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date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brian Schneider said Wednesday he’s in a 32-team race to figure out how to take advantage of a drastically different kickoff procedure the NFL will adopt this year.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — In a significant move aimed at boosting youth soccer development on the Big Island, City SC (Soccer Club) — a prestigious national soccer club affiliate program based out of Carlsbad, San Diego — announced today an exciting new partnership with Kona Crush Soccer Academy which includes rebranding under the name City SC Hawaii.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Orchid Isle Orchestra performs “Free and Happy” at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Waiakea High School Band Room.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HONALO – The 39th annual Kona Daifukuji Orchid Club show and sale is 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, at the Daifukuji Soto Mission Hall (79-7241 Mamalahoa Highway.).</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/31/community/free-orchid-show-in-kona-on-june-9/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hilo Woman’s Club has announced its the 2024-25 scholarship winners.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Luka Doncic finished with 36 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and the Dallas Mavericks pulled away for a 124-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in Minneapolis to advance to the NBA Finals.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Brazil’s Italo Ferreira won the Shiseido Tahiti Pro in giant glassy tubes at the Olympic venue of Teahupo’o on Thursday, showcasing the spectacular potential of the world’s best surfers in perfect waves for the world’s biggest sporting event.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HONG KONG — Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city’s rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version that operates independently of its Chinese parent and be more palatable to American lawmakers who want to ban it, according to sources with direct knowledge of the efforts.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Federal Aviation Administration will continue to cap Boeing’s production of its 737 Max plane amid safety and quality concerns, the agency said Thursday.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SEOUL — South Korea said on Thursday its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused trainee doctors across the country to go on strike.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the first quarter than previously estimated after downward revisions to consumer spending and a key measure of inflation ticked down, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to possibly begin cutting interest rates at least once before the end of the year.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — A volcano south of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik spewed smoke and lava for a second day on Thursday although at a significantly slower pace, authorities said.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>I once heard Jimmy Carter say that in a war there are no human rights. With the fighting in Ukraine and in Gaza front and center, that observation seems more profound than ever. Human rights as an issue may be on life support.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Leadership change
needed in Planning</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/31/opinion/your-views-for-may-31-8/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JERUSALEM — Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians in a dawn airstrike on Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday and fighting raged in several other areas of the coastal enclave, Gaza medics said.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. declined on Thursday a meeting requested by two Democratic senators following reports that flags tied to the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election were flown outside the homes of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association, best known for advocating for gun rights under the Second Amendment, won an unusual First Amendment free-speech decision from the Supreme Court on Thursday.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old Hilo man for assault for allegedly severely beating a 62-year-old Hilo man.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/31/hawaii-news/hilo-man-arrested-charged-with-assault/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A civil lawsuit filed by the family of an 11-year-old Boy Scout killed in 2023 by a rifle bullet at Camp Honokaia near Honokaa has been settled.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Long-deferred maintenance projects are finally underway at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park after an infusion of millions of dollars in federal funds.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/31/hawaii-news/schatz-visits-hvnp-discusses-funding/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A “Kaleidoscope of Dance” will be on display this weekend when 93 Island Dance Academy dancers take the stage to showcase new skills and techniques developed over the year.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Donald Trump was convicted Thursday of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign, capping an extraordinary trial that tested the resilience of the U.S. justice system and transformed the former commander in chief into a felon.</p>
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
A man will spend a little more than 4 years in prison for selling two ounces of meth to a confidential informant in 2021.
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
It’s a dynamic time for Joint Region Marianas, which will see a change of command in the coming week and the standing up of Joint Task Force Micronesia.
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
A new billboard put up by the Office of the Attorney General aims to create awareness that non-U.S. residents in prison can be deported.
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was accused of chasing another man with a knife and threatening to kill him.
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
This summer GALA Inc., a nonprofit organization, is helping island youth explore their identities in a safe environment.
date: 2024-05-31, updated: 2024-05-31, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-05-31, from: Guam Daily Post
The Supreme Court of Guam has ruled the attorney general cannot withdraw as legal counsel to government agencies his office is investigating or prosecuting.
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Palau Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (MAFE) and Ministry of Justice have joined forces to combat farm thefts and wild pig damage, a growing concern for the island nation’s food security. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on May 30, 2024, by MAFE Minister Steven Victor and Vice President Uduch […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
By: Marissa Dilmeang Spires Thirteen University of Redlands undergraduates embarked on a two-week immersive learning experience in Palau, a Micronesian island nation, on May 10, 2024. Selected through an application and interview process, these students shared a passion for environmental studies and participated in the “Palau Expedition: Sustaining Life on a Blue Planet” May Term […]
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https://islandtimes.org/redlands-students-explore-palaus-marine-wonders-and-cultural-legacy/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – A doctor’s report contradicts the initial cause of death for a 31-year-old man found hanging in Ngatpang State on March 24, raising questions and prompting legal action by the man’s mother. Clinton Hirozo Nakamura was found deceased near his residence and his death certificate listed asphyxia by hanging. However, Dr. Emais Roberts, […]
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https://islandtimes.org/mother-challenges-hanging-as-cause-of-sons-death-in-palau/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – Palau’s Minister of Finance, Kaleb Udui Jr., signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday for $12.5 million. The policy-based loan aims to bolster recovery efforts and build resilience in Palau’s states. The funds will be provided at a fixed interest rate of 1% with a 40-year term, […]
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https://islandtimes.org/palau-secures-12-5-million-loan-for-state-recovery-efforts/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
Palau Community College (PCC) announced that 30 students were named to the President’s List for the [semester name] semester. To qualify for the President’s List, students must achieve a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The college also recognized 11 students on the Dean’s List, who earned a GPA between 3.8 and 3.99, and 22 students […]
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https://islandtimes.org/30-students-earn-perfect-gpa-on-pcc-presidents-list-2/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
Pacific Harbour, Fiji: A three-day conference has commenced in Fiji, with discussions focused on the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can play in the fight against corruption across the Pacific. Bringing together senior officials from across the region’s anti-corruption sector, alongside regional and international experts in the field of digitalization, the United Nations […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
