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date: 2024-02-09, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority’s credit card program questioned $34,000 in charges that…
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – Charter flights from Macau to Palau have doubled this February compared to January, with 19 scheduled for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday period. This surge is expected to bring up to 2,800 visitors from China, boosting the island nation’s tourism industry. The increase coincides with Lunar New Year, a peak travel […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Local employees in Palau are set to receive tax refunds next week, marking the first such disbursement in the country’s history. The refunds will be issued from Monday, February 12 to Friday, February 16, at the Amayong Cultural Center in Koror, running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. More than 3,000 individuals […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Palau’s current prison facility in Koror does not meet international standards for overcrowding and hygiene, according to a report released by the Legal Gap Analysis of Gender Equality. The report, part of a broader effort to assess gender equality in Palau, identified “gaps in the prison facilities” that prevent proper separation of […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Governmental Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, for the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) and its Director, Cary Levitre. This marks the second hearing for Levitre since his appointment eight and a half months ago. The first, held before his four-month […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Palau is crafting its first-ever national migration policy with technical assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), aiming to harness the potential of migration for development while addressing unique challenges. The Pacific island nation faces complex migration dynamics shaped by its geography, economic development, urbanization, climate change and the Compact of […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
(Koror, Palau) The Republic of Palau’s Senate Bill No. 11-I01 proposes a significant shift in the judicial landscape, aiming to keep judges and justices physically present within the country for most judicial duties. This article delves into the key points of the bill and its potential implications. Rational for Reform: The bill acknowledges the temporary […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Governmental Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, for the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) and its Director, Cary Levitre. This marks the second hearing for Levitre since his appointment eight and a half months ago. The first, held before his four-month […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
By Cleo Paskal WASHINGTON (THE DIPLOMAT) — Months ago, negotiations concluded between the United States and the three U.S Freely Associated States (FAS) – Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia (FMS) and the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) – on the terms of the renewals of key components of the Compacts of Free Association (COFA). […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905 I know the exact year when I read a book by looking at the bookmarks. I write notes on the margins to trigger a memory of a lesson learned. Sometimes curiosity gets me to reread that […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
JICA, in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Environment, a new project on Development of Fruit Fly Control System for Promoting Fruit Production & Marketing will commence. Mr. KOBAYASHI Ryutaro, Chief Representative JICA Palau Office, and Minister Steven Victor, MAFE, have signed the Record of Discussion for the project implementation. The project aims to […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
On February 6, 2024, the Micronesian Financial and Administration-Operations Network (MFAN) funded by US Department of Interior (USDOI) kicked off its 3-day workshop in Palau, bringing together representatives from conservation organizations across the region. Partnering with the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT), Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) and Palau Conservation Society, Palau Protected Area Network […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
Ambassador Lee: Look into a Viral and Vibrant Taiwanese-Palauan Relations While the Lunar New Year of 2024, February 10 is around the corner, Ambassador Jessica Lee of ROC (Taiwan) Embassy in a real time interview with Eco-Paradise FM (EPFM) shares her experiences and the traditions, customs, and legendary story of the Lunar New Year. Set with colorful […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
By Fiji reporter Lice Movono in Suva and the Pacific Local Journalism Network’s Nick Sas Fiji’s former prime minister Frank Bainimarama will spend the night in police custody after being charged with abuse of office. Fiji Police allege that in September 2011 Mr Bainimarama “recklessly abused” his position by waiving through a tender bid for hospital engineering services. […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
PORT MORESBY (THE NATIONAL) — The Papua New Guinea Government plans to introduce laws to curb free speech and freedom of the press, former prime minister Peter O’Neill says. In a statement, O’Neill said the same law would jail any journalist or person who published anything the Government deemed to be “misreporting”. O’Neill described the […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
CANEBRRA (AAP) — Papua New Guinea has flatly ruled out signing a security deal with China as Prime Minister James Marape touches down in Australia. Marape attended an official dinner with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra before he becomes the first Pacific leader to address parliament. Marape will use his speech today to celebrate […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
FUNAFUTI (RNZ PACIFIC) — Tuvalu is yet to form a new government two weeks after their general elections because elected representatives from the outer islands are still stuck and can not make it to the capital Funafuti. Senior electoral officer Semi Malaki told RNZ Pacific bad weather has delayed boats traveling out to the islands. […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House. A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled. The broken US. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans in both the House and the Senate revolted in […]
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By Hanan Dervisevic with wires (ABC-Australia) Chilean ex-president Sebastian Piñera has died from drowning after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a lake in the country’s south. Local prosecutor Tatiana Esquivel revealed on Tuesday (local time) his cause of death was “asphyxiation due to submersion”. Mr Piñera was piloting the helicopter when it came down shortly […]
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Island Times
Yona, Guam- Day # 01 (Greco Roman and Womens Wrestling On February 06, 2024, Palau wrestlers competed in the 2024 Oceania Championships in Guam. The competition was held at Leo Palace Resort in Yona, Guam. There were 9 countries that participated in the championships this year and they included American Samoa, Australia, FSM, Guam, Marshall […]
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Pinterest forecast first-quarter revenue largely below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, a sign that it faces tough competition from larger social media players even as the digital advertising market stabilizes.
