Tuvalu is classified as being extremely...
LETTER: CHamoru-only, CHamoru first. Period.
Pacific Daily News
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The question of who should decide Guam's political future is not just a legal or political issue. It is a matter of justice, dignity and historical truth. CHamorus were the original inhabitants of this island—its first stewards, its first people....
Ninth case of dengue fever confirmed in the state for 2025
KITV - Hawaii
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HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Hawaii's ninth travel-related dengue fever case this year. The infected person recently returned to Oahu after traveling to a country where dengue is common. DOH teams were...
Champions crowned in basketball competition at the mall
The Guam Daily Post
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A slam dunk of a weekend came to a close as Micronesia Mall wrapped up its Mall Ball '25: 3x3 Summer Circuit High School Tournament on Sunday at Center Court, the first of three summer tournaments. Over the course of three days, 16 boys teams and...
Director General Daren Tang Opens WIPO Assemblies Meetings, Welcoming Largest-Ever Delegate Participation
World Intellectual Property Organization
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July 8, 2025
Geneva, July 8, 2025 PR/2025/936 Director General Daren Tang welcomed the biggest-ever contingent of delegates to a WIPO Assemblies meeting on Tuesday, calling for collective action to ensure that the global intellectual property (IP) ecosystem...
USCGC Oliver Henry crew completes successful patrol, strengthens maritime security while deepening partnerships
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 8, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew returned to homeport in Guam on June 16 after a 22-day local patrol and training evaluation, reinforcing maritime security, upholding federal laws, and fostering community partnerships in...
UOG students blend traditional wisdom with modern sustainability in new course
The Guam Daily Post
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The University of Guam’s first Island Sustainability course has graduated seven students who created practical projects ranging from children’s books about invasive species to guides on sustainable chicken farming, marking a new approach to...
Letters to the Editor | July 8, 2025
The Fiji Times
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July 8, 2025
What a match! What a match our Flying Fijians played against the Wallabies. All in all, good to get past the first international match of the year. Let’s focus on our short comings from the match as we prepare for Scotland and more importantly,...
The escalating risk environment requires more than empty words
The Guam Daily Post
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The security environment in our region is changing and the risk to Guam is increasing. U.S. presence, once seen as a deterrent, now makes Guam a target. As the environment changes and the risk to Guam escalates, more candor is required about the...
After reporting around the world, journalist and S.D. native Chuck Raasch says he is still inspired by those who cared for others
The South Dakota Standard
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My notebook is filled with firsts. On one trip into a new camp, the plane I was on that was carrying food and aid workers was the first plane many Ethiopians covering a vast mountainous steppe had ever seen. The morning of our arrival an impromptu...
Nauru signs two landmark agreements in Majuro
RNZ
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July 4, 2025
Pictured at the signing, from left: Air Marshall Islands chief financial officer Roneel Sharma, Marshall Islands Transportation Minister Hilton Kendall, AMI chairman Bobby Muller, Nauru Airlines chairman Charleston Deiye, Nauru Airlines commercial...
Research Matters: WERI’s role in safeguarding Guam’s water supply
Pacific Daily News
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When we fill up our 5-gallon water bottles at one of Guam’s many water stores, we rarely stop to think about what makes that water safe. Behind that assurance is the University of Guam’s Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western...
GTA hosts back-to-school drive
The Guam Daily Post
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In about a month, island youth will be heading back to school, but recognizing that not all children will have the supplies needed to start the school year off prepared, GTA is hosting its annual back-to-school drive, this year benefiting the...
Supporting Guam’s cancer community since 2010
The Guam Daily Post
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Since its establishment in 2010 through the Healthy Futures Fund (Public Law 30-80), the Guam Cancer Trust Fund (GCTF) has played a vital role in improving the lives of those affected by cancer across the island. Administered through the...
From new backpacks to pencils: GTA's Back-to-School Drive to help Mañe'lu
Pacific Daily News
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GTA is launching its annual Back-to-School Drive, this year benefiting Mañe'lu, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth and families on Guam through culturally relevant support and mentorship, the company said in a release. The...
LETTER: Pacific Mission Aviation celebrates 50 years of service
Pacific Daily News
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This year, Pacific Mission Aviation celebrates 50 years of service in Micronesia, with headquarters on Guam and mission statements in Pohnpei, Yap, Palau and the Philippines. In January 1956, Rev. Edmund Kalau and his wife Elisabeth began their...
U.S. Marines and Sailors Commence Koa Moana 25
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 24, 2025
KOROR, Palau. – U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, have arrived in Palau in support of Koa Moana 25. This recurring exercise to the Pacific Island region focuses...
How Trump's big beautiful bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
BPR News - North Carolina
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From an aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border fence ends with a gap on Jan. 20, 2025 near Sasabe, Ariz. Republicans' tax and spending bill includes $46.5 billion for border wall projects. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John...