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CHamoru education fellowship seeks applicants

CHamoru education fellowship seeks applicants

In response to a call to address the need for CHamoru language and cultural education on the island, the Guam Philharmonic Foundation, Inc., has secured enough financial support to open three fellowship opportunities for “dedicated CHamoru...

Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge

A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. By Derek Grossman Japan’s decision last month to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its...

It’s time for a US Indo-Pacific reset

It’s time for a US Indo-Pacific reset

As the recent struggle to pass a budget for the US government illustrates, yet again, the immutable reality of limited fiscal resources, it’s time to reconsider America’s vital national interests in the Indo-Pacific and maintain a laser-like focus...

This Pacific Ocean country is one of Earth’s most biodiverse places

Thursday 10 July 2025 8:41 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email A trip to remote Palau on the Four Seasons Explorer This Pacific Ocean hideaway offers...

Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World

In 2024, 60 countries saw their freedom decline in a historic election year. Strikingly, 40% of countries and territories that held elections experienced targeted attacks on candidates amid heightened instability. Yet bright spots were seen in...

Vulnerable Countries Deserve Full Statehood as Sea Levels Rise

Vulnerable Countries Deserve Full Statehood as Sea Levels Rise

Both existing international law and the ongoing imperative to counter injustice and preserve human dignity demand full and enduring statehood for countries that stand to lose much or all of their land territory beneath rising seas, says a new...

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Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Amazing finish for an amazing team

Amazing finish for an amazing team

(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...

MATSON PUBLISHES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

MATSON PUBLISHES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) About Matson Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX ) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous...

Micronesian Island Forum or Second Island Chain Alliance?

Micronesian Island Forum or Second Island Chain Alliance?

These Islands By Robert Underwood Pacific island nations and territories like to discuss the Blue Continent and give dramatic visions about a Pacific future based on island wisdom, traditions and connections. Despite the diversity of island forms,...

Petersham Art Center opens scratchboard exhibit

Petersham Art Center opens scratchboard exhibit

PETERSHAM – The Petersham Art Center is hosting a reception this Sunday as part of scratchboard artist Joe Smith’s first solo exhibition. The opening reception on Sunday, July 13, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Art Center, located at 8 North St....

Look around the stunning paradise island with WW2 wrecks, that’s become a haven for dark tourism

Look around the stunning paradise island with WW2 wrecks, that’s become a haven for dark tourism

A REMOTE paradise island, littered with abandoned World War II wrecks, has become a popular destination for dark tourists. During the Second World War, battles spread to the Pacific, where Japanese and American troops fought on tiny islands. 7...

Parvati Shallow Reveals Truth Behind Her Surprising Divorce

Parvati Shallow Reveals Truth Behind Her Surprising Divorce

In the game of Survivor, romance often takes a backseat to strategy and survival. But for some former castaways, love found its way post-show, igniting new narratives off the island. Enter Parvati Shallow, a legend of the game whose journey took a...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 6: Heartbreak for Samoa as the Northern Mariana Islands Cling onto Semifinals Spot

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 6: Heartbreak for Samoa as the Northern Mariana Islands Cling onto Semifinals Spot

KOROR (Palau) - There was a lot to play for at Stop 6 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania in Conference 2. With semi-finals quickly approaching, teams were desperate to get into the top two on the standings to secure a ticket. Women’s...

Public Health announces Back-to-School Immunization Outreach requirements

Public Health announces Back-to-School Immunization Outreach requirements

The Department of Public Health and Social Services will be conducting a Back-to-School Immunization Outreach on Friday, July 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., or while supplies last, at the Micronesia Mall (line starting at the entrance next to...

Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?

Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?

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...

6 Surprising Reality TV Bombshells From Survivor's Parvati Shallow's Gripping Memoir

6 Surprising Reality TV Bombshells From Survivor's Parvati Shallow's Gripping Memoir

Parvati Shallow, Survivor legend and reality TV competitor, has pulled back the curtain on her life in the spotlight, sharing some incredible behind-the-scenes secrets about her appearances on screen in her new book, Nice Girls Don't Win....

Now travel abroad without visa: Countries you can visit with just a passport

Now travel abroad without visa: Countries you can visit with just a passport

38 Image Credit : Freepik Many countries now offer visa-free travel for Indians. These include Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Oman, Qatar, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Bhutan, Nepal,...

The Pacific Community’s Independent Institutional Review (IIR) 2024–2025: Findings, significance and forward-looking

The Pacific Community’s Independent Institutional Review (IIR) 2024–2025: Findings, significance and forward-looking

Blog Category Dynamic story Division Headquarters Suva Regional Office Melanesia Regional Office Micronesia Regional Office Polynesia Regional Office Nabil El Halwani Strategic Communications Coordinator, Strategic Communications Outreach and...

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