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Meta’s oversight board said on Friday it will examine two cases on how the social media giant handled potentially misleading posts that were shared ahead of the Australian referendum on Indigenous recognition in October last year.
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump appeared to be headed for a big legal victory at the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices on Thursday signaled their readiness to reject a judicial decision kicking the former president off the ballot in Colorado for taking part in an insurrection during the 2021 Capitol attack.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A top U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) official on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at a Senate hearing called by a fellow Democrat who said he will investigate the decision.
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(Reuters) — Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Susan Collins on Thursday said she believes the U.S. central bank will likely cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point this year, starting once data confirms inflation is on path to 2% amid a strong labor market.
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Sequoia Capital China, Qualcomm Ventures and three other venture capital firms plowed at least $3 billion into Chinese tech companies that support Beijing’s military and its repression of minorities in Xinjiang, a U.S. congressional report alleged on Thursday.
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — An “elderly” President Joe Biden will not face charges for knowingly taking classified documents when he left the vice presidency in 2017, a prosecutor said on Thursday, drawing a swift rebuke from the president as he seeks reelection.
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden mistakenly referred on Wednesday to a conversation he had with Angela Merkel in 2021 as having taken place with the late German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died in 2017, his second such mix-up this week.
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(Reuters) — The Biden administration is considering restricting imports of Chinese “smart cars” and related components amid growing U.S. concerns about data security, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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(Reuters) — Donald Trump won Republican presidential nominating caucuses in Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, moving closer to becoming his party’s White House standard-bearer and a likely general election rematch with U.S. President Joe Biden in November.
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Pacific Island Times
Foundation assists with access to health care for Guam’s uninsured, underinsured By Frank Whitman As chair of the Guam Legislature’s…
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date: 2024-02-09, updated: 2024-02-09, from: Marianas Variety
KOROR /POHNPEI /MAJURO, (BenarNews/Pacnews) — Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, which occupy a militarily strategic expanse of the western Pacific, have warned that delays to U.S financial assistance have created opportunities for “competitive political actors” in the region.
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date: 2024-02-09, from: Pacific Island Times
We see and hear about it all the time. Artificial intelligence is the world’s latest, greatest business technology standard because it…
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date: 2024-02-09, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The close collaboration and synergy between the Pacific Ocean and Climate Crisis Assessment project partners…
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date: 2024-02-09, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes President Joe Biden appointed UH Hilo Professor Emeritus David Kekaulike Sing to the National Council on the Humanities.
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date: 2024-02-09, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes To celebrate this newest addition to the UH Mānoa instrument collection, students and guest artists presented “A Contra Christmas” concert in December 2023.
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date: 2024-02-09, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 4 minutes UH is commemorating Black History Month with tributes to historical figures like Martin Luther King, Jr. along with panel discussions, exhibits and more.
