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date: 2024-12-20, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The renewed agreement will enhance recruitment efforts and provide students with career opportunities and financial support.
The post U.S. Coast Guard, UH Mānoa renew recruitment partnership first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/20/uh-manoa-uscg-signing-ceremony/
date: 2024-12-20, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The Hawaiʻi Food System Summit renewed calls to combat food insecurity across the state.
The post Transforming Hawaiʻi’s food future: Advocates convene at UH West Oʻahu first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/20/transforming-hawaiis-food-future/
date: 2024-12-20, from: Pacific Island Times
Saipan and the greater Northern Mariana Islands is a very small region for news coverage, so it’s inevitable that both newspa
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/another-small-death-for-local-journalism
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii taxpayers should have a happy New Year as the first of a series of historic tax cuts takes effect in January.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/20/hawaii-news/income-tax-cuts-set-to-kick-in/
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A judge on Thursday ruled probable cause exists to continue holding a 36-year-old Volcano man who allegedly escaped with two others Dec. 13 from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani Facility.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the retailing giant’s unfair treatment of its employees. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Corrections officials, dignitaries and other prominent community members gathered Thursday at Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s main Hilo campus to dedicate the brand-new Kaumana Housing Unit.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/20/hawaii-news/hilo-jail-expansion-unveiled/
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Friends of Lili‘uokalani Gardens will sponsor the fifth Banyan Drive Art Stroll on Saturday, Jan. 11, from noon until 6 p.m., reviving an event that brought artists and art lovers to the Waiakea peninsula for an afternoon of fun from Suisan Fish Market to the Grand Naniloa Hotel and every place in between.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/20/community/banyan-drive-art-stroll-returns-to-hilo/
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii County invites the public to the “Jingle Bells, Trek the Trails” today at the West Hawaii Civic Center.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Community members are invited to the Hilo Elks Lodge to dance “Under the Stars” in a semi-formal ball from 8 p.m. to midnight on New Year’s Eve.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Honokaa residents Miles Okumura and Lynn Higashi have been selected by AARP — the nonprofit organization for people 50 and older — to receive the 2024 AARP Hawaii Andrus Award for Community Service, the association’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer award for community service.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>All are invited to the 15th Annual Tom McAlexander Community SingAlong Messiah at 4 p.m. this Saturday at the Church of the Holy Cross, 440 W. Lanikaula St. in Hilo. It is a free event.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson was charged with federal murder and stalking crimes in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday, alongside state murder and terrorism charges previously announced by New York prosecutors. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Texas launches 
billboard campaign in Mexico, Central America to 
warn migrants</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>AVIGNON, France — A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in a case that has horrified the world. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A Georgia appeals court ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be disqualified from prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump and several of his allies for attempting to interfere in the 2020 election in the U.S. state. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student at her Wisconsin school this week was in contact with a California man who was planning his own mass shooting, according to California court records. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Israeli warplanes struck Houthi sites in Yemen’s capital and elsewhere in the country following an increase in missile attacks by the Iran-backed militia, including one overnight that damaged a school near Tel Aviv.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>DAMASCUS — Syria will remove all references to the former ruling Baath party from its educational system as of next week but will not otherwise change school curricula or restrict the rights of girls to learn, the country’s new education minister said. </p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday updated the definitions of the term “healthy” for labeling on foods, a move that reflected changes in nutrition and that tightened limits on saturated fat, sugar and salt in food that could be sold under that claim.</p>
date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — President Surangel Whipps Jr. has introduced a bill proposing salary increases for the Executive, Judiciary, and members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), aiming to “strengthen the leadership capacity of our institutions, mitigate the risks of out-migration, and enhance public trust in the integrity of our governance .” In tandem with a […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The United States formally handed over a state-of-the-art ambulance to Palau on Wednesday, marking a significant contribution to the nation’s emergency response capabilities at its international airport. Commander Brendan Cruz, representing the U.S. military, emphasized the importance of the ambulance in safeguarding operations at Palau’s airport. “This ambulance will play a crucial […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau (Dec. 19, 2024) – President Surangel Whipps Jr. signed Presidential Directive No. 24-65 on Wednesday, December 18, instituting immigration controls for a 90-day period in an effort to combat criminal activity linked to foreign nationals. However, the directive has raised concerns over the scope of authority given to the National Security Coordinator and […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau (Dec. 20, 2024) — January 20, 2025, is declared a National Day of Prayer for the Republic of Palau according to Presidential Proclamation 24-388. The declaration follows the enactment of RPPL 10-6 in 2017, which established the need for an annual National Day of Prayer to be observed in January. The proclamation affirms […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