How Small Island Developing States can end plastic pollution By Sulan Chen, Inka Mattila and Vera Hakim NEW YORK (UNDP)—Scattered over the vast area of our oceans, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are often pictured as blue, serene and beautiful paradises. However, we are risk losing the beauty of these islands, due to the triple […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
Who will answer the call for more accountability? We are a proud and self-centered bunch, and many of us believe we are superior to others. Our pride can be so great that we might even think, ‘not me, I’m humble.’ But let’s be real, most of us could benefit from a slice of humble pie. […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
28 May 2024, Geneva- Health leaders from countries and areas of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions today sounded the alarm and committed to work together to more effectively tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). They endorsed a joint position paper on AMR in the human health sector in the Asia-Pacific region […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
HONOLULU (HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO) — Hawaii officials say they are ready to host the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture next week. FestPAC, the largest gathering of Pacific Islanders, is anticipated to draw more than 100,000 people and over 2,100 delegates from 26 Pacific nations and territories. Festival Director Aaron Salā said Kiribati was […]
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https://islandtimes.org/hawaii-officials-say-theyre-ready-to-host-festpac-as-nations-begin-arriving/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
NOUMEA (RNZ PACIFIC) — Three Nouméa municipal policemen are now facing a formal criminal inquiry after a disturbing video was posted in a neighborhood watch Facebook group, allegedly implicating them in acts of severe violence against a person they had just arrested. The municipal police officers are not part or the French security forces that […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
Kiribati’s All-Woman team policing fish exports By Elenoa Dimaira TARAWA, (PASIFIKA ENVIRONEWS) — Joana Rabaua, a senior verification officer for Kiribati’s fisheries authority, doesn’t mince words. “My job is to protect our reputation,” she states, a woman of small stature but with a big responsibility. Rabaua is one of six women forming the backbone of […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
MANILA (BUSINESS WORLD) — Congressman are seeking to open the Philippines to refugees from climate-stricken nations to provide them safe haven in times of natural disasters and emergencies. House Bill (HB) No. 10490, filed last Monday, seeks to amend the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940 by allowing the Philippine President to admit environmental refugees from […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk trigging another landslide, officials said Thursday. Government and […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
By Hellena Souisa (ABC-Australia) Dandhy Dwi Laksono has made documentaries and won human rights awards, but he says his highest achievement might be yet to come — violating Indonesia’s proposed new Broadcasting Law. The investigative journalist is among many who have raised concerns over flagged changes to the existing law. Critics, including professional journalist organisations, media […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
PALAU (Koror) – A delegation of 164 athletes, coaches, and officials from Palau is confirmed for the upcoming Micro Games in the Marshall Islands. The first group is scheduled to depart on June 12, 2024. The Palau National Olympic Committee (PNOC) provided an update on the team, which consists of 136 athletes and 28 officials, […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Boston Celtics completed one quest Monday night by returning to the NBA Finals. Now, they’ll chase an even bigger goal, the one that’s eluded this team for more than a decade — capturing the franchise’s 18th championship. Yes, despite playing for six conference titles in eight seasons, […]
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date: 2024-05-31, from: Island Times
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered and drove in three runs, Will Smith went deep twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the frustrated New York Mets with a 10-3 victory on Wednesday. Smith’s second homer was a tiebreaking solo shot off Adam Ottavino […]
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https://islandtimes.org/ohtani-and-smith-power-dodgers-past-reeling-mets-10-3-for-3-game-sweep/
date: 2024-05-31, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute A program-record five members of the UH water polo team received recognition on the ACWPC All-America teams for the 2024 season.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/water-polo-acwpc-all-america-honors/
date: 2024-05-31, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Contractors for federally funded projects in the U.S. territories and freely associated states have received the…
date: 2024-05-31, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Hilo baseball player Mason Cook was selected as one of 46 student-athletes to receive an NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/uh-hilo-ncaa-scholarship-awards/
date: 2024-05-31, updated: 2024-05-31, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
date: 2024-05-31, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Hilo softball players Maya Lee Saneishi and Lexie Tilton earned CSC Academic All-District Team honors.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/vulcan-softball-csc-academic-team/
date: 2024-05-31, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Three UH Mānoa baseball players earned second-team All-Big West honors while another four received honorable mention.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/uh-manoa-baseball-big-west-honors/
date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Half of the University of Hawaiʻi football schedule will be televised nationally this season.
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date: 2024-05-30, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam Del. James Moylan asked United Airlines to give Guam’s civilian pet owners the same treatment…
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) — China’s defense ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment of a U.S. intermediate range missile system in the northern Philippines during military drills in April, saying it “brought huge risks of war into the region.”
date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes The tool can help end users detect early changes in the environment and better protect coral reef ecosystems.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/coral-disease-forecasting/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Journal 5/29/1987 P1 Tackling suicidesIt was not long ago that nobody wanted to talk about the suicide problem in the Marshall Islands. But a workshop here last week attended by nearly 60 people showed that it is an issue that people are not just concerned with — they want to take action, too. Various ministries, […]
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https://marshallislandsjournal.com/farewell-to-the-cabrals/
date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The American Society of Landscape Architects elected School of Architecture Professor Judith Stilgenbauer as one of 40 ASLA fellows in 2024.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/30/judith-stilgenbauer-fellowship/
date: 2024-05-30, from: INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI
The elections divisions of each of Hawaiʻi’s four counties are gearing up for another election season…
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date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
THE TRUTH of the matter is the Governor is right about “us working together,” which is what I’ve been saying for over two decades with “One People One Direction” to improve our Economic Base while pivoting away from so much dependency upon China. If you watch CNN & other REAL Balanced Reporting Networks, not FOX, and know what is happening with China, then you know the that it would not be wise for the CNMI to put most of our eggs in China’s basket. Taiwan is also an “ally of America,” and China is doing everything possible to turn up the heat on Taiwan, which can easily bring America & the CNMI into a conflict with China. The world is a very “tenuous place,” just look at what Putin decided to do against the approval of the U N and the world. This is a very dangerous game WE (the CNMI) are playing with China, as it not only about economics but world dominance & power of China. If readers have been paying attention to the national news and the informative articles by Mr. BC Cook, and what I have been writing about China then “you-know-better” than to be “chasing-a-Chinese-Rainbow.”
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
THE team of Bryan Anderson, Dale Roberts, Rob Jordan and Steve Beyer ruled this year’s 15th Wollak Golf Classic after shooting a combined score of 74 at the Kingfisher Golf Links on Sunday.
