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Guests spot rare Ornate Eagle Ray at OBLU NATURE Helengeli
Hotelier Maldives
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August 2, 2025
The Maldives is renowned for its surprises and in what can only be called a one-in-a-lifetime experience, on the 30th July a couple of lucky guests out snorkelling at OBLU NATURE Helengeli were treated to a cameo appearance of one of the most...
Palau Wrestling Team Grapples Their Way to Glory
Island Times
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August 1, 2025
From early struggles to podium triumphs, Palau’s wrestling champions share their journey of grit, sacrifice, and national pride. By: Faith Chen In an electrifying display of perseverance and talent, the Palau wrestling team brought home an...
Palau lawmakers consider paid Parental leave, funding remains Key obstacle
Island Times
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August 1, 2025
By: Faith Chen KOROR, Palau — A proposal in the House of Delegates to provide six weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave is drawing both public support and concerns about how such a program would be funded. The bill, commonly referred to as...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten plastics treaty
SABC News
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August 4, 2025
Hopes for a “last chance” ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations. Diplomats and climate advocates warn...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten last-chance global plastics treaty
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Valerie Volcovici GENEVA (Reuters) -Hopes for a "last chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the...
Bill honoring advocate Rebecca Koshiba seeks safer Homes for Palau’s children
Island Times
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August 1, 2025
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — Lawmakers in Palau are renewing efforts to pass the Rebecca Koshiba Kinship Foster Care Program Act, a bill that would provide stronger protection for children living in unsafe or unstable homes while preserving...
Charlie Gibbons delivers personal best for Palau in Freestyle Opener
Island Times
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August 1, 2025
Charlie Gibbons, made an impressive start to his competition at the 22nd World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Singapore, racing to a new personal best in the Men’s 100m Freestyle. At just 15 years old, Charlie is not only the youngest on Team...
Palau, FSM, RMI, Kiribati, and Nauru to form MPS Secretariat
Pacific News Service
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Nauru is looking to host a Micronesia Presidents’ Summit Secretariat with leaders of Nauru, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Kiribati putting in motion efforts to formalise the legal status...
Sustainserv, Palau ink tech partnership to boost ESG reporting with AI
ESG Dive
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July 31, 2025
Dive Brief: Sustainable management consulting firm Sustainserv and ESG reporting company Palau announced a partnership last week that aims to boost companies’ corporate sustainability strategies and reporting efforts by leveraging artificial...
Palauan Youth Dive into culture, conservation, and dive certifications
Island Times
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July 29, 2025
Koror, Palau – July 21-26, 2025, 12 young Palauans earned their PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water certifications through the Palau Pledge Dive Camp, a week-long program combining scuba training with hands-on science and cultural learning....
Earth Today | Climate justice triumphs
The Gleaner
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July 31, 2025
THE ALLIANCE of Small Island States (AOSIS) has welcomed the recent historic advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, as a global affirmation that climate harm is not only unjust, but also unlawful. “This ruling is a testament to...
Reconsidering military exercises in Palau:
Island Times
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July 29, 2025
As the U.S. military carries out its Exercise Resolute Force Pacific in Palau, complete with the public display of warplanes like the KC-135 Stratotanker and the F-35 Lightning II, many of us in the community are left asking: What is the real cost...
Research Matters: Guam CEDDERS creates pathways for possibility
Pacific Daily News
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For more than 30 years, the University of Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service, Guam CEDDERS, has quietly transformed lives across Guam and the region. As one of UOG’s Centers for Excellence,...
How the world’s highest court bolstered the fight for climate reparations
Grist Magazine
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July 28, 2025
As global inaction over the climate crisis has mounted and Pacific islands nations have watched in frustration as their calls for decisive action have gone unheeded, a growing number of them, led by Vanuatu, have turned to the courts. If...
Courage, not compromise – Pacific SIDS call for ambition ahead of…
Pacific News Service
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With plastic pollution at crisis levels, delegates from 14 Pacific Island countries have arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, with one clear message for the world: courage, not compromise. Only a bold, comprehensive, and legally binding treaty that...
Guam Missile Defense awards top $1.7B; $36.9M for flagged Andersen housing
Pacific Daily News
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Contract awards for the planned 360-degree missile defense system for Guam have topped $1.7 billion as of July, while Andersen Air Force Base barracks that reportedly left Navy Secretary John Phelan “appalled” will get about $36.9 million worth of...
Palau weighs taking asylum seekers from US
The Manila Times
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July 23, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia — The United States is looking to send asylum seekers to the sparsely populated volcanic isles of Palau, the small South Pacific nation said on Wednesday. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. delivers a...
Reporting on rights and wrongs for whom in Myanmar?
Democratic Voice of Burma
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August 4, 2025
Guest contributor David Scott Mathieson In what has to be one of the most damning headlines so far this year, the U.N. admitted its written output of activities doesn’t amount to much. “UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read”,...
Is it time to aim for 1.7°C as the new limit for global warming?
New Scientist
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Wildfires are expected to become more frequent and severe as global temperatures rise COSTAS METAXAKIS/AFP via Getty Images If you told a child to stay “well away” from a cliff edge, how close to the edge could they creep before you started...
Palau faces critical decision on New National Hospital sSite, USDA Assessment Finds
Island Times
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July 22, 2025
KOROR, Palau — Three Palauan states—Koror, Airai, and Ngatpang—have offered potential land for the nation’s urgently needed new hospital, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture assessment released this month. The “USDA Assessment of...