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date: 2024-02-09, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes A $125,000 grant supports developing partnerships for disaster preparedness in the Diamond Head area.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The new plumeria collection features more than 30 varieties of flowers and foliage considered good for lei.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute A memorandum of understanding between UH Mānoa and the Korea Food Research Institute was signed in January.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Reports of sexual harassment and gender based violence are down slightly in 2023 compared to the 2019 and 2017 surveys.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes ‘Above all nations is humanity’ is represented through the installation of flags at the UH Mānoa Campus Center.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Journal 2/6/1987 P1 Bikini return imminent?The Bikinians take their case for a US-funded cleanup of their atoll the US Congress in the near future, and will present American lawmakers with a detailed plan for the first step in the cleanup. Holmes and Narver has prepared a design plan for the construction of a base camp […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes More than 200 students and interns were eligible for the tuition waivers.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 4 minutes The grassroots, community based initiative aims to recruit at least 1,000 individuals affected by the wildfires to participate in the study.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Mandira Pattnaik When you feel neglected, you should devour your husband instead of starving yourself, instead of wondering what ruins you haunt: says mother when I tell her about a slap, a chipped tooth, about brothers-in-law ogling, about mysterious … Continue reading
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(Special Advertising Feature) — This Valentine’s Day, The Terrace Restaurant at Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan invites couples and families to indulge in a memorable dining experience on Feb. 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan Pacific Partnership Act, H.R. 7159, and is welcoming passage Tuesday in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, would bolster U.S. engagement with the Pacific Islands region, an issue which Congresswoman Amata highlights often.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(DPS) — The Department of Public Safety will conduct DUI sobriety checkpoints on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
The choice
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
LAST week, the House Committee on Public Utilities, Transportation and Communications conducted a public hearing on House Bill 23-92, which would amend the net metering law or P.L. 18-62, which, in turn, amended a previous net metering law, which amended the original net metering law, which was passed without consulting CUC, the entity that is supposed to implement the measure.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
SUPER Bowl LVIII is set for Monday morning, local time, with the San Francisco 49ers (12-5) going up against the Kansas City Chiefs (11-6).
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
THE Blue Jays lived to fight another day after eliminating the Marlins, 25-18, in the first round of the SBL Masters League playoffs at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Baseball Field on Wednesday.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(Commonwealth Utilities Corporation) — There will be scheduled power service interruptions in February as CUC continues its ongoing system maintenance
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
PUBLIC Defender Douglas W. Hartig on Wednesday informed the Senate that he is joining a group of 16 private attorneys in opposing and providing an alternative to House Bill 23-22, which seeks subpoena power for the Office of the Attorney General.
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date: 2024-02-08, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
THE Superior Court will no longer issue subpoenas in matters that do not have a case name and number.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Marshal Islands Journal
The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant wrapped up last Saturday in Nauru with Miss Samoa Moemoana Schwenke being crowned Miss Pacific Islands 2024. Miss Marshall Islands Claret Chong Gum was honored with the Third Runner Up title for the pageant and was recognized and praised by hundreds of Marshallese who watched the weeklong event playout on […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Pacific Island Forum
2050 Strategy, PALM10 to top Japan-Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministerial Forumsec, Feb 6, 2024 – Partnerships and implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Marshal Islands Journal
The idea of Honolulu air service has been discussed within the Marshall Islands Cabinet-appointed Aviation Task Force, as well as with Nauru Airlines officials, for a number of years. Minister for Nauru Air Corporation Asterio Appi and Minister in Assistance to the President of the Marshall Islands Bremity Lakjohn signed an air services memorandum of […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Pacific Island Forum
Forumsec, Suva, Feb 7th, 2024 – Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed support from Canada strengthening Pacific impact and presence at upcoming global trade talks […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Pacific Island Times
By Frank Whitman “My whole purpose is to provide an improved level of educational services for our community,” K. Erik Swanson,…
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date: 2024-02-08, from: Marshal Islands Journal
KAREN EARNSHAW Rehearsals for the musical Oliver! are in full swing and going well at the Marshall Islands High School library each weekday afternoon and on Saturdays and we hear that the construction and painting of the sets is also coming along nicely. Producers Professor Andrew Garrod and Bonny Taggart and the rest of the […]
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa attacker Lucia Gomez de la Puente was named the Big West Women’s Water Polo Player of the Week.
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The power of sharing one’s experience can have a lasting impact on family members, colleagues,…
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date: 2024-02-08, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Furukawa’s story utilized his dreams to connect with his ancestors.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Region Disaster Risk Finance Workshop convened by the Pacific Catastrophe…
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date: 2024-02-07, from: Marshal Islands Journal
HILARY HOSIA The remains of a fallen US service member believed missing since World War II in the Marshall Islands was finally homebound last week following the official handover by the US Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll (USAG-KA) at the Richardson Theater last Friday. The development was one of the many highlights during the four-day celebrations in […]
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute This week’s image is from UH Mānoa’s Lars Bejder.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(BECQ) — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality analyzes water samples collected from Saipan’s east and south recreational beaches this week as part of the regularly scheduled sampling. None of the samples collected contained excessive concentration of fecal indicator bacteria nor did they exceed CNMI marine water quality standards. Therefore, BECQ assigns the following sampled beach sites a green flag. Enjoy our waters!
