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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The Student Sustainability Council welcomes students to get involved in monthly opportunities for sustainability-related issues on campus.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute President Lassner also congratulated Shannon Asejo who was awarded the President’s Award for Excellence in Buildings and Grounds Maintenance.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The sole electrician for the campus has become the “go-to” person for support for student-focused projects.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Students provided input on the design of a makeover of outdoor spaces around student housing.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: HIKI NŌ ON PBS HAWAIʻI
In this episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawai‘i, watch some of the most memorable student work from the most recent Winter round of shows produced by Hawai‘i’s New Wave of Storytellers. Jadynn-Kalena Young, a student at Pearl City High School on O‘ahu, contributes an artistic and thoughtful Student Reflection about how hula has shaped […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Cope North 24 completed its first full weeks of operations, showcasing a multinational combat airpower…
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
LONDON (Reuters) — Google is preparing to launch an anti-misinformation campaign across five countries in the European Union (EU), the company told Reuters ahead of the bloc’s parliamentary elections and tougher new rules tackling online content.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Microsoft-backed OpenAI is working on a software that can generate minute-long videos based on text prompts, the company said on Thursday.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. import prices increased by the most in nearly two years in January amid rising costs for petroleum and other goods, a trend that if sustained, would be bad news in the fight against inflation.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Justice aims to scrutinize a sports streaming platform planned by Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery over concerns it could harm consumers, sports leagues and rivals, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court that the former president’s criminal trial on charges of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss should be delayed because the justices will hear a separate case in the coming months that could affect two of the counts against him.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia, on Thursday pushed back on claims by the former U.S. president’s lawyers that her romance with a colleague presented a financial conflict of interest.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany’s DIHK chambers of industry and commerce warned on Thursday that Europe’s biggest economy will shrink by 0.5% this year, in a second year of recession and its worst downturn in two decades.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources said, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
ATHENS (Reuters) — Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted with cheers by onlookers in parliament and dozens gathered on the streets of Athens.
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date: 2024-02-16, updated: 2024-02-16, from: Marianas Variety
PAGO PAGO (RNZ Pacific/Pacnews) — Cyclists in Saipan are heaving a big sigh of relief with the incorporation of bike lanes–at least in Phase 2 of the Beach Road rehabilitation project spanning from As Perdido to the Atkins Kroll intersection in Oleai.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – A friendly cricket match between Team Australia led by Ambassador Ritchelle Turner and Team Palau captained by President Surangel Whipps Jr. served as a belated Australia Day celebration on Thursday. The Australian National Day falls on January 26 but the celebration was moved to February 15th due to weather conditions. This year’s […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The House of Delegates rejected the Senate’s version of the Supplemental Budget bill (HB 11-131-13, HD1, SD2) during a special session on Feb. 14, 2024. Initially proposed by President Surangel Whipps, the bill included time-sensitive items like subsidies for Social Security and the Civil Service Pension Plan. It also aimed to amend […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – Palau’s digital landscape is poised for a significant leap forward with the commencement of its transition to a next-generation 5G Open RAN network. The project, spearheaded by the Palau National Telecommunications Corporation (PNCC) and consulting firm Widelity, kicked off with a public awareness campaign on February 15th, 2024, at West Plaza Hotel. […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – In a move highlighting contrasting views on national security, Palau’s House of Delegates has urged President Surangel Whipps Jr. to collaborate with the United States on establishing a military base in the island nation. This proposal directly challenges the Senate’s stance from November 2023, which opposed similar efforts, citing concerns about militarization […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
The House of Delegates in Palau has expressed strong disapproval of a recent Bloomberg News article and the actions of The Pew Charitable Trusts, both of which they claim misrepresented the nation’s environmental efforts and future plans for its National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS). The Bloomberg article, titled “The US Environmental Group Behind Palau’s Plan to […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
January 28, 2024- In response to the January 18, Bloomberg Green article calling into question the role of The Nature Conservancy’s work in the Republic of Palau, The Nature Conservancy’s commitment to protect the Palau National Marine Sanctuary, and implying that The Nature Conservancy has undue influence in Palau: The Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
