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CNMI governor declares a state of 'significant emergency'

David Apatang By Pacific Island Times News Staff Northern Marianas Gov. David Apatang today declared the commonwealth under a state of significant emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Sinlaku, which is predicted to develop into a Category 3 or 4 typhoon before landfall. "Based on its current track, all populated islands within the CNMI, including Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, are under threat," the governor said in an executive order declaring an emergency. The CNMI antici

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2 hours ago

Sinlaku upgraded to typhoon; Storm conditions predicted to linger up to 60 hours

The National Weather Service today issued a typhoon watch for Guam and the Northern Marianas as it continued to track the slow-moving Tropical Storm Sinlaku, which was still hovering over Chuuk, packing winds of 70 mph as of 7 a.m.

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6 hours ago

Guam declared in a state of emergency; Sinlaku anticipated to bring damaging winds within 48 hours

Damaging winds of 39 mph from Tropical Storm Sinlaku are expected within 48 hours.

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24 hours ago

THE PACIFIC

Hidden stories in Fiji’s ancient clay pots

In his study, “Post-Lapita Ceramic Change in Fiji,” archaeologist Geoffrey Clark explains that pottery in ancient Fiji served purposes beyond mere cooking tools. These clay artifacts provide insights into the lifestyle, trade practices and creativity of the people.

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14 hours ago

Pacific shipping lifeline faces crisis as experts push wind-powered transition

“The vessel alone is a really important element,” he said. “But those elements alone will not make a functioning system. It is much more about the governance around it.”

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1 day ago

Cook Islands study flags access gaps in shift to digital vaccine consent

A paper form sent home through school can seem simple enough. But in the Cook Islands, health workers say those slips can also go missing, come back late or never return at all, leaving some children without routine vaccinations.

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2 days ago

INSIGHTS

LIFE & ARTS

Busting government monopolies of professionals

As a lawyer and a physician, we have publicly and privately sparred over the best way to advance healthcare on this island. Our disagreements have even been documented in the halls of the legislature. However, we agree on one thing. Guam is suffering a shortage of essential professionals, and a portion of this problem is self-inflicted. The government of Guam sidelines the private sector, treating it as inferior.

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5 days ago

The return trip: What Thailand knows about tourism that Guam needs to learn

Legislation to create this exemption has already been introduced. The objection that businesses pocket tax savings rather than passing them to consumers is legitimate for across-the-board cuts — a targeted food exemption is a different instrument, with households and small food businesses as its primary beneficiaries.

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5 days ago

The politics of expectation

Live from Saipan By Zaldy Dandan Saipan — I’m quite sure that at some point a voter will finally ask himself: Why is it that in every election all candidates promise to make things better, yet once they’re in office they seldom do? Not a single one of them promised to be corrupt, incompetent, or way in over his head, but eventually voters end up complaining about corruption, incompetence and leaders who are way in over their heads. I’ve been reading, writing and thinking abo

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6 days ago

Guam welcomes ancestral skulls' return

By Johanna Salinas Guam has welcomed home four ancestral skulls, which had been stolen from the island and sold to a German collector in 1878. For more than a century, the skulls of ancient CHamorus were almost forgotten, if not for the hard work of Fran Lujan, director of the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum. “With the work of repatriation, rematriation, it’s a sacred responsibility, an obligation we owe to our ancestors,” Melvin Won Pat-Borja, president of the Department o

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Mar 29

‘Pressure Points’ exhibit on Guam highlights printmakers, global collaboration

What began as a shared conversation among printmakers from different parts of the world has taken shape on Guam through “Pressure Points,” an international exhibition that explores how art can carry the weight of lived experience.

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Mar 24

‘Syntax of Steel’ merges CHamoru heritage, modern design

The installation, titled “Syntax of Steel,” was created by artist Sujin Bec, who has lived on Guam since 2015. The piece blends engineering concepts with CHamoru cultural symbolism, grounding it firmly in the island’s identity.

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Mar 20