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Scientists outline facts vs. fiction: 'Marianas Trench does not make Guam and CNMI tsunami-proof’
The Pacific Island Times
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August 18, 2025
Fresh from the July 30 experience of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia, which brought less than a foot of sea rise in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, meteorologists are redoubling efforts to make sure residents do not become jaded with...
Friends to all: What a friend wants, what a Pacific island country needs
The Strategist
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August 18, 2025
Patrol boats, infrastructure, training and other security supports given to Pacific island countries aren’t entirely gifts. The givers are hoping for something in return, even if they don’t say so. Many partners seek to provide support and...
Ocean research team to study HTHH volcano
Matangi Tonga Online
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August 18, 2025
An ocean research team from Australia led by Chief Scientist Associate, Professor Rebecca Carey, arrives in Tonga tomorrow on the research vessel, RV Investigator, to conduct a 54-day study of the eruption, aftermath and ecosystem recovery...
Research Matters: UOG Cancer Research Center—fighting cancer with research rooted in island communities
Pacific Daily News
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The University of Guam Cancer Research Center houses several key research and data collection entities, including the Guam Cancer Registry, the Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry, and the Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity,...
Camera in a pill: Revolutionary technology for gastrointestinal diagnostics now available on Guam
The Pacific Island Times
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August 17, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff A non-invasive technology for examining the digestive tract without needing sedation or a traditional endoscope is now available on Guam. Guam Regional Medical City has introduced a new procedure known as...
How many Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students were enrolled in Mobile County schools in 2023-24 school year?
Mobile Courant - Alabama
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August 16, 2025
Acceleration Day and Evening Academy 0 385 -- Acceleration Preparatory Academy 0 294 -- Alabama Destinations Career Academy 0 1,407 -- Allentown Elementary School 0 772 -- Alma Bryant High School 0 1,541 -- Anna F. Booth Elementary School 0 385 --...
Asian American and Pacific Islander stories told through dance at new festival
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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August 16, 2025
As a little girl watching those old, Hollywood musicals on television with her parents, Joyce Lien Kushner remembers running to find any dress or skirt that would unfurl when she twirled, and proceed to jump and spin all over the family’s living...
Vodafone Fiji Relaunches Pacific Island TopUp in Partnership with Elemt Technologies
Web NewsWire
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August 16, 2025
Vodafone Fiji has actually formally relaunched its Pacific Island TopUp (PITU) platform, through a tactical collaboration with Elemt Technologies, marking a significant advance in local digital connection. Chesterbrook, PA, USA|August 08,...
Pacific Islands Forum:
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior...
A 4-0 loss but Pacific islanders make soccer history
PerthNow
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August 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands have lost their first ever international football match 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school gridiron pitch in Arkansas -- but not before making history as the world's newest national soccer team. The remote Pacific...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 8 – August 14, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 15, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this year. The mosquito-borne illness has killed 18 people,...
Pacific Islands Forum: Expert on why region’s ‘Mini-UN’ matters
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior...
USA Rejects Global Carbon Tax On Global Shipping - Small Pacific Islands Are Hypocrites For Their Role In ICJ Climate Advisory Says Friends Of Science Society
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Friends of Science Society says it was hypocritical of the Small Pacific Island Nations to push for an advisory opinion on international climate obligations of countries, from the ICJ. The sponsoring nation, Vanuatu, operates...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
PM Manele voices strong support for Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly values
The Islandsun
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August 18, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has voiced strong support for the principles and values outlined in the statutes of the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (PIPA), describing them as noble and aligned with the shared aspirations of...
West Honiara highway upgrade progressing ahead of Leaders Forum
The Islandsun
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August 18, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Roadworks on the West Honiara main highway are progressing steadily as contractors push to complete major sections ahead of the upcoming Pacific Islands Leaders Forum next month. The contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction...
Pacific Islanders lead effort to link culture with mental wellness
Marianas Variety
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Becky Mettao leads a group discussion at a workshop that concluded on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a community mental health workshop held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at LaoLao Bay Resort, the Community Guidance Center offered its...
More than 20 countries won't be invited to Pacific Island Forum leaders' summit
RNZ
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August 14, 2025
Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele Photo: AFP / RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele's proposal not to invite countries such as the US, China and Taiwan to Honiara at next month's leaders' summit has been approved at the...
Moderate Quake Hits Pacific Island Nation of Tonga
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday, with no immediate tsunami warnings reported, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GEOFON). The seismic...