Office of the Foreign Investment Board announced this week that starting today, December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the office will be closed due to a shortage of staff to respond inquiries, or provide other services. The announcement issued by Board member and Acting Executive Director Cornelia Mason said that for urgent matters, to […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
SAIPAN (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES)—The Marianas Visitors Authority is anticipating visitor arrivals to bounce back starting this month with the reinstatement of suspended flights from South Korea. Jeju Air’s second daily flight resumed on 08 December and the temporary twice-weekly charter flights from Busan are set to begin on 20 December. Visitor arrivals to the Northern […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau — President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. declared December 2024 through February 2025 as Red Ribbon Awareness Months under the theme, “Life is a Movie, Live Drug Free.” The proclamation highlights the ongoing efforts to combat illegal drug misuse and abuse, which continue to harm individuals, families, and communities across the nation. The proclamation […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
By Lieutenant Geoff Long This year marks 80 years since legendary Australian war photographer Damien Parer was killed filming US Marines in action on the island of Peleliu in the Palau archipelago on September 17, 1944. So it was fitting that both US and Australian C-130 Hercules came together to air drop the first Christmas […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
17 December 2024– The Australian Embassy is pleased to announce its support for the placement of Biomedical Technician – Mr. Andrew Lyons, at the Belau National Hospital (BNH). Mr Lyons visited Palau twice on technical assistance missions in 2023, to work alongside the biomed department and provide hands-on training to local staff. With more than […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
Australia- Palau celebrating 30 Years 17 December 2024– The Australian Embassy wraps up our 30th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic relations the way we started – by hosting a fun run! Anniversary events throughout the year focused on the breadth and depth of our bilateral friendship. The fun run/walk demonstrates our mutual appreciation of community and […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
New study reveals how coral colony proximity drives reproductive success A groundbreaking study by PICRC and Professor Peter J Mumby from the University of Queensland was published in the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). The study demonstrated the importance of having high densities of corals of a certain species on […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
HAGATNA (BENAR NEWS)—The U.S is advancing the fortification of its territory closest to China with the arrival of the first Marines from Okinawa and its first interceptor missile test in Guam last week. About 100 Marines from Japan landed on Saturday, the vanguard of about 5,000 due to be relocated to Guam under a security […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
“Be kind to everyone because everyone is fighting in some sort of a battle.” -Unknown C.S. Lewis, wrote to an unloved woman, “Be patient. God is working in silence and remember that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called by God. The story of the unloved woman […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
Port Vila, VUT- (AFP) Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake killed at least nine people, burying some in rubble and landslides. People called out from beneath the remains of a flattened three-storey shop in the capital Port Vila, where scores […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
Los Angeles, USA – (AFP) Baltimore Orioles and Japanese pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano have agreed terms for a one-year contract, the Major League Baseball team said Monday, with US media reporting the deal was worth $13 million. Sugano, a star pitcher with the Yomiuri Giants, arrives in MLB after 12 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball. The 35-year-old […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Island Times
By Fiji reporter Lice Movono and the Pacific Local Journalism Network’s Nick Sas ABC-Australia) A toxicology report into the drinks consumed at Fiji’s Warwick Resort that left four Australian tourists critically ill has found no traces of methanol. But the Fiji government, which revealed the initial results at a press conference on Tuesday night, is yet to disclose […]
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date: 2024-12-20, from: Pacific Island Times
By Ernie Galito There will be a significant political landscape transformation in Guam as President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/what-guam-should-anticipate-in-2025
date: 2024-12-20, updated: 2024-12-20, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - The summer spike in COVID-19 infections, triggered in part by a rise in new variants of the virus, was an unpleasant reminder that COVID-19 is here to stay. As we brace for an anticipated larger wave of COVID-19 cases during the fall and winter respiratory season, healthcare professionals want to remind the public that the virus does not affect everyone equally; some people, because of their age or overall health, may be at greater risk for severe illness.1,2
date: 2024-12-20, updated: 2024-12-20, from: Marianas Variety
(NAPSI)—Here’s news for pet parents: According to veterinarian Dr. Babette Gladstein, “Alarmingly, as many as 85% of dogs develop some form of gum disease by the age of two. Despite being the most diagnosed condition in dogs and cats, it often goes untreated until it progresses to an advanced stage.”
