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Pacific patrol: USCG's new fast response cutter to join fleet homeported in Guam

Named in honor of a 9/11 hero, the 62nd Sentinel-class fast response cutter officially entered service with U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam. It is the fourth of five fast response cutters to be deployed to Guam.

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1 day ago

Line of credit established for Guam Power Authority; fuel surcharge hike proposed

The Public Utilities Commission has approved the Guam Power Authority’s request for the establishment of up to $70-million line of credit to help manage fuel cost increases triggered by global fuel market volatility amid the Iran conflict that disrupts the movement of fuel supply.

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3 days ago

THE PACIFIC

Navigating conflicts and compassion: Nauru launches its first movie

Nauru’s first short feature film, "Far End of the Sea," which premiered on May 15, has been officially released on YouTube.

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2 days ago

Population loss strains Micronesia, Marshall Islands economies

The GAO analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection data found that from 2017 through 2024, nearly 48,000 more citizens from the freely associated states entered the U.S. and its territories than departed. Most of those migrants came from FSM.

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3 days ago

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LIFE & ARTS

From Geneva to the Blue Pacific: Why Pacific health security is no longer a side issue at WHA

At the World Health Assembly in Geneva, health diplomacy often speaks in the polished grammar of resolutions, annexes, budget lines and technical reports. Yet, for Pacific island countries, the issues on the WHA79 agenda are not abstract items in a multilateral calendar. They are questions of physical survival, fiscal resilience and political agency.

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3 days ago

When everything fails, the status quo is no longer acceptable

We have been this way before. As an island culture, we have collectively stared down the eye of a dysfunctional government of Guam and marveled at its tempestuous incompetence.

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May 17

Frank Rabon, Master of CHamoru Dance, named 2026 NEA National Heritage fellow

By Pacifici Island Times News Staff Frank Rabon, master of CHamoru dance, has been selected as a 2026 NEA National Heritage Fellow, the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency announced. The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the highest honor in the United States for folk and traditional arts, recognizing artists whose life’s work has helped sustain cultural knowledge and artistic traditions within their communities. Fellows are selected through a national nominat

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Apr 26

Divine protection over a foggy highway

As I was nodding off a bit to catch a few shut eyes before my turn at the wheel, I could see that we were approaching a truck traveling in our right lane a couple of hundred feet in front of us.

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Apr 12

Newly hatched sihek offers hope for quick recovery of Guam's endanged bird

A Guam kingfisher egg recently hatched through artificial incubation at a local facility, holding promise for accelerated recovery of the island’s endangered bird, locally known as sihek, which was declared extinct in the wild in 1988.

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Pacific patrol: USCG's new fast response cutter to join fleet homeported in Guam

Named in honor of a 9/11 hero, the 62nd Sentinel-class fast response cutter officially entered service with U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam. It is the fourth of five fast response cutters to be deployed to Guam.

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1 day ago3 min read

CNMI's utility body eyes borrowing, warns of systems collapse due to depleting cash and fuel reserve

Saipan- The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is proposing to resort to borrowing amid its depleting cash and fuel reserves as the CNMI struggles to recover from Typhoon Sinlaku while reeling from the impact of war in Iran.

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