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(MVA) — A full repertoire of contests awaits revelers at the 20th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 16-17, 2024.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(CHCC) — On Feb. 6, 2024, a community stakeholder meeting was facilitated at the Crowne Plaza as part of a larger community health assessment or CHA process being facilitated by the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and RedStar International, in partnership with multiple community agencies and stakeholders. The event was aimed to consult and engage stakeholders in the CHA process so that they are involved in the identification and selection of health priorities that will drive programs and interventions focused on improving the health and well-being of the communities and families that reside in the CNMI.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
A GROUP of private attorneys on Monday wrote a letter to the Senate recommending the establishment of a CNMI grand jury as an alternative to granting subpoena power to the Office of the Attorney General as proposed by House Bill 23-22.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
THE Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Northern Marianas College Dean of Student Support Services Charlotte P.R. Cepeda and Triple J Motors New Car Sales Manager Stephen P. Sablan to the Commonwealth Zoning Board.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
The Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation chairman, Rep. John Paul A. Sablan, 2nd right, back row, listens to House legal counsel Joe Taijeron, back to the camera, while the delegation vice chairman Rep. Roman C. Benavente, right, and floor leader, Rep. Ralph N. Yumul, left, look on during a break from the delegation session on Wednesday.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
ONE of Michiteru Mita’s most memorable achievements as coach of the NMI Men’s National Soccer Team was their drawn game against Macau in the EAFF E-1 Football Championships in Mongolia on Sept. 6, 2018.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Wednesday, with investors taking stock of major corporate earnings from the likes of Ford and Snap while continuing to look out for more clues from policymakers on the outlook for interest-rate cuts.
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-08, from: Marianas Variety
(AP) — In 1980, Vanessa Briscoe Hay began the first tune on Georgia alt-rock band Pylon’s first album by singing, “Volume is pleasant. Volume is pleasant. Volume is pleasant.”
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date: 2024-02-07, updated: 2024-02-07, from: Marianas Variety
THE Office of the Attorney General has charged Chief Parole Officer Nick Masga Reyes with one count of misconduct in public office and four counts of forgery.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Mohala—Unfolded, as flower petals; blossoming, opening up; appearing clear, as a thought.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa alumna Leilani Poliʻahu is the voice behind Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s Hawaiian word of the day segment.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Hawaiʻinuiākea School for Hawaiian Knowledge hosts free Hawaiian language community events on three islands.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Institute for Astronomy astronomer Jonathan Williams co-authored research that provides essential insights into the behavior of young stars.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Department of the Interior this week announced nearly $7 million from President Biden’s Investing…
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The presentation was part of the International Telecommunication Union’s Artificial Intelligence for Good Global Summit.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa’s spotlighted its research on some of Hawaiʻi’s most pressing issues: Maui wildfire disaster, homelessness, mental health challenges, educational reform and more.
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date: 2024-02-07, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has appointed a senior defense official who will oversee…
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Pacific Island Times
Saipan—One of the most pressing matters that should be discussed at the next U.S.-CNMI Covenant Section 902 consultation talks is the…
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Pacific Island Times
By Frank Whitman Department of Defense officials are gathering information to determine the feasibility of using a small-scale nuclear…
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Alumna ʻĀnela-Pōmaikaii Mattson worked with her team at Honolulu Cookie Company to create the packaging design contest in partnership with Moore Aloha.