date: 2024-12-20, updated: 2024-12-20, from: Marianas Variety
By Rebecca Norwick,
date: 2024-12-20, updated: 2024-12-20, from: Marianas Variety
(NAPSI)—Most Americans know that they have the right to a lawyer if they are accused of a crime. But more than half of Americans wrongly think that they also have a right to a lawyer in all civil legal cases. They do not.
date: 2024-12-20, updated: 2024-12-20, from: Marianas Variety
Por Rebecca Norwick
date: 2024-12-20, from: The Husk
Weekender #51
https://thehusk.substack.com/p/record-number-of-women-elected-as
date: 2024-12-19, from: Pacific Island Times
The Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority has officially sought the condemnation of private lands in Mangilao, which are targeted for the
date: 2024-12-19, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The competition featured 25 teams with five making it to the final round.
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date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - The state of California has not raised auto liability coverage limits for more than 50 years, but that is set to change beginning next year. The new legislation, introduced in 2022 to keep pace with rising medical and repair costs, will require higher liability coverage limits for drivers and will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. As we approach the new year, Mercury Insurance wants to help consumers better understand what these new limits entail.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - Did you know that if you’re on a Medicare Advantage plan, you most likely have an over-the-counter (OTC) allowance to help offset the costs of everyday healthcare items? Millions of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries have access to this key benefit, but most don’t use it. According to a study by The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, 70% of OTC benefits are never used, leaving billions of dollars on the table. They also found that on average, every dollar spent on OTC medicines saves the U.S. healthcare system $7.33, resulting in an overall annual savings of $167.1 billion. It is time to double-check your health care plan and make sure you’re taking advantage of all your benefits and supporting your everyday care routines.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - The last days of holiday shopping are here! You’ve made your wish list, and now you’re checking it twice to ensure your friends and family (and, on occasion, yourself) receive the best gifts possible. If you haven’t wrapped up your shopping yet and are on the hunt for a gift that’s fun and functional, look no further than the latest cutting-edge laptops as the ultimate choice for anyone on your list.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
(BPT) - The holiday season is the time for hosts and home chefs to shine. Of course, cooking a holiday feast for friends and family is time-consuming, and with so many moving parts, accidents do happen. However, for this year’s feasts, you can perfectly cook your holiday dishes and save time using sous vide, the preferred cooking method by Michelin-starred chefs from around the world.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
SEOUL (Reuters) — The South Korean won dropped to its weakest level in 15 years on Thursday, weighed down by risk-averse sentiment after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s cautious stance on more interest rate cuts, as well as domestic political uncertainty.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
LAUREN Cabrera, Saipan Humane Society founder, has been accepted into Washington State University’s Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2029.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
SENATE Bill 23-67, which would allow licensed physicians from foreign countries to practice medicine at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., is now on its way to the desk of Gov. Arnold I. Palacios.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
THE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has certified a legal question to the CNMI Supreme Court seeking guidance on whether the Cost-of-Living Allowance or COLA for retirees under the CNMI Constitution is protected and cannot be diminished.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
First place winner Patricia Castillon (@_chuchai), center, and other winners of the Marianas Visitors Authority’s #MarianasAdventure Campaign are awarded for their winning Instagram videos promoting the destination on Dec. 16, 2024, at the MVA office in I Liyan, Saipan. From left, MVA Marketing Specialists Brenda Repeki and Skye Seo, 3rd place winner Deejay Santomin (@svwfctr), Castillon, 2nd place winner Antonette Castro a.k.a. Netty Cee (#nettyceeofficial), MVA Media Marketing Specialist Ezra Lizama, and MVA Marketing Manager Thomas Kim.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
(MVA) — The Marianas Visitors Authority has stepping up its marketing in Busan, South Korea, as a partner in the launch of new flights from the city beginning Friday, Dec. 20.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
CONVICTED and sentenced last year by the District Court for the NMI for attempting to enter Guam illegally by boat, Hongmei Ding was arrested on Dec. 10, 2024 on Guam for violating her release conditions.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
THE Commonwealth Economic Development Authority’s board of directors on Thursday unanimously approved the request of J&P Holdings (CNMI) LLC for a qualifying certificate, granting the company a 100% abatement on business gross revenue, corporate income and individual income taxes.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios and Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang on Thursday met with senators and their key staff “to clarify misconceptions … aired on the previous day’s Senate session,” the administration said.