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
TEAM Marianas and New Changming will play for the championship of the Michelob Ultra Cup 2024 after triumphing in their respective semifinal games on Wednesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
Just the FAC
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
MARION, Al. — Jinnosuke Suzuki of Saipan, a graduate of Marianas High School, completed the Marion Military Institute Spring 2024 semester on the college’s President’s List. This academic achievement requires a perfect 4.0 GPA.
date: 2024-05-30, updated: 2024-05-30, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Paul Skenes struck out nine in six innings on his 22nd birthday as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Marshal Islands Journal
The large-scale airport paving and improvement project is expected to get underway in late July or early August, according to contractor Pacific International Inc. PII since early this year has been mobilizing its equipment and facilities in anticipation of the airport work. A large asphalt plant has been set up a mile to the west […]
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date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump is considering tapping billionaire Elon Musk as a policy adviser if the Republican presidential candidate reclaims the White House in November’s election, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Pearl Harbor attack survivor Herbert Elfring died Saturday in Michigan at age 102.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>During closing arguments in Donald Trump’s felony trial Tuesday morning, his lawyer Todd Blanche said, “There’s a reason why, in life, usually the simplest answer is the right one.”</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Israel stands accused of genocide as it fights to destroy Hamas in response to its savage terrorist attack last October. Is the world’s only Jewish state being held to a different standard? Many Israelis believe this to be true, and they are, undeniably, right. It doesn’t, however, make all criticism of the war in Gaza either unfair or antisemitic.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii County Civil Defense is hosting a Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The brightest stars of Hilo will be showcasing their talents Saturday in the Palace Theater’s second annual variety show competition.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Raymond Stephen Benevides, 92, of Hilo died May 15 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born in Hilo, he was a retired custodian for Waiakea Elementary School, retired U.S. Army staff sergeant and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Private family services at a later date. Survived by wife, Betty Joan Leilani Benevides of Hilo; children, Dwayne (Stella) Benevides of Oahu, Francesca L.B. (Michael C.) DeMattos of Oahu and Raymond (Perry V. Hayes) Benevides of Los Angeles; sister-in-law, Helen Shirota Benevides of Pepeekeo; two grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/obituaries/obituaries-for-may-30-10/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Typically, if your political opponent is convicted of a felony, it’s considered a rare gift.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON —- The White House on Wednesday plans to announce new measures to support the development of new U.S. nuclear power plants, a large potential source of carbon-free electricity the government says is needed to combat climate change.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Chiefess Kapi‘olani Elementary School in Hilo earlier this month was one of 200 schools from 40 states across the country to receive a $5,000 grant through the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaii Police Department and school resource officers would like to congratulate the 2024 graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito declined Wednesday to recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags displayed outside his houses appeared to support the “Stop the Steal” movement.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WILMINGTON, Delaware — The criminal trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges kicks off next week, with federal prosecutors likely to dissect lurid details of his crack cocaine addiction that could provide fuel for opponents of his father’s presidential reelection bid.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Seniors from across the island came to Hilo on Wednesday to try their luck at Casino Day.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/hawaii-news/kupuna-win-some-lose-some-at-casino-day/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaiian Electric could cut power to nearly 20,000 West Hawaii customers to prevent wildfires this summer.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — It’s all up to the jury now.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CAIRO — Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country’s military said on Wednesday, giving Israel effective authority over the Palestinian territory’s entire land border.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday as their much-delayed flight to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner looks like it may finally happen Saturday.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>More than 40% of Big Island households didn’t know where their next meal would come from in 2023, according to a study by the Hawaii Foodbank.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 72-year-old Hilo man accused of the hit-and-run death of a 79-year-old Hilo woman in October has a trial date of Aug. 19.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>It has been an article of faith for nearly a century, as if chiseled onto a tablet by Abner Doubleday himself: The leading hitter in major league history is Tyrus Raymond Cobb.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Hawaii Hilo baseball’s Mason Cook was selected as one of 46 student-athletes to receive an NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship as announced at the Division II National Championships Festival in Orlando, Florida.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/sports/hhs-cook-nabs-ncaa-scholarship/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The future of “Inside the NBA” was already a sensitive topic when Charles Barkley stepped into an elevator in Minneapolis after Game 2 of the Western Conference finals late Friday. Barkley’s on-air candor as an analyst is a key reason that the studio show has become so influential and beloved among basketball fans and around the league.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis has “ramped it up” in workouts but coach Joe Mazzulla said Wednesday he’s “not sure” if the 7-foot-2 forward will be ready for the NBA Finals opener.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>(Reuters) - Simone Biles enters this weekend’s U.S. Gymnastics Championships as the favorite to claim yet another all-around title as the sport’s most dominant force continues to build momentum ahead of the Paris Olympics.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The San Francisco 49ers and receiver Jauan Jennings agreed to a two-year, $15.4 million deal, including $10.5 million guaranteed, league sources confirmed Wednesday.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Charges against world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler stemming from his arrest before the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, two weeks ago were dropped on Wednesday.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>(Reuters) — Local wildcard Vahine Fierro won the Shisheido Tahiti Pro in pumping surf at her home break of Teahupo’o on Wednesday, establishing herself as favourite for Olympic gold when the Paris 2024 Games kicks off at the same venue in two months.</p>
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena wrestling hosted another collegiate signing day for the second straight week on Wednesday in Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium — but this time, the second girls wrestler in program history inked her signature.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/sports/ortiz-strauss-inks-college-signature/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kalaikona Abraham Fukuhara Jr., stillborn boy, of Pahoa, died May 22 at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. No services. Survived by parents, Kalaikona Fukuhara and Jessica Egami; two sisters and a brother; grandparents, Raynell Fukuhara and Darrell Egami. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/30/obituaries/obituaries-for-may-31-10/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
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date: 2024-05-30, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam ratepayers would get more relief if a bill extending the power credit program is signed into law….