The Sons of Sureor (SOS) continued its efforts to engage with youth groups by organizing the second interscholastic youth forum at the Maris Stella School Auditorium on February 9. Over 150 students representing all high schools and, for the first time, included 8th graders from Koror-based elementary schools. The forum provides an interactive space for […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
The Office of Climate Change, Office of Project Management, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the UN-International Organization for Migration co-hosted a multistakeholder workshop on January 31st, aiming to enhance and coordinate Palau’s response to climate change. KOROR, PALAU – As a big ocean state Palau is keenly aware of its vulnerability to climate change […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
Over the years Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC) has worked with Palau Community College (PCC) to provide internship opportunities for students in their final year before graduation. This program gives them a practical opportunity to put classroom theories to the test in a workplace setting. Jessica Emesiochel, a final-year student at PCC majoring in Information […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
On February 8, 2024, at a handover ceremony of Information Technology (IT) equipment with the total value of $50,420.44 for the Division of Immigration of the Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, Ministry of Finance, His Excellency ORIKASA Hiroyuki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Palau, emphasized the importance of strengthening […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
Views [‘WES’] from the Tree Tops Ra Mesesechel A Ngedeloch from the Enchanted Isles I am and will always be from my beloved Island of Angaur, aka Ngeaur, aka Uab Nation, and, when the occasion calls for it, aka the Enchanted Isles. So, any and all issues that may have relevance to my Uab Nation […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
If your heart is right, your mind will follow. If your heart is broken, your mind will be cognitively distorted. It’s like that woman accusing their neighbor for not doing their laundry correctly. One day the husband cleaned their kitchen windows. She saw and admired her neighbor for doing her laundry correctly. Her view was […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
CANBERRA, (THE GUARDIAN) — A senior Australian intelligence chief has acknowledged a landmark climate and security deal with Tuvalu may be at risk in the wake of the Pacific nation’s election. Andrew Shearer, who leads the government’s Office of National Intelligence (ONI), said his agency was “obviously aware of recent political change and turbulence in […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
HONIARA (SOLOMON STAR) — Solomon Islands United Party (UP) has declared its intention to reassess the country’s security agreement with China should it secure a position in a coalition government after the upcoming April elections. The current caretaker Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) led by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare inked the security pact with […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and NICK INGRAM Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A historic railway station on the edge of downtown Kansas City became the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration sent terrified fans scrambling for cover and left 21 people wounded — […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
By BERNAT ARMANGUE and TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthis, and are now more regularly also defending […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It was a night of firsts at the World Aquatics Championships. Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong captured her first long-course world title in the women’s 200-meter freestyle on Wednesday. Ditto for Japan’s Tomoru Honda, who claimed the biggest victory of his career in the 200 butterfly. That’s not all. Daniel Wiffen […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: Island Times
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the Golden State Warriors stopped playing the stingy defense that has carried them recently, Paul George and Norman Powell found every opening. Powell made four 3-pointers over the final 7:03 to score 21 points and outduel Stephen Curry down the stretch, and the Los […]
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Professor Paula B. Major helped to mark Black History Month in an event at Honolulu Hale.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Banán has grown to multiple locations across Oʻahu and is enjoying sweet success at its newest location in Kaimukī.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: The Guardian, World/Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau say Congress needs to approve fresh support announced by Joe Biden
Pacific leaders have warned the US government that a delay in approving funding packages for the region threatens to play into the hands of Beijing, which is seeking to shift allegiances in the Pacific and draw away as many of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies as possible.
In 2023 the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Palau agreed to renew 20-year funding programs with the United States. The agreements, known as Compacts of Free Association (COFA), see Washington provide economic assistance to the Pacific nations in return for exclusive military access to large and strategic areas of the Pacific.
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date: 2024-02-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes “7 Degrees North: The Arts of Micronesia” runs through June 16 and overlaps with the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture.
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Journal 2/13/1987 P1 Eye fixerThe hospital’s new laser unit was checked by administrator Skip Cole and Health Secretary Marie Maddison. Donated by the Maui Rotary Club, the machine will benefit patients with hemorrhaging of the retina. P2 Doomsday machine: Man not the bombsDennis O’Rourke, an Australian filmmaker, objects to moral sloth. His documentary Half Life […]
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Mānoa captured all six individual diving titles in the the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Diving Championships.
