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'Where America’s victory at sea begins:' Navy officials highlight Guam's undersea power amid China's renewed threat

“Guam is not only where America’s day begins; it is where America’s undersea dominance begins, where warfighting readiness is generated and where victory at sea begins,” said Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck, commander of Submarine Group 7.

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2 hours ago

Federal public health emergency declared for Guam, CNMI

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has declared a public health emergency for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, unlocking federal support and allowing flexibility in implementing medical programs as they recover from Typhoon Bavi.

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7 hours ago

El Niño is underway: A warming Pacific, a shifting storm belt and a region learning to read every cloud as a warning sign

Barely recovering from Supertyphoons Mawar and Sinlaku, island communities across the Marianas and Micronesia are bracing for extreme weather events supercharged by an El Niño predicted to be one of the strongest on record.

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5 days ago

THE PACIFIC

US proposes first deep-sea mining leases for American Samoa's seafloor

The bureau has marked 33 million acres of seabed near the eastern edge of American Samoa’s exclusive economic zone for the mining of polymetallic nodules, which are critical to the production of clean energy and military technologies.

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13 hours ago

Report: Pacific island countries struggle to meet vaccination targets

Despite their smaller populations, most Pacific countries are struggling to meet the 90-percent goal of vaccinating their children against deadly but preventable diseases, according to a joint World Health Organization-UNICEF report released Wednesday.

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Tonga to merge science and traditional knowledge in weather forecasting

Lineni Latu and Vaiola Vainikolo, weather forecasters, said that by incorporating traditional knowledge indicators into their television weather bulletins, they are connecting science with the knowledge and observations that Tongan communities have used for years.

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2 days ago

INSIGHTS

LIFE & ARTS

Reducing Guam’s business privilege tax

In sum, the difficulty of reducing the BPT is not accidental. It is the predictable outcome of deliberate administrative choices that expanded spending to consume temporary increases, ensuring that returning to 4 percent would be politically costly and structurally disruptive.

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17 hours ago

What my father's clock remembers

For those of us who have never lived under occupation, it is difficult to imagine how quickly freedom can be taken away. My father’s story reminds me that freedom is never guaranteed.

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The ocean wealth that keeps leaving Micronesia

More than 50 percent of the world’s tuna supply comes from the western and central Pacific Ocean, making it the most important tuna fishery on the planet.

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4 days ago

Community Events: Lib Day fireworks; Meet the candidates; Art sale at ArtSpace

Guam to mark 82nd Liberation Day Guam Visitors Bureau will lead the celebration of Guam's 82nd Liberation during two special Tumon Night Market events featuring outstanding local and international entertainment, community activities, and Liberation Day fireworks. The festivities begin at the regularly scheduled Tumon Night Market on July 19 at Tumon Sands Plaza from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring live performances by The Corporation, Prominence, Guma' Taotao Kinahulo' Atdao Na

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1 day ago

Bookshelf: Son of foreign worker tells the story the CNMI tried to forget

Kelvin Rodeo grew up in the aisles of a small neighborhood store in Dan Dan, Saipan, surrounded by the hum of different languages, the rhythm of island life and the quiet contradictions of being an American citizen born to Filipino parents on Saipan.

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Jun 13

Advertisement: FFA Director: Fisheries Development Division

Employer: World renowned Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Position location: Honiara, Solomon Islands · Retirement of long-term incumbent has led to a director-level leadership opportunity · Competitive salary range from SDR1 72,523 to SDR 102,385 negotiable based on experience (note: currently equivalent to US$99,066 to US$139,858) (Plus Allowances). · Salary is not taxed in the Solomon Islands for international staff · 3-year, full-time contract position bas

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