date: 2024-12-19, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
THE Rota Legislative Delegation is looking into the expenses of the Rota Casino Gaming Commission, which claimed to have spent an “unapproved budget” to conduct an investigation into a casino investor, the IH Group.
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Government will begin partial shutdown on Saturday without congressional action</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark victory for youth climate activists, affirming a decision by a lower court last year that the state’s energy policies violated their constitutional rights to a clean environment.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SEATTLE — The hunt for the “murder hornet” in the northwest corner of Washington state began like a criminal investigation, with bee carcasses creating a crime scene and the public being asked to send tips about the potential culprit’s whereabouts.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of bird flu’s spread, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of infections among the state’s dairy cattle constituted an emergency. </p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday morning, in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate contracts. The strike is a challenge to Amazon’s operations as it races to fulfill orders during its busiest season of the year, although union-represented facilities represent only about 1% of Amazon’s hourly workforce. In the New York City area, for example, the company has multiple warehouses and smaller delivery depots. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said unionized workers at facilities in New York City; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, San Francisco and southern California will join the picket line to seek contracts guaranteeing better wages and work conditions. The Teamsters union has said it represents about 10,000 workers at 10 of the company’s U.S. facilities. Workers at seven of those facilities will walk out on Thursday, the Teamsters said. An Amazon spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. </p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Big Island midwives and the Hawaii County Council are urging the state to remove a requirement that midwives must have a license in order to practice.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/19/hawaii-news/council-urges-changes-to-midwives-law/
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A contractor has been chosen to demolish a house built on the wrong lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing pharmacy chain CVS of filling illegal opioid prescriptions and billing federal health insurance programs, contributing to a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose. The newly unsealed complaint in Providence, Rhode Island federal court alleges that, from October 2013 to the present, CVS violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling prescriptions for dangerous quantities of opioids and dangerous combinations of drugs. </p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A barrage of storms known as atmospheric rivers is expected to soak the West Coast over the next eight to 10 days, raising the risk of flooding, power outages and holiday travel disruptions leading up to Christmas in a region that has already experienced significant weather activity this season.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. central bank cut interest rates on Wednesday, as expected, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more reductions in borrowing costs now hinge on further progress in lowering stubbornly high inflation, remarks that showed policymakers are starting to reckon with the prospects for sweeping economic changes under a Trump administration. </p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>US House panel to release ethics report on Matt Gaetz, source says</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Three inmates who reportedly escaped Friday in a stolen car from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani Facility remained at large as of late Wednesday afternoon.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Kona Choral Society invites the community to celebrate the holidays with musical pageantry at their “Messiah and More” concert from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Kaleiopapa Convention Center at the Outrigger Kona Resort &Spa in Kailua-Kona.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaii Police Department’s South Hilo Community Policing Section invites members of the public to join them for “Coffee with a Cop” from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. today at Big Island Coffee Roasters located at 76 Kalanianaole St. in Hilo.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/19/community/have-coffee-with-a-cop-today-in-hilo/
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The University of Hawaii at Hilo celebrates its 2024 Fall Commencement at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Vulcan Gymnasium.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/19/community/uh-hilos-fall-commencement-is-saturday/
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced awards for 17 Hawaii projects totaling $2.6 million under the Resilient Food System Infrastructure program.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Three National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be taking the lead on trying to determine why Kamaka Air Flight 689 crashed Tuesday soon after takeoff from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, killing two young pilots from Oahu.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police have arrested and charged one of the three men who escaped last Friday from the Hale Nani Correctional Facility.</p>