date: 2024-05-30, from: Marshal Islands Journal
A new “solar car park” is in the process of installation at the Public School System parking area in Delap. It’s funded by the Taiwan Embassy and supplied by Speedtech Energy, a Taiwan-based solar company. Local company Green Energy Solutions is the contractor, collaborating with Speedtech, National Energy Office and PSS for local installation and […]
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date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
A man suspected in a fatal stabbing in Mangilao was denied a request to be released from prison pending trial.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
An elderly male who “was floating but not moving” was pulled from the shores of Tumon on Wednesday afternoon.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
Currently, with the 2024 Spring Amateur Wood Bat Baseball League, Guam Amateur Baseball Association is ending its 11th season. The single-elimination playoffs will feature amateur fall league champion Kings, No. 2-seeded Chalan Pago Affiliates, Cardinals, Angels and Amigos fill out…
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
Interested in trying something new, Barb Sana enlisted her friend Resa Saddo to join her when she saw an opportunity to try walking football as part of Guam Football Association’s AFC Grassroots Football Day celebration Saturday at the Guam Football…
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
Last Sunday was a beautiful morning for fun and fast racing, as the Guam Cycling Federation Nimitz Hill Loop Road Race challenged cyclists of varying abilities in the recreational, leg-burner, and elite divisions. Each 8-mile lap, which took place on…
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
The Agat Marina has served the community for many years and for many it holds a special place in their hearts, according to Port Authority of Guam General Manager Rory Respicio, who unveiled the rehabilitated Dock B and other upgrades…
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Department of Education Special Education Division reported “good news” to the Legislature’s committee on education last week, with the extension of critical support staff and the maximization of support staff resources.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
An amendment to Bill 277-37 that passed Thursday on the legislative session floor could bring six months of energy credits to Guam Power Authority ratepayers.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
A man on pretrial release in a 2022 burglary case is facing new charges related to allegedly assaulting a woman and damaging her car.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
A man wanted for questioning related to a carjacking in March at the Maite Mobil gas station was arrested and charged last week in connection to methamphetamine possession.
date: 2024-05-30, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Sukuna is an inspiring figure in Fijian history who embodies the…
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date: 2024-05-30, from: Guam Daily Post
The room was packed with parents, teachers and students of Chief Hurao Academy, as the Guam Academy Charter Schools Council opened the floor for testimony on the request to turn Chief Hurao into a charter school.
date: 2024-05-30, from: Marshal Islands Journal
WILMER JOEL A high-level visitor from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has not been to the Marshall Islands since 2011. This reality was brought home during Apostle Elder Quentin L. Cook’s two-day visit to Ebeye and Majuro last week.Cook is the second apostle from the Quorum of the Twelve to visit the […]
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date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes These organic molecules were created in laboratory simulations that mimic the conditions of interstellar ices found in space.
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date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Angel Yanagihara played a vital role in developing a cream aimed at preventing box jellyfish stings, a crucial concern for Diana Nyad during her swim.
The post Cuba to Florida swim made possible by UH researcher’s jellyfish cream first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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date: 2024-05-30, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes JABSOM’s Diabetes Research Center will use the grant renewal to continue critical research.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/29/grant-renewal-diabetes-research/
date: 2024-05-30, from: Pacific Island Times
By Jayvee Vallejera Former Guam Delegate Robert A. Underwood has drawn attention to some of the fallout arising from the U.S. military’s…
date: 2024-05-29, from: Pacific Island Times
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (DOI) — The U.S. government is committed to advancing a bold and timely global response to the climate…
date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes ARCS Foundation Honolulu awarded $110,000 to 16 scholars.
The post Top honors for UH Mānoa STEM scholars, JABSOM epigeneticist first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: Marshal Islands Journal
KAREN EARNSHAW The Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce and the local non-profit organization RMI Love Animals have re-signed a Memorandum of Agreement to continue the partnership between the organization and the ministry. This includes a significant contribution of $30,000 for vet-related needs. RMI Love Animals’ advisor Prue Palmer told the Journal that “under the […]
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The team will work together to improve the state’s existing forecast system, which currently uses data from a single station at the Honolulu airport.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute This week’s image is from UH Mānoa’s Kelsey Maloney.
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date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, 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.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
SAYING that the Office of the Mayor of Saipan and the Municipality of Saipan are the intended third-party beneficiaries of the public benefit provision, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho granted Saipan Mayor Ramon “RB” Camacho’s motion to dismiss the civil complaint of Construction & Material Supply Inc.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
THE CNMI Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management tested its new mobile all-hazard siren system at Paupau Beach in San Roque, and at Garapan Fishing Base on Wednesday.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
THE Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation’s Judiciary and Governmental Operations Committee on Tuesday unanimously endorsed the nomination of Eleanor Alinas to the Commonwealth Zoning Board.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
ASSISTANT U.S. Attorney Eric O’Malley has asked the federal court to schedule a change of plea hearing in the case against former CNMI Bar Association Executive Director Peonie Cabrera.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
MADRID (Reuters) — Roberto Santos, 55, stands out among other “Swifties” for his decades-long devotion to American pop icon Taylor Swift and a plethora of gifts the Spaniard has received from her team in recognition of that — enough to fill up an apartment room he calls a sanctuary.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
The Kanoa Football Club teams claimed the Marianas Soccer Leagues 1 and 2 titles at the NMI Soccer Training Center in Koblerville on Sunday. Kanoa defeated Matansa Football Club to claim the MSL 1 title while Kanoa’s other team took the MSL 2 title after Paire Football Club forfeited their championship match. Photo shows the Kanoa players posing after winning the Marianas Soccer League 2 championship.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
THE Bandits remain unscathed in the 2024 Tan Holdings Saipan Baseball League as they earned their fourth straight win by trouncing the Blue Sharks, 16-6, at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Baseball Field on Tuesday.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
THE Saints claimed the last semifinal sport of the Michelob Ultra Cup 2024 by dominating Lamesa Kusina, 80-60, at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium on Tuesday.
date: 2024-05-29, updated: 2024-05-29, from: Marianas Variety
IN the heart of our CNMI community beats a tale of unwavering compassion personified by a dedicated individual. Despite facing legal challenges, her commitment to service remains unshakeable.
