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Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
The Federated States of Micronesia is tackling rising climate-related diseases with a major health resilience programme backed by the Green Climate Fund and SPC.
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Shiprwreck in Chuuk Lagoon As sea levels rise and storms intensify, communities across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are facing a surge in climate-sensitive diseases. From dengue fever to diarrhoea, illnesses once considered seasonal...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
The Virginia Star
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July 4, 2025
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea...
China's Economy Spirals With No End In Sight, Says Kyle Bass
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Frank Fang and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times, Communist China is grappling with the most severe economic crisis in its history, a downturn that the regime will not recover from, according to Kyle Bass, founder and chief investment...
Why Jonny Fairplay Should Have Been Cast In Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans
TheThings
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July 3, 2025
Even though Survivor attracts new fans every year who have to figure out which seasons to watch first, Jeff Probst's beloved reality show has loads of dedicated viewers. Survivor's most passionate fans know a lot about the show's medical...
World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...
Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access
Pacific Community (SPC)
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To strengthen the skills of Pacific biosecurity, border control, exporter representatives and relevant stakeholders in using Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) databases and platforms, a regional capacity-building workshop is underway in...
Welcome, $100 please: The countries with the weirdest entry requirements
WAtoday
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July 3, 2025
Sign a climate pledge: Palau For understandable reasons, tiny island nations tend to take sustainability seriously. But in 2017, the Micronesian nation of Palau (population 18,000) took things one step further by requiring all international...
Worsening global economic conditions expect to slow economic growth in the Pacific
Island Times
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June 24, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon According to the June Pacific Economic Update by the World Bank, economic growth in the Pacific Islands is projected to decelerate in 2025. This slowdown is primarily due to worsening global financial conditions and slower...
'Slow but sure' economic rise in most of Pacific - World Bank
RNZ
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June 23, 2025
Photo: AFP The Pacific regional economy is growing, slowly but surely, reports the World Bank. In their latest Pacific update, released 17 June, they argue for more employment of women to help the economy amidst global economic uncertainty,...
Micronesia Mall’s Mall Ball 3x3 Summer Circuit high school tournament tips off June 20
The Guam Daily Post
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The Micronesia Mall and Clutch Guam have partnered for Mall Ball ’25: 3x3 Summer Circuit series, a basketball tournament featuring 20 high school teams that will take place Friday through Sunday at the Micronesia Mall Center Court. Championship...
U.S. Coast Guard strengthens partnership with Federated States of Micronesia at semi-annual Joint Committee Meeting
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 23, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard actively participated in the semi-annual bilateral Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on June 4 to 5, 2025, at Joint Task Force-Micronesia (JTF-M) Headquarters. Led...
How Trump's big beautiful bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
BPR News - North Carolina
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From an aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border fence ends with a gap on Jan. 20, 2025 near Sasabe, Ariz. Republicans' tax and spending bill includes $46.5 billion for border wall projects. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John...
Micronesia Mall hosts 'Super Dad Showdown' for Father's Day
Pacific Daily News
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Micronesia Mall will host its Super Dad Showdown on Sunday, June 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the mall's center court. "This Father’s Day, we’re inviting families to show their love and appreciation for dad in the most heroic way possible—with a...
JKPL celebrates successful completion of phase 1 of ‘Color Our World’ Summer Reading Program”
Marianas Variety
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(JKPL) — Joeten-Kiyu Public Library proudly announces the successful completion of the first phase of its 2025 “Color Our World” Summer Reading Program, held from June 17 to June 27, 2025. The program welcomed over 90 children during our ages 6–12...
Breaking Wave Theatre Company hopes to amplify voices of Pacific with $150K national award
The Guam Daily Post
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Breaking Wave Theatre Company (BWTC) has received national recognition as one of 11 recipients of the National Theatre Project Creation and Touring Awards by the New England Foundation for the Arts “big step” for “breaking through.” “Being awarded...
Breaking Wave Theatre Company gets $120K grant to support 'We Will Not Go Silent' production
Pacific Daily News
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Guam's Breaking Wave Theatre Company received a $120,000 National Theatre Project Creation and Touring grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts to support its original production, "We Will Not Go Silent." The grant is part of an...
LETTER: Why do our people leave?
Pacific Daily News
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Every time someone leaves Guam to find a better job, go to school, or chase opportunity somewhere else, this island gets a little quieter. A little emptier. You might not notice it right away—the beaches still sparkle, the sunsets still stop you...