Amid Trump’s tariffs, regime change attempts in Venezuela, the uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing war in Ukraine, a strong and united Anglosphere looks like a beacon of stability for the Indo-Pacific. No longer a populist pipe dream, CANZUK has become a serious long-term trade and defense strategy for the region.
I-Kiribati community gathering in Nerriga, NWS. Photo by Rimon Rimon By Akka Rimon Kiribati's inclusion in the second round of Australia's Pacific Engagement Visa , marking its first year participating in the scheme, has generated a mix of excitement, anticipation and uncertainty among prospective migrants and their families. Early implementation outcomes indicate substantial progress: at least 65 percent of selected primary applicants have already secured formal job offers a
By Ron Rocky Coloma Drones and artificial intelligence could give Pacific conservation teams a faster way to monitor seabirds and other wildlife across some of the world’s most remote islands, where travel is expensive, staffing is limited and field conditions can change quickly. The approach is being tested at Kuaihelani, or Midway Atoll, within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a vast protected area that spans hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean and rem
Guam loves to act like elections are one big fiesta. Posters everywhere, rallies blasting music, candidates handing out fans like we’re collecting Pokémon cards.
Of course, there have been super typhoons in this region long before the U.S. planted its flag in the Marianas. And come to think of it, these islands are in a typhoon alley to begin with.
Most residents of Guam have never heard of General Headnote 3(a)(iv). That is understandable. It is a single line buried deep in the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, a federal trade document most people have no reason to read.
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
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.
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