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Hawaiʻi is one of only eight states to have outperformed the national average.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
PAGO PAGO (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met Tuesday with the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fagan, to hear about the Coast Guard’s key role in American Samoa and the Pacific region, and tour Pago Pago Harbor’s shipyard facilities.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
(BECQ) — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality analyzes water samples collected from Managaha’s recreational beaches this week.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
(NYMWPS) — The National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea is a transglobal and peaceful organization that advocates for the preservation of Philippines’ sovereignty and territorial integrity with the following goals:
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
MP United Football Club Pink kicked off the novice division of the Dove Women’s League with a victory against Latte Football Club 2, 4-2, at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville on Sunday.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year, losing its title as the world’s third-biggest economy to Germany and raising doubts about when the central bank would begin to exit its decade-long ultra-loose monetary policy.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
(NMBA) — Neighbors cross paths on the opening day of the Pacific Under 17 Invitation Team Challenge 2024 as the NMI Junior National Badminton Team takes on Guam today, Friday, at the Badminton Geelong in Victoria, Australia.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
THE Saipan Little League Baseball Inc. will meet on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at 10 a.m. in the Ada Gym conference room.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
THE 2024 Michelob Ultra Cup’s second season starts on April 5, and this time it will feature a women’s open division with a maximum of four teams. The entrance fee is $450 for each women’s team, and the regular season will consist of a round-robin format, followed by single-elimination playoffs.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Jaren Jackson Jr. drilled three fourth-quarter 3-pointers and rookie GG Jackson scored 20 points off the bench as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a nine-game skid with a 121-113 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by J. T. Townley Most of us can barely lift the axes, much less fling them at the target. Not only do we miss the bullseye, most of our throws clatter to the floor. Any blades that sink into the … Continue reading
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Miss Marshall Islands Claret Chong Gum returned to Majuro last Friday to much fanfare and an exuberant greeting. First, Amata Kabua International Airport firefighters gave the Nauru Airlines plane a water cannon honor. This was followed by diplomats, relatives and friends waiting to greet her on the tarmac outside the VIP lounge at the airport. […]
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Marshal Islands Journal
KAREN EARNSHAW “When I was a kid, my father told me there was to be a play and that we should go see it,” said Wilmer Joel, then a Rita Elementary School student. It was 2014 and the musical was Fiddler on the Roof: “I was captivated. I felt a magical tingling feeling as I […]
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A man charged in a fatal hit-and-run of a 2-year-old girl in June 2023 was released from prison.
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Koror– Palau President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. met with a delegation of Japanese businessmen and…
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The investment management company Citadel Pacific has launched Guam Exchange, which established the…
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Lawmakers heard testimony on Bill 199-37 on Monday. The measure would limit portions for sugary drinks sold at eating and drinking establishments and at vending machines to no more than 17 fluid ounces. Food service establishments and eating and drinking establishments also wouldn’t be allowed to use cups larger than 17 fluid ounces when the customer is to use the cup for self-service.
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
In celebration of International Day for Women and Girls in Science, the USP PEUMP project…
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Pacific Island Times
By Niuone Eliuta Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently grappling with a…
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date: 2024-02-15, from: Marshal Islands Journal
HILARY HOSIA Kwajalein Atoll Development Authority is paving the way for the future of Ebeye — quite literally. The KADA-designated contractor Pacific International Inc. has been on the roll with the Ebeye paving since the end of January. Last week, PII was paving the busiest intersection that connects the main traffic and commuters to and […]
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date: 2024-02-15, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A man entered into a deferred plea agreement for charges stemming from sexually assaulting a woman known to him multiple times over the course of two years.
