Guam Memorial Hospital officials recently met with representatives from the Chuuk State Health Insurance Board. Photo courtesy of GMH By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam and Chuuk have launched discussions to expand regional healthcare collaboration and improve Micronesian citizens' access to medical services at Guam Memorial Hospital. “Regional collaboration is essential to ensuring that patients throughout Micronesia have access to the care they need," Dr. Joleen M. Agu

President Trump has issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, allowing foreign ships to move fuel between U.S. ports to mitigate the disruptions to the oil market, the White House announced Wednesday.

As an economy driven by maritime industries, American Samoa stands to benefit from the reauthorization of the ocean monitoring system for another five years, according to Rep. Uifa’atali Amata Radewagen, the territory's delegate to the U.S. Congress.

While acknowledging that national emergencies may trigger legitimate price adjustments, Moylan questioned the “timing of the increase in local pricing, the coordination of a price change between merchants, amount of price increase and its duration.”