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Steady aim for Fiji archers
The Fiji Times
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June 21, 2025
Team Fiji’s archers are quietly preparing to make their mark at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, even as they face limited facilities and funding. Team manager Caroll Sela who will lead the team to Palau, says the four-athlete team is focused...
Residents of Myanmar Ruby Hub Speak Out as TNLA Mining Takes Toll
The Irrawaddy
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June 20, 2025
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic Palaung armed group, is monopolizing ruby mining operations in Mogoke town in northern Mandalay Region and harming the local environment by conducting excessive extraction, according to...
CHamoru voyager, cultural ambassador endures 30-day return trip from Taiwan
The Guam Daily Post
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Ron Acfalle returned to Guam Thursday after completing a grueling 30-day voyage from Taiwan to Palau aboard a traditional sailing canoe, describing the journey as a transformative spiritual experience that tested the crew's endurance against the...
Why the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Was Make-or-Break for Marine Protected Areas
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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June 24, 2025
The 2025 UN Ocean Conference put Marine Protected Areas at the heart of global ocean action, but global progress hinges on whether the United States steps up to lead. From June 9–13, Nice, France, hosted the third United Nations Ocean Conference,...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – June 20 – June 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 28, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Ceremony welcoming Alingano Maisui’s Returns from Taiwan
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
Koror, Palau – June 16, 2025 — The traditional voyaging canoe Alingano Maisu arrived back in Palau on Monday, June 16, 2025, after completing a cultural expedition from Taiwan. The canoe was welcomed with a public ceremony at 11:00 a.m. at NECO...
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...
TNC partners with MICS to protect resilient reefs in Majuro
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), which has worked in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) for over a decade, is collaborating with the Marshall Islands Conservation Society (MICS) to help protect coral reefs that are more resilient to climate...
Tourism recovery moves forward while the Pacific islands fall behind
The Pacific Island Times
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June 27, 2025
Under a clear sky in tropical Micronesia, tourism in Guam and the nearby Northern Mariana Islands is in the midst of a cautious revival. But progress remains uneven, and experts say strategic moves could make the difference between stagnation and...
"What's the Matter With Chicago" (and comedians and Contessa Brewer)?
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren June 12, 2009 "One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship." — George Orwell WE ARE WITNESSING A REVOLUTION — a very "peaceful" Revolution...
Clear government ownership structures can help boost SOE performance-PSDI
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (24 June 2025)—Pacific governments can improve the performance of their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and reduce fiscal risks by implementing clearer and more consistent government ownership and oversight arrangements, according...
UN Oceans Summit: Fiji mobilising resources to protect vital marine ecosystems, says govt
Pacific Media Network
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Fiji is joining its Pacific neighbours at the UN Oceans Conference in France, urging the mobilisation of resources to protect its marine resources. The theme for the conference is to accelerate action and mobilise all stakeholders to conserve and...
Lack of Government supports threatens Team PNG’s chances of defending Pacific Mini Games title
The National
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THE Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee is at the brink of excluding certain sporting codes from participating in the Pacific Mini Games in Palau due to funding constraints and lack of government support. PNGOC said all athletes and officials from...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 25, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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June 25, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jun 25, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. NUG Deputy Minister Naing Kaung Ywet Delivers Message of Tribute to PRF Logistics Troops June 24 Radio NUG The People’s Revolutionary Force (PRF) has released a video message by Deputy...
Coral reef commitment: Nations unite for ecosystem protection
Oceanographic Magazine
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June 11, 2025
A bold new initiative to galvanise action for coral reef protection has been launched this week at the United Nations Ocean Conference, that begins with a commitment from governments to identify and safeguard climate-resilient coral reefs...
Whipps urges Global Action on Ocean Treaty, deep-sea protection at UN Conference
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
Nice, France — June 13, 2025 – Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. delivered urgent calls for global unity and bold leadership to protect the world’s oceans at two high-level events during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in...
Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
S’pore researchers to go on deep sea expedition with non-profit OceanX in October: Vivian
The Straits Times
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June 10, 2025
NICE, France – Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are planning to embark on a deep sea biodiversity expedition to the high seas in the eastern Indian Ocean in October, said Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan...
What sharks are worth—and why that matters
Mongabay
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June 25, 2025
Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, transitioned from shark tourism to advocacy after a pivotal free-diving encounter with a tiger shark, leading her to champion the world’s first shark fin trade ban in Hawaii. Her legislative work has since...
How the reorganization of the US Department of Health impacts the US Territories
Pasquines
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June 26, 2025
In late March, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan to streamline the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and cut an estimated 10,000 full-time jobs. This...