date: 2024-12-19, from: Pacific Island Times
“Dragonfruit” draws deeply from Lucier’s memories of growing up on Guam, weaving elements of Pacific Island mythology and culture into its f
date: 2024-12-19, from: Marshal Islands Journal
As the World Aquatics Swimming Championships reached its busiest day for Pacific island swimmers last Saturday in Budapest, Hungary, Jaya Corder represented the Marshall Islands with pride in the men’s 50m freestyle event. Competing in a short course 25m pool, Jaya made the most of the moment, achieving a personal best and enjoying the incredible […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Marshal Islands Journal
HILARY HOSIA Waylon Muller and Damien Jacklick retained their top roles for the Marshall Islands Wrestling Federation following an election Tuesday at Aliang Restaurant in Uliga. Waylon was re-elected President with Damien as Vice President. The other person to retain his role as Secretary was Carthney Laukon. The Federation welcomed new member John Peralta for […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: Marshal Islands Journal
SHERMAN HOGUE* Students at US Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll were chosen by NASA to conduct a down-link from the International Space Station to have questions answered by NASA Astronaut, US Space Force Col. Nick Hague and Flight Commander, Astronaut Sunita Williams. Students, staff and family enjoyed watching the crew flip in zero gravity as they answered […]
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date: 2024-12-19, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Students and staff of USP’s Discipline of Agriculture and Food Technology (DAFT) recently attended the…
The post USP representatives attend joint soil science conference appeared first on The University of the South Pacific.
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The study recommends a balanced approach to resource allocation, considering the economic needs of children, working-age adults and seniors.
The post Aging crisis threatens Hawaiʻi’s economic stability, UHERO report warns first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/18/aging-crisis-uhero-report/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The Aloha Pathways program offers a simplified transfer process for students from partner institutions in Hawaiʻi, California, Asia and the Pacific.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/18/palauan-students-thrive-css/
date: 2024-12-18, from: Pacific Island Times
At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds injured The 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused widespread infrastructure damage, including…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/vanuatu-s-earthquake-death-toll-14
date: 2024-12-18, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff United Airlines has opened a booking service for customers seeking to travel the Taipei-Guam route,…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/united-opens-bookings-for-new-nonstop-taipei-guam-service
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Despite the challenges of being thousands of miles from family, Ritu Krishna Raju found a second home in Hawaiʻi.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/18/student-finds-community/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
This week’s image is from President Lassner’s retirement party.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/18/image-of-the-week-aloha-president-lassner/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Thomas Mui said that he was inspired to finish his degree after 105-year-old Virginia Hislop received her graduate degree from Stanford earlier this year.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/18/91-year-old-earns-masters-degree/
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
SUPERIOR Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has denied a claim in the probate proceedings of the estate of former CNMI Judge Herbert D. Soll.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
THE commissioning ceremony of Franklin Babauta Jr., a graduate of the University of Guam’s Reserve Officer Training Corps, was held on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17 at Kensington Hotel.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
TINIAN Mayor Edwin Aldan was elected president of the Association of Northern Mariana Islands Mayors or ANMIM on Wednesday, Dec. 18 in the conference room of the Office of the Mayor of Saipan.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, 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 available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
PORT VILA, (The Guardian/RNZ/Pacnews) — A second earthquake has struck Vanuatu, as the death toll from Tuesday’s deadly quake rose and an international search and rescue operation got underway.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
THE Rota Casino Gaming Commission wants Gov. Arnold I. Palacios to veto House Bill 23-61, which would appropriate $155,000 in casino license fee collection, saying it “intrudes upon the Commission’s independent authority” to allocate funds.
date: 2024-12-18, updated: 2024-12-19, from: Marianas Variety
SENATE President Edith Deleon Guerrero and other senators present in a session on Wednesday said Gov. Arnold I. Palacios violated the Planning and Budgeting Act when he issued Executive Directive 2025-002 to restore the executive branch employees’ 80 working hours per pay period.
