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Council supporting a review of monument fishing restrictions
The Guam Daily Post
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The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is backing federal efforts to examine commercial fishing prohibitions in marine national monuments, including the Marianas Trench, as part of a broader push to expand fishing opportunities...
Judge Brown highlights legal duty to address IUU
The Islandsun
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June 25, 2025
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Judge Dr Kathy-Ann Brown of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has highlighted legal duty as one tool for addressing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific region. A press...
Worsening global economic conditions expect to slow economic growth in the Pacific
Island Times
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June 24, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon According to the June Pacific Economic Update by the World Bank, economic growth in the Pacific Islands is projected to decelerate in 2025. This slowdown is primarily due to worsening global financial conditions and slower...
Fiji and Japan sign agreement on project for improving cyber security capability in the Pacific
Fijivillage
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Fiji and Japan sign agreement on project for improving cyber security capability in the Pacific Permanent Secretary of Policing Berenado Daveta and JICA Fiji Office Resident Representative Satoshi Wakasugi signed an agreement on the record of...
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...
Teen Table Tennis Star Dengelei Lukas balances excellence in sports and studies
Island Times
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June 24, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau— While most 17-year-olds might celebrate their birthday with friends or cake, Dengelei Lukas spent hers at the table tennis court, training for the upcoming 2025 Pacific Mini Games. Lukas, a senior at...
Career Pathway Internship Program: Cohort 2 launches with strong start
Marianas Variety
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(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce Cohort 2 of the Career Pathway Internship Program officially kicked off last week Monday. With the application deadline on May 30, 2025, and the first day of work set for June 16, 2025,...
Chinese Dual Carrier Strike Group Operates in the Pacific For the First time
Overt Defense - Michigan
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June 24, 2025
According to a recent JMSDF report, two Chinese aircraft carriers conducted dual carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean for the first time last week. From June 8th to 16th, the People’s Liberation Army Navy carriers “Shandong” and “Liaoning”, as...
Alina Basics: A Polynesian Clothing Brand Reviving Island Culture Through Fashion And Storytelling
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) In a world increasingly shaped by fast fashion and fleeting trends, Alina Basics distinguishes itself with a mission grounded in meaning: celebrating and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Pacific Islands through...
Shocking! Maldives and 9 other countries that could vanish sooner than you think
The Times of India
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Rising sea levels caused by climate change present an existential threat to many low-lying countries, particularly small island nations and coastal states, as highlighted by reports from the World Economic Forum and the Lowy Institute. These...
Reflections from UNOC3: Reimagining Ocean Governance in the Pacific
IUCN
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Still, I waited for the calm after the conference to collect my thoughts and reflect: Was it all worth it? Did we, as a global ocean community, achieve what we set out to do? And more importantly, what does it mean for our work at the...
Pacific Mini Games: 12 Nations Set for Historic 3x3 Showdown
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) – The Pacific Mini Games are set to tip-off next week, with 3x3 action spanning from July 1 through to July 9. For the first time in the region, the event will uniquely serve as both a FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League and a Commonwealth...
Survivor Legend Parvati Shallow Opened Up About Her Relationship With Amanda Kimmel Going South
Cinema Blend
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June 22, 2025
The history of Survivor is filled with some iconic duos who dominated the game together, and very few of those duos are more fondly remembered than Parvati Shallow and Amanda Kimmel. Working alongside each other, the two ladies formed the Black...
Expert: 'Great potential' for black pepper as Guam's export product
Pacific Daily News
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A visiting agronomy researcher on Saturday told farmers and other residents at a forum that black pepper, often called the “king of spice,” has a “great potential” to become an export product for Guam. The University of Guam’s Cooperative...
UPDATED Officials: 'Stay alert' in line with 'heightened threat environment' in US after Iran strikes
Pacific Daily News
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While there is currently no imminent threat to Guam, residents are being asked to "stay alert" and "report any suspicious activity" in line with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's advisory on Sunday of a "heightened threat environment in...
Research Matters: Matchmaking coral and rebuilding reefs
Pacific Daily News
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(This is the first in a new biweekly column, “Research Matters,” from the University of Guam Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.) The University of Guam Marine Laboratory is known across the Pacific and beyond for its coral reef research...
Plutonium levels at nuclear test site in WA up to 4,500 times higher than rest of coast, study finds
The Guardian
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June 23, 2025
Samples of marine sediment taken from the location of three 1950s British government nuclear bomb tests off the coast of Western Australia have revealed plutonium levels up to 4,500 times higher than the rest of the coastline. Sixty six samples...
Sakai Liberal High School students share Japanese culture in Friendship Recital
The Guam Daily Post
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Students from Sakai Liberal High School in Osaka, Japan, returned to Guam for the second consecutive year as part of a growing tradition of international cultural exchange through the performing arts. On Friday, 39 students from the all-girls high...
Israel notified in advance by Trump administration of strikes on Iran: Report
Middle East Monitor
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June 22, 2025
President Donald Trump announced Saturday on Truth that the US military joined with Israel to launch military strikes against Iran, Anadolu reports. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including...
How Operation 'Midnight Hammer' fell: Mission was built on deception and surprise... with not a shot fired back
Daily Mail
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June 22, 2025
The ‘Invisible Defenders’ rolled from aircraft hangers into the muggy Missouri air at the start of a mission destined for the annals of military aviation. Assembled were nine of the most expensive and advanced aircraft in the world, the B-2...