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Business group questions hasty passage of GovGuam pay raise bill

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5 hours ago

Business group questions hasty passage of GovGuam pay raise bill

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Chamber of Commerce criticized Democratic senators for voting in favor of a bill raising...

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5 hours ago

Who will backpedal on Bill 12-37?

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Speaker Therese Terlaje today sought to clarify the intention of Bill 12-37 amid muddled assumptions...

Guam legislature approves pay raise bill in party-line vote

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4 days ago

Guam legislature approves pay raise bill in party-line vote

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan After three days of marathon special session, Guam senators on Friday night passed an administration-endorsed...

Navy and Coast Guard begin Oceania maritime security initiative patrol

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2 days ago

Navy and Coast Guard begin Oceania maritime security initiative patrol

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have begun their joint patrol in the Western Pacific under the...

A. Samoa delegate nixes expansion plan for Pacific Remote Islands sanctuary

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A. Samoa delegate nixes expansion plan for Pacific Remote Islands sanctuary

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Closing off more areas around the Pacific Remote Islands would only invite foreign vessels to poach into the U.S....

Solomons shuns geopolitics, hits US military investments in Pacific region

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6 days ago

Solomons shuns geopolitics, hits US military investments in Pacific region

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Caught in a tug-of-war between the world's superpowers, the Solomon Islands sought to strengthen its...

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Mar 12

Heartbreak for Fåhang in Malesso

By Olympia Terral In mid-2021, slowly at first and then in a flood, Fåhang established a breeding colony in the heart of Malesso’...

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Mar 11

All these places had their moments…

I smiled as I read Rita’s email. The February column had her remembering her prom at Panciteria Far East, which was glitz and glamour. It...

Navigating the regional organizations in the Pacific

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Mar 9

Navigating the regional organizations in the Pacific

In today’s Pacific island world, there is no shortage of regional efforts, meetings and organizations. If you have an idea and cannot...

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Mar 11

I am not a robot

Manila – In the world we live in today, checkboxes have become part of our reality. Chances are, if you’re not a human being, you’re...

Serving Mediterranean fare, Anemos restaurant opens in Tumon

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Mar 8

Serving Mediterranean fare, Anemos restaurant opens in Tumon

By Gina Tabonares-Reilly Set out on the front yard of Sand Castle in Tumon, Anemos— which means “wind” in Greek— will offer the island’s...

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Mar 5

Cruising through Bermuda Triangle

Bridgman, MI—When Sharon and I married in 2004, we planned our honeymoon to be on a 13-day Grand Holiday Caribbean Cruise of the Cunard...

Pohnpei acting governor, other state officials charged and arrested for bungling quarantine rules

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Jun 18, 2022
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Pohnpei acting governor, other state officials charged and arrested for bungling quarantine rules

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Five Pohnpei officials, including the acting governor, were arrested last week after being criminally charged for...

Covid surge on Guam prompts FSM to pause repatriation of stranded citizens

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Feb 7, 2022
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Covid surge on Guam prompts FSM to pause repatriation of stranded citizens

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan The Federated States of Micronesia has put the brakes on the repatriation of remaining citizens who are stranded on...

FSM president extends Guam-based pre-quarantine for 10 days

By Pacific island Times News Staff

Sep 7, 2021
2 min

FSM president extends Guam-based pre-quarantine for 10 days

Palikir, Pohnpei— Federated States of Micronesia President David W. Panuelo has extended the mandatory Guam-based pre-quarantine for...

First United repatriation flight heading to Yap on Sunday

By Joyce McClure

Aug 24, 2021
4 min

First United repatriation flight heading to Yap on Sunday

Twenty-seven residents of Yap who have been stranded since the FSM border closed in late March 2020 will fly home from Guam via United...

16 more stranded Micronesians slated to be repatriated Wednesday

By Joyce McClure

Aug 16, 2021
2 min

16 more stranded Micronesians slated to be repatriated Wednesday

Sixteen more citizens of Yap who have been stranded in Palau are scheduled to be flown back home on Aug. 18, the first repatriation...

Four FSM citizens test Covid-positive on Guam, pulled out of repatriation group

By Pacific Island Times News Staff

Jun 26, 2021
2 min

Four FSM citizens test Covid-positive on Guam, pulled out of repatriation group

Palikir, Pohnpei— Four of 50 Micronesian citizens who were scheduled to be sent home from Guam tested positive for Covid 19, the Office...

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