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — As artificial intelligence programs shake up the office, potentially making millions of jobs obsolete, one group of perpetually stressed workers seems especially vulnerable.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Cats not biggest threat to nene</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/29/opinion/your-views-for-may-29-8/
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>More Americans now consume marijuana on a daily basis than drink alcohol every day, according to a recent study.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Of course Nikki Haley now says she’ll vote for Donald Trump. The blink of an eye ago she called him “unstable and unhinged,” an individual who’s “just toxic” and “lacks moral clarity.”</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday signed six bills into law intended to address the state’s lack of affordable housing for Hawaii’s working-class families.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii is preparing for the advent of artificial intelligence through a pair of proposed laws on the verge of passage.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — With Donald Trump’s personal freedom at risk and his political fortunes in the balance, lawyers on both sides of his criminal trial mounted a final flurry of arguments on Tuesday to sway the 12 New Yorkers who will soon decide his legal fate.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HONG KONG (Reuters) — Hong Kong national security police arrested six people across the city on Tuesday under a new security law for alleged seditious intent, including a pro-democracy barrister already behind bars.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Elon Musk aggressively elbowed his way into the space launch business over the past two decades, combining engineering genius and an entrepreneurial drive with a demand that the U.S. government stop favoring the big, slow-moving contractors that had long dominated the industry.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CAIRO (Reuters) — Israel’s military denied striking a tent camp west of Rafah on Tuesday after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in an area Israel has designated a civilian evacuation zone.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by imprisoned celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti to overturn his conviction for defrauding a youth basketball coach he represented and extorting athletic wear company Nike in a case in which he was sentenced to 2-1/2 years behind bars.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>DALLAS — Power outages caused by severe weather Tuesday morning in Dallas County will likely span days as more storms approach the region, officials said.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that NATO members in Europe were playing with fire by proposing to let Ukraine use Western weapons to strike deep inside Russia, which he said could trigger a global conflict.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TAIPEI — Thousands of people protested outside Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday after it passed a reform package to increase oversight of the government pushed by the opposition but opposed by the ruling party, which did not have the numbers to block it.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Thomas C. Dela Cruz, 86, of Hilo died April 29 at Hilo Benioff Medical Center. Born in Honomu, he was a retired supervisor for the former Ka‘u Sugar Co. Visitation 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Graveside urn committal service to follow at Homelani Memorial Park, Lehua Section. Casual attire. Survived by sons, Thomas (Lidia Dacayanan) Dela Cruz, Dennis Dela Cruz and Kurt De La Cruz; sister, Jan Hasegawa; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/29/obituaries/obituaries-for-may-29-7/
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A Mexican national deported from the United States four times is charged with using an assault rifle while dealing methamphetamine and heroin on Hawaii Island.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>(Reuters) — Nvidia’s shares rallied around 6% to hit a record high on Tuesday, leaving the AI chipmaker’s stock market value about $100 billion away from overtaking Apple in a major reshuffle of Wall street’s biggest players.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea ordered thousands of residents to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide on Tuesday after parts of a mountain collapsed burying at least 2,000 people, according to government estimates.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>When McCreamy, the muscular mascot of the Danville Dairy Daddies, was unveiled, it was no accident. The collegiate summer baseball team in Virginia knew exactly what it was doing.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For the first time in 2024, summer paddling returned to the Kona proper.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/29/sports/summer-paddling-returns-to-kona/
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Anthony Edwards came through with a game-high 29 points, Karl-Anthony Towns regained his form from beyond the 3-point arc and the Minnesota Timberwolves stayed alive in the Western Conference finals with a 105-100 victory over the host Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 on Tuesday night.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Florida Panthers came into Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final knowing they needed to play with more of an edge — a “growl,” as coach Paul Maurice described it following their second consecutive overtime loss to the New York Rangers that put them in an early hole in the series.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARIS — Rain put a dampener on the third day of the French Open but defending champion Novak Djokovic avoided getting bogged down as his quest for a professional era record-extending 25th Grand Slam title got off to a solid enough start on Tuesday.</p>
date: 2024-05-29, from: Guam Daily Post
The Office of the Attorney General will be seeking a 45-year prison sentence for a man found guilty of a carjacking at Oka Pay-Less supermarket earlier this year.
date: 2024-05-29, from: Guam Daily Post
Joyner Sked was resentenced to life imprisonment for charges related to the 2021 death of former Humåtak Mayor Daniel Sanchez.
date: 2024-05-29, from: Guam Daily Post
The temporary generation units from Aggreko have arrived on Guam and are in the process of clearing customs at the Port Authority of Guam, with plans to transport the units to their designated site in Yigo this week, according to…
date: 2024-05-29, from: Guam Daily Post
Lawmakers have now moved on to addressing various financial measures as they press on with session, with the discussion on Wednesday morning centering on Bill 274-37.
date: 2024-05-29, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Nīnauele—Interview.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Deuba– Regional leaders advise Pacific island states to embrace digital technology, but do so with…
date: 2024-05-29, from: Pacific Island Times
By Sulan Chen, Inka Mattila and Vera Hakim UNDP New York– Scattered over the vast area of our oceans, Small Island Developing States,…
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date: 2024-05-29, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saint Johns –The prime minister of Samoa, as chair of the Alliance of Small Islands States or…
date: 2024-05-29, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Decolonization Commission has rejected a recommendation for Guam to seek a “sovereign tribe”…
date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Sara Vogel is serving as a Fulbright Research Chair in Indigenous Studies at Vancouver Island University.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa researchers co-authored a bilingual cross-platform publication that focuses on 18th century scrolls.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes This marks the first-ever invitation for a UH Mānoa kabuki to perform in Japan.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Mānoa pitcher Randy Abshier capped off his collegiate career by earning Big West Pitcher of the Week honors on May 27.
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date: 2024-05-29, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The album of original music about Lahaina showcases its rich history and the students’ hopes for its future.
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date: 2024-05-28, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Steven Minaglia’s study was prompted by his personal research on successful channel crossings in Hawaiʻi.
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date: 2024-05-28, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes To receive the All-Time Great Player Award, an athlete must have completed a minimum of five years as a member of a U.S. national team and on a minimum of five top-level international teams.
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Sen. Sabina Flores Perez on Tuesday slammed Sen. Chris Duenas’ alleged attempts to railroad his septic…
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Anthony Albright Who knew this hue of blue existed? Did you? Through and through the catalogs of blue I knew before, none prepared me for the hue of this remote coastal shore. Nor did my mind comprehend the pleasant … Continue reading
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/05/28/rota-island/
date: 2024-05-28, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The new UHERO report takes a deeper look into Hawaiʻi’s gender pay gap to further understand the role of gender in the workforce.
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Conservation News
After decades of absence, rare Peruvian Diving-Petrels have returned to nest on Pajaros Uno island, recently free from invasive predators!
