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ASC Trust launches study on financial wellbeing in Guam and Micronesia

ASC Trust launches study on financial wellbeing in Guam and Micronesia

ASC Trust has put out an ongoing survey as part of a study on financial wellbeing on Guam and Micronesia, conducted in partnership with Sonya Lutter, the director of financial health and wellness in the School of Financial Planning at Texas Tech...

Bill seeks to boost local economy by making Guam US free trade zone

Bill seeks to boost local economy by making Guam US free trade zone

Vice Speaker Tony Ada has introduced Bill 174-38 to establish Guam as a Free Trade Zone to help diversify and boost the local economy. The measure seeks to leverage Guam's favorable location in the Western Pacific and "transform the island into a...

ASC Trust launches financial well-being study across Guam, Micronesia

ASC Trust launches financial well-being study across Guam, Micronesia

ASC Trust, in partnership with a nationally recognized expert in financial psychology and therapy from Texas Tech University, has launched a study to examine financial well-being across Guam and the Micronesian region. Beginning July 14, the...

From Hong Kong to the world: Luen Thai's 60-year legacy of overseas Chinese patriotism and business wisdom

From Hong Kong to the world: Luen Thai's 60-year legacy of overseas Chinese patriotism and business wisdom

Dr. Tan Siu Lin, founder and chairman of Luen Thai Group Photo: Courtesy of Luen Thai GroupAs the bells of Hong Kong's return to the motherland rang alongside Luen Thai's cargo ships, a 60-year journey unfolded - rooted in Hong Kong, connecting...

Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes

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Micronesian Island Forum or Second Island Chain Alliance?

Micronesian Island Forum or Second Island Chain Alliance?

These Islands By Robert Underwood Pacific island nations and territories like to discuss the Blue Continent and give dramatic visions about a Pacific future based on island wisdom, traditions and connections. Despite the diversity of island forms,...

Pacific leaders address U.S deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting

Pacific leaders address U.S deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting

MAJURO (PMN) — The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from...

China's visa-free policy to extend to Micronesia amid expanding 'circle of friends'

China's visa-free policy to extend to Micronesia amid expanding 'circle of friends'

Foreign tourists pose for photos at Temple of Heaven in Beijing, capital of China on May 3, 2025. The Temple of Heaven became a popular tourist spot for foreign visitors during the Labor Day holiday. Photo: VCG China continues to expand its...

Pacific leaders address US deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting

Pacific leaders address US deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting

The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from Kiribati, Nauru, the...

OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism

OPINION Tydingco: Micronesia must become a global destination to revitalize tourism

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating blow to the tourism industry in Micronesia, decimating visitor arrivals and crippling economies that rely heavily on this sector. Now, as the global travel industry regains momentum, Micronesia must...

Keeping the Sea Clean: Japanese Efforts to Recover Oil from Wartime Wreck in Chuuk, Micronesia

Keeping the Sea Clean: Japanese Efforts to Recover Oil from Wartime Wreck in Chuuk, Micronesia

Japanese vessels sunk more than eight decades ago in Micronesia continue to pose an environmental threat in the waters off of Chuuk. Japanese and other specialists are working to capture and remove the polluting oil. Pristine Waters with a...

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’

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

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week

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...

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal

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.

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.

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...

China's Economy Spirals With No End In Sight, Says Kyle Bass

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...

Intersectional Feminist Leadership Needed to Realise Global Goals

Intersectional Feminist Leadership Needed to Realise Global Goals

Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Gender Violence, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Labour, LGBTQ, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations,...

World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies 

World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies 

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...

Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them

Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them

Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy said: “The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is the first agreement of its kind anywhere in the world and the most significant Pacific policy this country has undertaken in the last 50 years.” A...

Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access

Building Pacific capacities to support trade and market access

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...

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