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Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Credit: FOX Sunday Morning Futures screenshot A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By...

In Pacific island societies, sharing isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s a moral obligation

In Pacific island societies, sharing isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s a moral obligation

Microwaves By Jack Niedenthal Majuro—In the island societies of the northern Pacific—namely the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia—sharing is not merely a practice; it is a foundational element of our cultures, an...

Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds

Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands — at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of western Micronesia. The domesticated rice was...

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...

Day 5 at Pacific Mini Games: 3 more medals for Guam

Day 5 at Pacific Mini Games: 3 more medals for Guam

Guam got another three medals after swimmer Amaya Bollinger and track and field athletes Hugh Kent and Alonzo Acosta won in their respective sports with the total medals for Guam at six as of Friday morning. Bollinger was second place in the 200m...

Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

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...

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...

Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan

Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan

Dr Yousuke Kaifu was working at an archaeological site on the Japanese islands of Okinawa when a question started to bubble in his mind. The pieces unearthed in the excavation, laid out before him, revealed evidence of humans living there 30,000...

Palau Mini Games: Samoa, Fiji and Northern Marianas break Tahiti's golden streak in the pool

Palau Mini Games: Samoa, Fiji and Northern Marianas break Tahiti's golden streak in the pool

Samoa continue to stay in second place with a total haul of 13 gold, four silver and 14 bronze. Photo: Facebook / TeamSamoa Tahiti's dominance in the pool on day four of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Koror was broken by some golden moments shared...

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau

2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...

Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement

Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement

South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...

Aleksenko saves the day for Team Marianas

Aleksenko saves the day for Team Marianas

(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas still made it to the medal board on Day 4 of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau — thanks to swimmer Isaiah Aleksenko. On a day marked by mixed results, Aleksenko gave the NMI a much-needed...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 2: Tonga Women and Solomon Islands Men Take the Win

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 2: Tonga Women and Solomon Islands Men Take the Win

KOROR (Palau) - Stop 2 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2 saw just as much action as Stop 1, with tense grind out battles in the women’s conference, and explosive shoot outs in the men’s. The Tahiti women’s team took out...

Day 4 at Pacific Mini Games: No new medals but Guam sees some wins

Day 4 at Pacific Mini Games: No new medals but Guam sees some wins

Guam’s baseball and softball teams both won games at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau on the fourth day of the competition on Thursday, though no new medal was added to the three they got on Day 3 from weightlifter Chloe Santos. Santos got one gold...

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...

U.S. Coast Guard, Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency successfully assist Lucky Harvest

U.S. Coast Guard, Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency successfully assist Lucky Harvest

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard, in close collaboration with the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency, safely towed the 47-foot motor vessel Lucky Harvest to Agana Boat Basin on July 1 after the vessel's crew experienced an engine failure...

Philippine Airlines hosts product update for Guam industry partners

Philippine Airlines hosts product update for Guam industry partners

Philippine Airlines, represented by its General Sales Agent Goodwind Travel and Tour, hosted a comprehensive product update for its valued Guam-based industry partners last June 26. The event brought together representatives from travel agencies,...

UPDATED: All set for 4th of July Parade!

UPDATED: All set for 4th of July Parade!

Liberation Day parade participants wave the U.S. and CNMI flags. MV file photo (Liberation Day Committee) — This year’s 4th of July Parade is set to bring excitement and community pride to the streets of Susupe this Friday. Beginning at 10 a.m. on...

This country has the lowest retirement age in Europe - and it's 14 years earlier than the UK

This country has the lowest retirement age in Europe - and it's 14 years earlier than the UK

In many countries around the world, the age at which someone can retire and claim a government pension is on the rise. In Britain, the state pension age will rise from 66 to 67 for men and women by 2028. Further rises have not been ruled out....

Am Samoa captures 9 medals after 2 days at Pacific Mini Games

Am Samoa captures 9 medals after 2 days at Pacific Mini Games

Team American Samoa at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau has won nine medals after two days of competition: two golds, four silver and three bronze medals all courtesy of our wrestlers. Atonio Miller won gold in the 110 kg Greco Wrestling and the...

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