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Two people died after a single-turboprop Cessna Caravan plane crashed into an abandoned building near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu this afternoon, according to the state Department of Transportation.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The reshuffled Hawaii County Council hopes to improve its relationships with the new county administration to get things done faster.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Pacific Tsunami Museum is in dire financial straits, and its organizers hope the community will step up and help it navigate out of troubled waters.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Gov. Josh Green has unveiled his proposed state budget for the next two fiscal years, which accounts for record tax cuts for residents that begin in January, the state’s $800 million share of a proposed $4.037 billion settlement to settle lawsuits in the aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires and includes likely raises for unionized workers.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will close Sunday, Feb. 17, 2025 at 5 p.m. for extensive renovations that could take up to two years to complete.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A Hawaii County homeless shelter established near Mamalahoa Highway in July has been disbanded.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/18/hawaii-news/kuawa-street-homeless-camp-closes/
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Grubhub to pay $25M for misleading
customers and 
restaurants</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The bones were spread out across a nearly 50-foot ditch, thousands of them, bearing marks of a grisly end. Snapped femurs. Bashed skulls. Bones with slicing cuts, as if someone had butchered the skin around them.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police in Wisconsin on Tuesday were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old girl to determine what drove her to open fire in a classroom at her private Christian school, killing a fellow student and a teacher before taking her own life. </p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A missing Hawaii woman returned to the United States on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Police Department closed the missing-person case that sparked global interest in her disappearance.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump has sued The Des Moines Register for running a poll before the election that showed him trailing Vice President Kamala Harris, escalating his threats to seek retribution against the mainstream media and his political enemies.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione sought to “sow terror” by shooting dead UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, a New York prosecutor said on Tuesday in announcing Mangione had been indicted for murder.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission passed a rule on Tuesday requiring ticket sellers, hotels and vacation rental sites to disclose total prices, including fees upfront, prohibiting them from concealing add-on charges until the last minute. </p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>QUTAYFAH, Syria — An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. </p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began a tour of Capitol Hill this week to pay courtesy calls on senators who will vote on his nomination to be health secretary and to calm concerns that he would limit access to vaccines, especially for polio. “I’m all for the polio vaccine,” Kennedy said to a throng of reporters on Monday.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MOSCOW — A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. </p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The county Department of Research and Development is extending the application deadline for its Impact Grant Program to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaii County Department of Public Works will continue road paving this week on Makaʻala Street near the intersection with Kanoelehua Avenue.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is monitoring recent increases in seismic activity beneath Kilauea.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is monitoring recent increases in seismic activity beneath Kilauea.</p>
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Golf cart electric light parade illuminates the UH Maui College Holiday Bash.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/maui-college-holiday-bash/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Wendy Hensel will assume the role of UH president on January 1, 2025. A mother of four, she shares her journey, perspectives and values.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/meet-wendy-hensel/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Lassner sat down for a wide-ranging interview with UH News less than three weeks before his retirement, covering his 47-year UH career.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/uh-hawaiis-future-lassners-aloha-interview/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
See some of the photos from the Kapiʻolani CC, UH West Oʻahu, UH Hilo and UH Mānoa commencement ceremonies.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/fall-commencement-wraps-up-2024/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Tayli Ikenaga, Kate Lang, Stella Adeyemi and Tali Hakas were recognized for their performance on the court and in the classroom.
