As tension between the United States and China continues to worsen, the U.S. appears to be positioning itself to create a chokepoint on Beijing’s ambition to advance into the Pacific by sending two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and an amphibious assault ship in the region.

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Seeking a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the Marianas region, the 38 th  Guam Legislature will urge the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to suspend a federal plan to lease over 35 million acres of water for mineral extraction. “Legal and environmental experts have already submitted comments and research as to the irreparable adverse impacts of deep-sea mining and we need to do all we can as a community to ensure no further harm,” said Sen