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The pursuit of knowledge isn’t limited to learning more about the world around us or…
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Media organisations in the Solomon Islands had the opportunity to tour the new University of…
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date: 2024-02-15, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Jayson Siu’s business skyrocketed after he posted a viral TikTok video in 2021, showcasing an LED-lined rearview mirror.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: Marshal Islands Journal
The KBE Local Government handed out the first quarterly compensation payments to Bikinians in 14 months this past Friday. Since the late 1980s, quarterly payments had been provided to Bikinians like clockwork, based on the Bikini Claims Trust Fund, which was capitalized by the first Compact of Free Association’s nuclear test compensation section. But money […]
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute A Rainbow Wahine earns Athlete of the Week for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for a second straight week.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The facility underwent a $3.3 million renovation over the past year.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute This week’s image is from UH System’s Jon Anthony Burdios.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
(MVA) — The South Korean reality travel entertainment television show “It’s On Me Tour” is expected to bring the Marianas $500,000 in publicity exposure with a three-part series premiering on Feb. 17, 2024.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
ROANOKE, Va. — Hollins University congratulates students who earned Dean’s List honors during the fall 2023 semester. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.5 average on a 4.0 grading scale. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
LONDON (Reuters) — The total amount of money invested in bitcoin surpassed $1 trillion on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021 as inflows to U.S. spot bitcoin exchange traded funds continued to support prices.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
MUCH hoopla has been made over the latest unconfirmed sighting of Amelia Earhart’s airplane that disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1937. Explorers continue to spend millions and millions of dollars trying to solve a mystery that is not a mystery at all.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official, as immigration shapes up to be a major issue in this year’s elections.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, from: Marianas Variety
THE Pirates became the first team to secure a spot in the championship of the SBL Masters League after eliminating the Blue Jays, 20-10, at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Baseball Field on Wednesday.
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date: 2024-02-14, updated: 2024-02-15, 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 sampled beach sites a green flag. Enjoy our waters!
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date: 2024-02-14, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Business and Technology Academy Charter School has moved a step closer to reality following a…
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Paʻahana—Industrious, busy, hard-working.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The celebration brought together more than 100 students from Hawaiian language medium education schools on Kauaʻi, teachers, ʻohana and more than 30 community organizations.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 1 minute The AANP State award is granted annually to one nurse practitioner from each state.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Bonnie D. Irwin establishes a fund to support undergrads with expenses like travel for conferences or materials needed for research.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor and Ricardo Trimillos are among the five individuals honored as Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi by Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaiʻi.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The creative process of science is the focus of a new UH West Oʻahu science, technology, engineering arts and mathematics class.
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date: 2024-02-14, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan E.D, a 74-year-old resident of Barrigada, looked forward to Valentine’s Day. She “met a good-looking gentleman” on…
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date: 2024-02-14, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Federated States of Micronesia’s National Department of Education has announced the full…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is now available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
HOOPAHOLICS 670 trounced the OG Aces, 68-51, to bag their first win in the Masters “Internal” Basketball League at the Ada gym on Saturday.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
HOPWOOD Middle School has yet to taste defeat in the girls middle school division of the SBL-PSS Interscholastic Softball League SY23-24. On Saturday, at the Dandan baseball field, they collected their third consecutive win by crushing Mount Carmel School, 18-0.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
THE Northern Marianas Humanities Council is proud to celebrate Black History Month in the spirit of inafa’måolik and tipiyeew. This celebration honors the pivotal role that Black Americans have played in shaping a more equitable and just society. The sacrifices made by the Black community have changed American history for the better and inspired movements for equity, justice, and self-determination among the people of the Marianas.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
TAMUNING, Guam (Special Advertising Feature) — Docomo Pacific, the regional leader in innovation, telecommunications and entertainment, is excited to announce the upcoming launch of its new fiber internet services in Guam.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
HAFA Adai Madam Secretary Santos!
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
THE Superior Court on Tuesday issued another temporary restraining order preventing the Office of the Attorney General from enforcing subpoenas to obtain Rota businesswoman Abelina Mendiola’s confidential banking information.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (AP) — Rock stars famously don’t get up before noon, and rocks stars in big Broadway shows each night surely stagger awake late in the afternoons. Not Boy George.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
ON Feb. 5, 2024, the Kagman High JROTC Ayuyu Battalion proudly earned the Honor Unit of Distinction (Gold Star), marking a significant achievement in their first JROTC Program of Accreditation since 2017.