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The New York jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is returning to court after a weeklong hiatus for closing arguments that will set the stage for historic deliberations.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Homeless people displaying mental health issues could be taken off the street against their will and brought in for assessment at a 3-month-old behavioral center in Iwilei if a new bill becomes law.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Patriotism and service were overarching themes Monday during the Memorial Day commemoration at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Libertarian Party chose one of its own as its presidential nominee Sunday night, capping a grueling day of elimination voting and a boisterous four-day event, where Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unsuccessfully sought to court the group’s backing.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 1,200-acre koa forest in Ka‘u is almost ready to be harvested for the first time in nearly two decades.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/28/hawaii-news/a-source-of-koa-for-canoe-builders/
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden wants more of America’s cars and trucks to run on electricity, not gas. His administration has pushed that goal on multiple fronts, including strict new regulations of auto emissions and lavish new subsidies to help American consumers take as much as $7,500 off the cost of a new electric vehicle.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Edith “Edie” Kalikookamaile Bertlemann, née Pieper, 90, of Waimea died May 22 at home. Born in Honolulu, she was a medical technician, U.S. Army veteran, 1950 Ka‘u High School graduate, member of St. James Episcopal Church, volunteered in their Thrift Shop and Boutique, sang and played with the ‘Ukulele Aunties and enjoyed reading, Scrabble and gardening. Celebration of life 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15 at St. James Episcopal Church, 65-1237 Kawaihae Rd. in Waimea. Reception to follow. Aloha attire. Condolences can be sent to Christine.Bertlemann@gmail.com. Survived by children: Glen Austin Thompson, Christine Ilima Bertlemann, Larry Bertlemann, Chris Leon Guerrero, Emmy Bertlemann, Pomai Bertlemann and Kai‘u Fergestrom; brother, John Wellington Pieper Jr.; 20 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/28/obituaries/obituaries-for-may-28-10/
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For a long time, many women who had abortions because of catastrophic fetal diagnoses told their stories only privately. Grieving pregnancies they dearly wanted and fearing the stigma of abortion, they sought the closely guarded comfort of online communities identified by the way many doctors had described the procedure — TFMR, or “termination for medical reasons.”</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea started their first formal three-way summit since 2019 as part of efforts to improve their relations amid growing friction over trade and security issues.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Witnesses and survivors described a terrifying scene of tents in flames and burn victims after what the Gaza Health Ministry said was an Israeli strike on a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Severe weather stretching across the Midwest and East Coast on Monday disrupted plans for millions of Americans trying to make it home after a busy weekend that was expected to break records for Memorial Day travel. The disruptions followed storms and tornadoes that killed at least 23 people in the South and left hundreds of thousands without power.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said on Monday, as treacherous terrain impeded aid and lowered hopes of finding survivors.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden paid tribute to veterans who died in America’s wars at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, hailing them as “a link in the chain of honor” who deserve recognition for protecting the nation’s democracy.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Derrick White had missed 7 of 8 3-point attempts when he found himself open in the right corner of the floor in the final minute of a tie game with an NBA Finals berth at stake.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>German Alexander Zverev defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets at the French Open on Monday, ending what could be the Spaniard’s final career appearance at Roland Garros. </p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Not a single hat hit the ice to celebrate Jason Robertson’s first career playoff hat trick that paced the Dallas Stars to a 5-3 road win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night in Game 3 of the Western Conference final. </p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Bill Walton, a center whose extraordinary passing and rebounding skills helped him win two national college championships with UCLA and one each with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics of the NBA, and who overcame a stutter to become a loquacious commentator, died Monday at his home in San Diego. He was 71.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>These two words, roasting and baking, are so interesting, and technically may mean the same, but there are many explanations of their differences.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/28/features/lets-talk-food-roasting-or-baking/
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>If you’re not already concerned about bird flu, you should be. The virus has now been found in at least 51 dairy herds in nine states as well as on countless bird and egg farms in the U.S. At least two humans have been infected in the U.S.</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Nikki Haley was once perceived by many Republicans as their hope for redeeming a party that had been taken over by a morally corrupt, lying and craven narcissist. Donald Trump, she declared, exhibited “everything I taught my children not to do in kindergarten.”</p>
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — The Palau Senate is investigating potential financial difficulties at the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC), following reports suggesting the corporation could be facing bankruptcy. A press release issued by the Senate on May 26, 2024, stated they are examining reports and statements concerning PPUC’s financial situation. “The Senate seeks full cooperation from […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. has retained an attorney in Texas to address a civil case filed against him in Sherman, Texas. The case was brought by Christa Nastad-Toribiong, the wife of former President Johnson Toribiong, alleging a violation of her due process rights in Palau. Whipps sees the case as a […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
Senatorial and congressional hopefuls gathered Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Guam in Tumon for a primary candidates’ forum hosted by the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
As of May 17, the Guam Department of Education said 17 schools have passed sanitary inspection, two of which were schools that were faced with many challenges.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
The Consolidated Commission on Utilities has authorized the Guam Power Authority to ask the Public Utilities Commission to keep the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause at the same rate from August 2024 through January 2025.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
As promised during a Committee on Rules meeting earlier in May, Sens. Chris Duenas and William Parkinson attempted to place bills about changes to Guam’s sewage laws and an expansion to the island’s castle doctrine law onto the agenda as…
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A judge ruled on a couple of motions in a sexual assault case, which resulted in a delay in trial.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
Twenty-three Guam Police Department officers were promoted to sergeant last week during a ceremony at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was found guilty of a carjacking at the Oka Pay-Less supermarket in March, however, he was found not guilty of using a firearm.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A female detainee was accused of trying to escape from prison earlier this month.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
HAGATNA, Guam — Guam will host the 26th Micronesian Islands Forum from June 3 to 5, the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat confirmed Monday. Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. will be absent from the forum, according to a press conference last Thursday. Vice President Uduch Sengebau-Senior will attend in his place. Whipps Jr. cited a pre-scheduled […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – The Palau Senate passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Supplemental Budget bill on its second reading by a narrow 7-6 margin. Notably absent from the Senate’s version were provisions codifying loan conditions set by the Saudi Development Fund (SDF) should Palau choose to borrow from them. The originally proposed loan terms included […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Palau Community College (PCC) announced that 30 students were named to the President’s List for the [semester name] semester. To qualify for the President’s List, students must achieve a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The college also recognized 11 students on the Dean’s List, who earned a GPA between 3.8 and 3.99, and 22 students […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – A bill before the Palau Senate proposes an increase in employer contributions to the national health insurance program to cover a wider range of medical expenses. Senate Bill No. 11-18 calls for raising the employer contribution rate from 2.5% to 3% of employee salaries. The legislation’s sponsors cite rising incidences of diabetes […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
A team from Palau, KARURU EL KERUUL, took first place at the recent Start Up Micronesia competition, demonstrating their entrepreneurial skills and innovative business ideas. The team, comprised of Carol O. Emaurois, Nestralda Mechaet, Kyle Brell, and Elangel Yanni Mesubed, impressed the judges with a focus on collaboration and networking. They were awarded $1,500 in […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Palau’s Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ngirai Tmetuchl, has requested additional funding to support the Palauan delegation attending the upcoming Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPac) in Hawaii. In a letter to congressional leaders, Tmetuchl said $40,000 is needed to cover accommodation costs and daily stipends for the 93-member delegation. According to the letter, delegates […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — Dr. Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner, hailed a recent advisory opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on climate change as a victory for small island states. The unanimous decision, issued at the request of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, […]
The post Pacific Welcomes Landmark Climate Change Ruling by Law of the Sea Tribunal appeared first on Island Times.