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
Palau’s Vice President Uduch Sengebau-Senior declared her intention to seek re-election in the November 2024 General Election, emphasizing her commitment to supporting families, women, and children. Motivated by a longstanding passion for advocacy, Sengebau-Senior revealed her plans during a press luncheon. She intends to formally announce her candidacy at an upcoming birthday celebration. The Vice […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – Palau is poised to launch its first-ever public transport system in March, aiming to tackle rising fuel costs, inflation, and excessive car dependency while promoting environmental sustainability. The Ministry of Human Resource, Culture, Tourism & Development (MHRCTD) partnered with JICA and Japanese consultants to develop the system after a year of studies […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Peace Corps announced Friday it will relaunch its program in the Republic of Palau in 2025, focusing on improving childhood literacy, math and science skills, and English language proficiency. The announcement follows an invitation from Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. and highlights the “enduring friendship” between the United States and Palau, […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) is urging lawmakers for financial support to bolster its water system’s preparedness in the face of a looming drought predicted by weather officials. Citing forecasts indicating a 75% to 95% chance of drought between January and April 2024, PPUC CEO Frank Kyota appealed to Senate President […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – A bill before the Palauan Senate could grant international travel rights to adopted individuals who lack Palauan ancestry and are currently unable to obtain passports. House Bill 11-109-10 (HD2) proposes utilizing the Machine Readable Convention Travel Document (MRCTD) for this purpose. The MRCTD, recognized by the United Nations, functions as a passport […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
By: L.N. Reklai: Koror, Palau – The renewal of key provisions in the Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) with Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia has been omitted from the US Senate’s Budget Supplemental text. The absence of renewal provisions in the budget proposal is surprising as negotiations on the terms had reportedly been completed. […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)’s annual Education Carnival took place over three days from January 23-25, 2024. The Education Carnival runs every year as part of PICRC’s anniversary celebration. This year’s theme was “Navigating Changing Seas”, which acknowledges the transitions that the Center faced over the last few years, the challenging nature of […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
I’m reminded of what God said to prophet Hosea: “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” We can’t be great in everything, — in some areas we all fall into mediocrity. So my question to GOD is “What do I need to kno w to be fully HUMAN and fully ALIVE? The Drama of […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
by Alonzo Kahalicalkahalic6801@gmail.com Palau Goods and Services Tax: Who Really Benefits? Dear Editor,Today, I want to talk about the affects every one of us in Palau feels with the Palau the Goods and Services Tax (PGST) also known as the Palau Government Stress Tas. While this tax system may have been introduced with the promise […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
SYDNEY, 05 FEBRUARY 2024 (AAP) — Australia may need to work with China in the Pacific to ensure a record level of development aid and loans are not misused and that the fight for influence doesn’t become a flashpoint, a report says. Traditional development partners of Pacific Island nations including Australia, the US. and New […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
BEIJING, 05 FEBRUARY 2024 (HUAWEI) — Pacific Islands is looking for the replacement of Huawei equipment in favour of U.S undersea cables. The region has to ensure protected digital security before joining hands with the U.S authorities and using their technologies or other services. According to the information, a senior U.S State Department official – […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
AUCKLAND, 05 FEBRUARY 2024 (NZ HERALD) — An Air New Zealand flight forced to divert to the Pacific island of Guam on Friday because of an “unidentified odour” in the cabin has returned safely to New Zealand. A passenger on flight NZ78 said they were forced to wait on the plane for five hours upon […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, setting off a long-shot effort to push the bill through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
As we enter 2024, the Palau National Olympic Committee, with respective national sports federations, are facing the first six months of the year to send national athletes to qualification events to the Paris Olympic Games in July 2024. The first team to go travel from February 4 to 9, 2024 is the Wrestling Team travelling […]
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Island Times
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Steve Wilks has had a roller coaster ride in his first season as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. Faced with a tricky task of taking over a successful defense that still had the same position coaches and system of his predecessor DeMeco Ryans, […]
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
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date: 2024-02-06, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. federal judge on Monday set a Sept. 9, 2024, date for the start of a jury trial in a lawsuit the U.S. Justice Department and a coalition of states filed last year against Google that accused the company of abusing its dominance of digital advertising technology.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — McDonald’s reported its first quarterly sales miss in nearly four years on Monday on weak sales growth at its international business division, partly due to the conflict in the Middle East, sending the company’s shares down about 4%.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
LONDON (Reuters) — King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, but added he remained “wholly positive” about the scare less than 18 months into his reign.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday he would veto a standalone bill backed by House of Representatives Republicans that would provide aid to Israel, as it pushes for a broader measure providing assistance to Ukraine and Israel and providing new funds for border security.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley, the last remaining rival to Donald Trump in the primary race, has requested U.S. Secret Service protection, the campaign said on Monday.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Flooding from torrential downpours sweeping Southern California cut off a seaside Los Angeles hotel on Monday and temporarily stranded its guests, some seeking to escape the Midwest’s harsh winter weather only to get caught up in a major Pacific storm.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A deadly Pacific storm, the second “Pineapple Express” to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, stalled over Southern California on Monday, unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region.
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date: 2024-02-06, updated: 2024-02-06, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump, who has refused to debate any of his rivals for the Republican nomination, on Monday said he wanted to debate U.S. President Joe Biden immediately.