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date: 2024-02-13, updated: 2024-02-13, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Victor Wembanyama became the first rookie in nearly 34 years to have a triple-double with blocked shots, leading the visiting San Antonio Spurs to a 122-99 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Despite an annual expenditure of between $1.8 million and $2.4 million on vocational education, apprenticeship and…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – Palau’s Bureau of Revenue and Taxation (BRT) announced the successful processing of 2,997 individual wage tax refunds for qualifying residents, totaling $1.79 million. The disbursements, scheduled for February 12 and 13 at the Ngarachamyong Cultural Center, are part of a broader tax reform initiative launched in 2023. Eligibility for the Wage and […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – A Palauan citizen and his American wife are suing the government after she was placed on a blacklist of “undesirable aliens,” barring her from entering the country. Johnson Toribiong, a former Palauan president and lawyer, and his wife Christa, a US citizen and attorney, allege the decision violated her rights under the […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau– The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is firing back against a recent news story accusing the organization of pressuring Palau to weaken its massive marine reserve for financial gain. In a letter to the editor of Bloomberg published on January 30th, TNC Pacific Division Director Mike Sweeney refuted claims that the organization profited from its […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Palau Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision in a long-standing land dispute involving access to a traditional meeting place, a bai, in Ulimang Hamlet. The court also upheld sanctions imposed on some parties for raising baseless claims. The dispute centered on two adjacent plots of land: Lot 15, owned by […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
SUVA, Fiji – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Palauan Minister of State Gustav Aitaro met on February 11th in Suva, Fiji, reaffirming the “tokubetsu” (special) relationship between their nations and pledging closer cooperation on regional issues. The 25-minute meeting, held on the sidelines of the PALM 5th Ministerial Interim Meeting, highlighted the long-standing ties […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – A new study by researchers at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) and the University of Queensland has revealed a crucial link between adult coral populations and offspring and how rising sea temperatures can disrupt this vital relationship. The study, published in the Bulletin of Marine Science, focused on Pocilloporidae corals, […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research. – Carl Jung Most self-help teaching does not tell you that your problem is a result of your childhood starting at age zero to nineteen. I’m a believer of cause and effect. I suppose this is where it begins for a […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
By Patricia O’Brien SUVA, 12 FEBRUARY 2024 (THE DIPLOMAT) — Washington’s rancorous and “chaotic” politics of the past week have reverberated far and wide. Bipartisan legislation addressing the pressing domestic issue of the southern border crisis, bundled together with foreign policy flashpoints of funding for Ukraine and Israel, was torpedoed by Republicans who had previously […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
By Tonga reporter Marian Kupu in Nuku’alofa and the Pacific Local Journalism Network’s Nick Sas (ABC-Australia) In Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa, the royal palace is hard to ignore. The expansive white and red building, home to King Tupou VI and his queen Her Majesty Nanasipau’u, takes centre stage in the capital, towering over every other building. Convention says that when the […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
PERTH, 12 FEBRUARY 2024 (AAP) — Unprecedented threats facing the Indian Ocean are just as serious as those confronting Pacific nations, with regional security, climate change, and humanitarian issues causing major concern, Australia’s foreign minister says. Penny Wong put a spotlight on issues in the vast waters to Australia’s west during a speech at the […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
By VANESSA GERA and LORNE COOK Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of the NATO military alliance warned Sunday that Donald Trump was putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential front-runner said Russia should be able to do “whatever the hell they want” to NATO members who […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from a massive landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has risen to 54 with 63 people still missing, authorities said Sunday. The landslide hit the mountain village of Masara in Davao de Oro province on Tuesday night after weeks of torrential rains. Davao de Oro’s provincial […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
Palau National Swimmers are in Doha (Qatar) preparing for the World Aquatics Championships. Representing Palau are Yuri Hosei, Galyah Mikel, Jion Hosei, and Travis Sakurai. This is the second world championship for the four as they join with 2,600 other athletes from 204 countries all focused on doing their best while competing for a berth […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Island Times
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid have made the Kansas City Chiefs a dynasty. They’re already thinking three-peat. First, they had to become the first back-to-back Super Bowl champions in 19 years. Mahomes made sure of it, leading another super comeback on the NFL’s biggest […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Three federal judges heard arguments on Monday in Honolulu, Hawaii as the Ninth Circuit considered…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Docomo Pacific today announced the upcoming launch of its new fiber internet services on Guam. “Docomo…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Effective immediately, the Guam Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division will allow the…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Forum
This is the Chair’s Summary of the PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting for PALM 10. 12 February 2024. Available Here
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Forum
Delivered by Her Excellency Yoko Kamikawa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at 5th PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting 12 February 2024 I am honored to […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Times
The Pacific island nation of Nauru serves as the canvas for an approach to sustainable development programming that bucks the trend of…
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date: 2024-02-13, from: Pacific Island Forum
Delivered by the Honourable Tingika Elikana, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marine Resources and Parliamentary Services of the Cook Islands at the 5th PALM Ministerial Interim Meeting […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI
Join the conversation on our Facebook , Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 pm on INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI. Scheduled Guests: Rep. Linda Ichiyama (D), Fort Shafter Flats, Salt Lake, Pearl Harbor, Co-Chair, State House Wildfire Prevention Working Group Elizabeth Pickett, Co-Executive Director, Hawai’i Wildfire Management Organization Mike Walker, State Protection Forester,State Division of Forestry and Wildlife […]
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date: 2024-02-13, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Sites such as Hawaiʻi lava caves are important in astrobiology.
