Let’s take a trip to Kiritimati Island, also known as Christmas Island, the world's largest atoll by land area. Kiritimati is one of the islands in Kiribati, located about 2,500 kilometers south of Hawaii.

Fiji’s prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, who introduced the Ocean of Peace manifesto at the leadership meeting in Rarotonga in 2023, said the document was “a signal that we seek a region in which strategic competition is managed, where stability is the touchstone of regional relationships and where coercion is eschewed.”

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Yet, tobacco use remains one of the deadliest public health threats in the region, killing more than 3 million people every year, according to the World Health Organization.

I was fortunate to learn from many Marshallese elders over the years, including Deacon Arata Nathan. Affectionately known as Jimma (grandfather) Arata at the Ministry of Health, he worked closely with me during my tenure as secretary of health.

The Pukpuk Treaty between Papua New Guinea and Australia has been hailed as a landmark military agreement, with both prime ministers reportedly agreeing on the text but holding off on signing.

Pacific islands, however, are polarized over the deep-sea mining solution, eyed by Nauru, the Cook Islands and Kiribati, to transition away from fossil fuels.

The Philippine province of Cebu has been placed under a state of calamity as search and rescue teams scrambled to look for more survivors following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed dozens and injured more than a hundred on Tuesday night.

In Palau, a staggering 48 percent of its population aged between 30 and 79 years old have high blood pressure. That is 14 percentage points above the global average of 34 percent.