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date: 2024-02-06, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Sotomayor spent a day at the UH law school on January 31, as part of its Jurist-in-Residence program.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Forum
Remarks by SG Puna in support of opening session of the Pacific Region Disaster Risk Finance Workshop 6 – 8 February 2024 FBE Postgraduate Lecture Theatre, […]
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date: 2024-02-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes UH’s win over USC marked its first win over the Trojans since April 29, 2006.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI
Join the conversation on our Facebook , Thursday, February 8 at 7:30 pm on INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI. Scheduled Guests: Jordan Lowe, Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement Director Maj. Mike Lambert, Honolulu Police Department Rep. David Tarnas (D), Judiciary Committee Chair Tiana Wilbur, Waiʻanae Coast Neighborhood Board Interim Chair
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date: 2024-02-05, from: HIKI NŌ ON PBS HAWAIʻI
In this episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawai‘i, host Koen-Zae Walker, an 8th grader at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy, shares multiple Student Reflection videos from his classmates’ HIKI NŌ class project along with other stories from Hawai‘iʻs New Wave of Storytellers. Walker’s Student Reflection piece about finding a new sport after saying goodbye to an […]
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date: 2024-02-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa grad students were selected to spend one year focusing on critical marine policy issues in Washington, D.C. as John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Six disciplines at UH Mānoa placed in the nation’s top 10%.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Ujjvala Bagal Rahn In his den, Marty forgets to put things away. Wrappings and boxes fall unnoticed to the floor, Amazon purchases rest on his desk, as he turns to the computer screen. Mal Nińo never has to put … Continue reading
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
HAGÅTÑA —146 high school students joined this year’s competition with nine student companies who stepped up to the challenge, which included in-school programs Father Duenas Memorial High School, Tiyan High School team, Southern High School team, as well as teams mentored by partner companies: Graphic Center, Title Guaranty of Guam, GTA, Dusit Thani Resort Guam, Bank of Hawaii, and Community First Guam.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
PLACING power lines from the CUC power plant underground to CHCC appears to be justified based on what happened during the recent super typhoons. All of us recall that the overhead power lines, essentially all along Pale Arnold Road, were damaged and thus no power to CHCC could be delivered.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift set another record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year for an unprecedented fourth time as women dominated the music industry’s top honors.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
DIVISION of Youth Services Child Protective Services Intervention Specialist Mariah Barcinas is proud to announce that the CNMI Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry project was included in the “Telling Our Stories” webpage of the Capacity Building Center for States of the Administration for Children and Families, which is under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
THE officers and crew of the USS Hopper will be on Saipan until Friday for rest and relaxation.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Kawhi Leonard scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 103-95 win over the host Miami Heat on Sunday night.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
(Office of the Attorney General, Saipan) — Attorney General Edward Manibusan announces that his office joined a multi-million-dollar national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. The Northern Mariana Islands will receive nearly $62,000 from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
TEAM Nesian Built gunned down the Net Rippers, 21-9, in NMIBF Marianas Arsenal 3x3 Basketball Series at the Ada gym on Saturday.
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date: 2024-02-05, updated: 2024-02-05, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Nikola Jokic scored 29 points, Jamal Murray had 21 points and 10 assists, and the host Denver Nuggets used a big surge in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 112-103 on Sunday night.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Approximately 1,700 U.S. airmen, marines and sailors are training alongside 700 service members from…
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Amid a turbulent era of global chaos, geopolitical tensions escalate in the Indo-Pacific region where strategic…
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Times
In these days of satellite GPS, super security, 3D mapping and instant information, it is hard to believe that somehow one of Guam’s most…
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Times
Term limits for members of the U.S. Congress have been a point of discussion since the meeting of the first Constitutional Congress. But…
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date: 2024-02-05, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
To build academic resilience and improve the completion rate for postgraduate research at The University…
The post N-POC Research Support Week 1-2024 concludes successfully appeared first on University of the South Pacific.
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date: 2024-02-05, from: Pacific Island Forum
Delivered by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum At the Teieniwa Talanoa Event on Pacific Unity Against Corruption 05 February 2024. Suva, Fiji To […]
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Pacific Island Forum
Delivered by Henry Puna, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum at the Pacific Islands News Association -Pacific Islands Forum MOU Signing 05 February 2024 Thank […]
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Pacific Island Times
Saipan — A few months ago, advocates, including representatives from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the other…
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-04, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship helped a UH West Oʻahu student earn her degree from Kauaʻi CC.
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date: 2024-02-04, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wāhine basketball team survived a scare from the Cal State Fullerton Titans Thursday night, prevailing with a 66-61 victory after almost throwing away the game due to missed free throws in the final minutes of…
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