The post From lava caves to Mars: Hawaiʻi students unveil astrobiology discoveries first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The University of the South Pacific (USP) Journalism Programme was pleased to host journalism students…
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-12, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Throughout this semester, students will gain exposure and mentorship from local intelligence experts in different federal government agencies and military services.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-12, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Three former students of The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Discipline of Tourism and…
The post USP Tourism Graduates Success with P&O Cruises Australia an inspiring feat appeared first on University of the South Pacific.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
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date: 2024-02-12, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Alzheimer’s disease is projected to affect an estimated 152.8 million individuals by 2050.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Parwinder Grewal has been selected to be the next dean of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and will begin on March 1.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Jessie Raymundo This morning is shaded with salt water. From the garden, I watch you take your slippers off & push your body into the sea. After my mother took her last breath, my father stood where her name … Continue reading
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Jayson Tatum posted 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Boston Celtics defeated the host Miami Heat 110-106 on Sunday afternoon.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) — Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman in overtime to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers in a “Sin City” Super Bowl thriller on Sunday, cementing their status as an NFL dynasty.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
(MVA) — Not that fast, but super weird? You still have a chance to win sporting goods gift certificates in the Saipan Marathon 2024 Wacky Awards on March 9, 2024. The Wacky Awards are sponsored by The Athlete’s Foot, Boarderline, and All-Star Sporting Goods.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
AS “Heart Month” unfolds, I am reminded of our decade-long marriage and how love is a journey beyond mere happiness. True contentment is found in sharing growth experiences, empathy, and healing.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
AT the end of round four with 20 games completed, teams are beginning to identify their strong points on Marianas High School’s Rocball court.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday unveiled its nominees for 2024, with singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, the queen of Christmas hits, and Cher, the Goddess of Pop, making the list for the first time.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
SAIPAN Southern High School’s Junior Varsity team earned their second win in the boys high school division of the IT&E Interscholastic Basketball League SY23-24 by slipping past Tinian Jr./Sr. High School’s JV team, 28-27, at the Marianas High School gym on Saturday.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
THE Department of Public Lands is asking the Senate to support a proposal to amend Public Law 23-9 or the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation Act so DPL can utilize the $1 million settlement fund due to the department as a result of an anti-trust lawsuit more than 10 years ago involving Kan Pacific, which owned the now defunct Mariana Resort & Spa.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
YONGBING Tang has pled guilty to conspiring with four others in illegally transporting Chinese nationals by boat to Guam.
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date: 2024-02-12, updated: 2024-02-12, from: Marianas Variety
THE Commonwealth Casino Commission has rescheduled Imperial Pacific International’s exclusive casino license revocation hearing for Feb. 20, 2024.
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Federated States of Micronesia has formally submitted to the United Nations its claim on an…
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has vetoed a bill that would ban government hiring of convicted individuals,…
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Bureau of Budget Management and Research’s latest expenditure report on the American Rescue…
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date: 2024-02-12, from: Pacific Island Times
Guam business sector tasked to get involved in revitalizing indigenous language By Pacific Island Times News Staff In 2019, the United…
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date: 2024-02-11, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Freitas served as Hawaiʻi CC chancellor 2004–10 and was a driving force in building Hawaiʻi CC–Pālamanui.
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date: 2024-02-11, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff A group called “No Ko” is petitioning the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities to delist a…
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