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
On May 23, 2024, His Excellency ORIKASA Hiroyuki, Ambassador of Japan to Palau, officially handed over a new child care center in Airai to the Palau Community Action Agency (PCAA). Airai Governor Norman Ngiratecheboet, Vice Speaker Stephanie Ngirchoimei and Delegate Victoria Kanai, Delegate Yutaka Gibbons Jr. PCAA Board President Ryobch Luii, Executive Director Marcia Inacio, […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
The Australian Embassy would like to extend a warm welcome to its new First Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission, Mr. Brett Pelttari. Mr. Pelttari arrived in Palau last Wednesday on the inaugural Palau Paradise Express, the new direct flight between Brisbane and Koror. “I am pleased to have arrived in the Republic of Palau […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
Rejection, a profound and often excruciating experience, has the power to evoke a myriad of specific emotions within us. It can stir up hurt feelings, plunging us into depths of loneliness, igniting flames of jealousy, burdening us with guilt and shame, and haunting us with social anxiety and embarrassment. It can cast a shadow of […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
by Alonzo Kahalic /alkahalic6801@gmail.com Dear Editor, As Palau navigates the complexities of the 21st century, the importance of visionary and principled leadership is paramount. Drawing from the timeless wisdom of President Haruo Remeliik and the foundational principles embedded in our Constitution’s preamble, it is evident that our nation’s future hinges on the quality of its […]
The post The Silent Majority: Guiding Palau into the Future: The Imperative of Visionary Leadership appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
MANILA, 24 MAY 2024 (PACFIC ISLAND TIMES) — The Philippines can push back against China’s bullying behaviour by aligning itself with affected countries in Asia, according to Pacific security observers. But as the intensifying conflict between China and the Philippines over their competing territorial claims in the South China Sea— alternately referred to as the […]
The post Pacific experts: Philippines must lead a united front to confront China over South China Sea appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
NOUMEA, 27 MAY 2024 (THE GUARDIAN) — “I don’t know why our fate is being discussed by people who don’t even live here.” The 52-year-old Indigenous Kanak – who gave his name as Mike – spoke from a roadblock just north of New Caledonia’s capital, in the hours before France’s president arrived in the Pacific […]
The post ‘Not our president’: after Macron’s visit, New Caledonia’s Kanak demand their own future appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
By Patrick Greenfield WASHINGTON, 24 MAY 2024 (THE GUARDIAN) — Late last month, the coronation of Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez as environmental royalty was complete. At Conservation International’s glitzy annual gala in New York, with Harrison Ford, Jacinda Ardern and Shailene Woodley looking on, the couple were given the global visionary award […]
The post The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
By SEAN MURPHY and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia prepared on Monday to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea as overnight rains in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous interior raised fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers could […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Grayson Murray’s parents said Sunday their 30-year-old son took his own life, just one day after he withdrew from a PGA Tour event. The family asked for privacy and that people honor Murray by being kind to one another. “If that becomes his legacy, we could ask for nothing else,” […]
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date: 2024-05-28, from: Island Times
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic lunged for the ball after a steal by Anthony Edwards, knocking it far enough away to create a scramble and a jump ball the Dallas superstar won. The Mavericks made all the big plays again — on both ends of the court — and […]
The post Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving each score 33 points as Mavs beat Wolves for 3-0 lead in West finals appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-05-28, from: Guam Daily Post
Bertha Duenas, the woman who served as chief adviser on fiscal discipline for the governor, has died.
date: 2024-05-28, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The NERE-NAHAL TaxoBioDiv project funded by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) will be…
The post Paving the way for a community Invertebrate Fisheries Survey appeared first on University of the South Pacific.
https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/paving-the-way-for-a-community-invertebrate-fisheries-survey/
date: 2024-05-27, from: Pacific Island Times
By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka Solomon Islands’ new prime minister Jeremiah Manele brings a new leadership style to the position, compared to…
date: 2024-05-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Cancer Center’s Kevin Cassel provides key tips on sun cancer prevention.
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date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
THOUGH I appreciate the recent efforts by the Chamber of Commerce to gather local businesses and decision-makers to put forth ideas to accelerate the Commonwealth’s economic recovery, I am disappointed by the narrative that continues to be pushed in the press and by certain business interests, that the People’s Republic of China or PRC is the only answer to our current economic struggles.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
(PSS) — The Public School System’s Cooperative Education Program wrapped up its district-wide end-of-year partner appreciation event on Rota on Monday, May 20, 2024.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declared a state emergency early on Monday after tornado-spawning thunderstorms swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings as forecasters warned of more severe weather.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Matt Vierling hit a game-winning three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as the Detroit Tigers outslugged the visiting Toronto Blue Jays for a 14-11 victory on Sunday.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch calls them 3-minute games.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Long-time NMI National Tennis Team coach Jeff Race is confident of the squad’s medal chances in the 2024 Micronesian Games that will be held in the Marshall Islands from June 15 to 24, 2024.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
HOTELS are losing money and struggling financially, Hotel Association of the NMI Chair Dennis Seo said.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
THE Memorial Day ceremony held Monday at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi was highlighted by a wreath-laying ceremony and a flyover.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
DAVID Burger, a certified public accountant of the accounting firm Burger Comer & Associates, is calling for revenue diversification.
date: 2024-05-27, updated: 2024-05-28, from: Marianas Variety
THE CNMI faces a significant public health challenge with high rates of type 2 diabetes, a condition that poses serious health risks and economic burdens. The prevalence of this disease underscores the urgent need for effective management strategies.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
Flags waved in the wind on Monday, as a solemn Memorial Day ceremony was held at the Veterans Cemetery in Piti to honor the memory of these fallen heroes. The flags, according to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, represent a promise…
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The 20th annual Celebration of Life was held Sunday in Hilo.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/05/27/hawaii-news/photos-20th-annual-celebration-of-life/
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For the last 19 years, former combat medic Allen Hoe hasn’t left home without a plastic button displaying a picture of his son, Nainoa, and the words “My Hero,” pinned to his chest. Since Nainoa was killed in combat in Iraq in 2005, Hoe’s commitment to honoring and remembering fallen soldiers every year has grown.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii lawmakers recently decided to create a new incentive for affordable housing development under a state program, but it could have a bigger negative effect on affordable housing required by counties.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>An MRI of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s left knee Sunday night revealed just about the worst news the Atlanta Braves could’ve imagined, and worse than Acuña himself had thought possible hours earlier: Complete tear of the ACL, which will require season-ending surgery.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Carlos Alcaraz of Spain led a quartet of men among the world’s top 10 into the second round of the French Open amid blustery conditions in Paris on Sunday.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p> Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch calls them 3-minute games.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SUNRISE, Fla. — When Alex Wennberg was a youngster breaking into the league with Columbus, his teammates saw the offensive ability that made him a first-round draft pick. For whatever reason, it never fully translated to games. He never scored more than 13 goals in a season with the Blue Jackets. And while that didn’t stop him from being a useful player, former Blue Jackets teammate Nick Foligno described him as someone who “kind of always kept you wanting more.”</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LOS ANGELES (NYT) — Hollywood expected “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” to scorch the box office over the holiday weekend. Instead, the big-budget Warner Bros. prequel iced it over.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>James Wood’s mother struggled with addiction, and he often found himself adrift, not knowing what day or month it was. “I didn’t understand how time worked,” he said.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the U.S. Southern Plains and Ozarks, killing at least 14 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings as forecasters warned of more severe weather over the holiday weekend.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Shayne Patrick Burke was on a short hike this month to photograph owls in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming when he spotted a grizzly bear cub about 50 to 70 yards in front of him.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia’s forces were massing for a new ground offensive on the northeast of his country, a day after a Russian missile strike on a hardware superstore in the city of Kharkiv killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more, according to Ukrainian officials.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The verdict in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial remains a mystery, at least for a few more days. Less of a mystery is what Trump will say and do after it is announced — whatever the outcome might be.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>An Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed at least 35 people in Rafah on Sunday night, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said its operation was aimed at a Hamas compound.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>DHAKA/KOLKATA — Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone Remal made landfall late on Sunday, leaving millions without electricity after power poles fell and some trees were uprooted by gusty winds. </p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SYDNEY — Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea after more than 670 people were feared killed in a landslide last week in the Pacific nation’s north, the United Nations said on Monday.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The unraveling of a high-level attempt to avoid transparency about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic began with a single email uncovered via a Freedom of Information Act request published last year.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For shoppers who want to buy an electric car but have been put off by the steep price tag, the news last week that President Joe Biden has hiked tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to shut them out of the U.S. market is not good.</p>
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
The Local2030 Islands Network, of which Guam is a founding member, will host its third Leaders’ Summit at the United Nations’ 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States, or SIDS4, on May 29 in the Caribbean nation of Antigua…
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
With the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships and the 10th Micronesian Games slated for later this summer, the Guam Track and Field Association 2024 National Championship Meet on Sunday afforded athletes a chance to fine-tune their strategies and try to produce…
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
An alleged gang leader suspected in several violent incidents in recent months was appointed a new attorney to represent him.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A jury of 12 is currently deliberating whether a man accused of a carjacking in Tamuning earlier this year will be found guilty or not guilty of the charges.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Visitors Bureau represented Guam in its inaugural “Color of Guam” pop-up event in South Korea, providing a “unique glimpse” into what Guam has to offer the Korean market.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
After two weeks of hard-hitting action, the second of two 2024 Citadel Guam World Tour J60 Dededo junior tennis tournaments wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Guam National Tennis Center in Dededo.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A 22-year-old man was accused of threatening residents at a Barrigada apartment with a knife.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
One by one, Guam Department of Education school psychologists aired their frustrations over the suspension of the Bonuses, Rewards and Incentives Program, or BRIP.
date: 2024-05-27, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-05-27, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The University of the South Pacific (USP) participated in the Family Farming, Lifestyle and Health…
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https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/usp-represented-at-the-7th-falah-project-workshop/
date: 2024-05-26, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Local2030 Islands Network will host its 3rd Leaders’ Summit at the Small Island Developing States…
date: 2024-05-26, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The Alumni and International Office arms of The University of the South Pacific (USP) carried…
The post Alumni and International Office Outreach in Tonga appeared first on University of the South Pacific.
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date: 2024-05-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes The program is a dynamic, immersive learning experience in one of the state’s fastest-growing fields.
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date: 2024-05-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>For the first time in nearly a century, Kilauea summit will soon be without a museum.</p>
date: 2024-05-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A California woman being sued by a developer whose contractor mistakenly built a house on her Hawaiian Paradise Park lot in Puna is seeking more than $1.3 million in damages, according to both the developer and Hawaii County.</p>
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
Merizo Martyrs Memorial School student Isaiah Charles San Nicolas hopes for a future filled with plants. That vision was shared in a drawing that was chosen to represent Guam in the 16th annual “Doodle for Google” competition, which is now…
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
The tropical cyclone outlook for the Pacific islands looks favorable, with the likelihood of storms decreasing for the rest of the year.
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
During a legislative oversight hearing on Friday, the Guam Department of Education touched on a number of efforts that could see some students returning to their home campuses and ending double sessions.
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
https://www.postguam.com/entertainment/bisita-luta/article_101ebecc-1ae0-11ef-8f54-7fb53599441a.html
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
As eight other endurance athletes were still pushing their bodies to the limit and beyond in the Guam Running Club Perimeter Relay and Ultramarathon, 23-year-old Ronja Steinbach had finished the race nearly two hours earlier and was already surrounded by…
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
The largest endeavor of the Guam Department of Education is the rightsizing of the district, which initially involved the consolidation of student populations with the decommissioning of select schools. But, according to education officials, rezoning is more of a possibility.
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
A magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam against Juan Nathan Rios provided more insight into what reportedly transpired the day he allegedly made statements that the International Trade Center was going to “blow up.”
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
A former King’s restaurant employee has been charged with assault after he allegedly damaged restaurant property and threatened the life of an individual over a missing phone.
date: 2024-05-26, from: Guam Daily Post
Members of a family in Dededo received quite the scare early Thursday morning as they thought someone was attempting to break into their home.