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date: 2024-12-18, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
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date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Six women accepted their completion certificates from Kapiʻolani CC during a special graduation ceremony.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/kcc-celebrates-wccc-culinary-arts-grads/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Four PACE leaders secured awards across various categories, winning a total of $4,000 in prize money.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/pace-leaders-2024-honolulu-tech-week-hackathon/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
UH architecture associate professor explores the history, functionality and cultural significance of breezeblocks in an episode of Art of Living.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/breezeblock-significance/
date: 2024-12-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Kamalani Hurley will donate the proceeds from her book to the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/book-on-kahoolawe-for-keiki/
date: 2024-12-17, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Nadjrick Peat tied the program’s single-game block record during the team’s road trip to open conference play.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/17/peat-named-pacwest-defender/
date: 2024-12-17, from: INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI
The 2025 Legislative session convenes this month with several new faces including a new Speaker of the House…
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Pacific Island Times
The Pacific island nation is ranked as one of the world’s most at-risk countries from natural disasters and extreme weather events, includin
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — As lawmakers in the 37th Guam Legislature near the end of the term, they do so with a resolution censuring Sen. William Parkinson for a sexually explicit gesture reportedly made during an emergency session in October.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
(AP) — News junkies will find much to love in “September 5,” a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics. There are spirited debates about reporting with only one source, use of words like “terrorism” and what to do if violence breaks out during a live shot. There are negotiations with rival networks over satellite usage, disguises and fake badges made to get reels of 16mm film in and out of the locked down Olympic village and plenty of confused men (and a few women) trying to keep up with an ever-escalating situation.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
ON Dec. 16, 2024, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands held a naturalization ceremony at which twenty candidates from four countries were granted their applications for naturalization and were officially welcomed as the country’s newest U.S. citizens. The event was presided over by Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona and took place at the United States Courthouse in Saipan, attended by family, friends, and court officials.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
THE Superior Court has issued another subpoena “commanding” Assistant Attorney General James Kingman to testify at the trial of Shayne B. Villanueva, who was charged with contempt of Legislature.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
SAIPAN Mayor RB Camacho of has called for urgent action regarding the ongoing issue of inter-island transportation between Rota, Tinian, and Saipan, emphasizing the critical need for a practical and equitable solution. This issue is of particular concern for CNMI residents who rely on Saipan’s healthcare facilities for medical treatments not available on their home islands, especially for dialysis patients.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
ATTORNEY Robert H. Myers Jr. has requested the Superior Court to dismiss the CNMI Bar Association’s complaint for disciplinary action against him.
date: 2024-12-17, updated: 2024-12-18, from: Marianas Variety
2024 Miss Earth Northern Marianas Heavenly Divine Aldan Pangelinan is calling on island residents and businesses to donate gifts and gift-wrapping supplies for children and young adults.
date: 2024-12-17, from: Pacific Island Times
Guam senators have voted to censure Sen. William Parkinson over “lewd gesture” directed at Sen. Joanne Brown during a session in October.
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/decorum-please-guam-senator-censured-over-lewd-gesture
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s transition team is recommending sweeping changes to cut off support for electric vehicles and charging stations and to strengthen measures blocking cars, components and battery materials from China, according to a document seen by Reuters.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kai Kahele — a former state senator, U.S. representative and unsuccessful candidate for governor in 2022 — was elected chair of the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs barely an hour after he was sworn in for his freshman term as an OHA trustee.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 30-year-old Puna man police say was apprehended while in the act of burglarizing a Hawaiian Beaches home has waived a preliminary hearing.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Witnesses to a large structure fire Sunday morning in South Kona said flames quickly engulfed the second story of the two-story building.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 36-year-old Pahoa man remains in jail after a judge on Monday refused to free him without cash bail.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting prescriptions are diagnosed with obesity-related conditions or take the drugs to become eligible for other services, health records and discussions with doctors show. </p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Emergency workers and families on Monday desperately searched for victims after a storm devastated the French territory of Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa. Officials fear that hundreds or even thousands could be dead, far higher than the current confirmed toll of 21.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — A judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A teenage shooter opened fire at a Wisconsin school on Monday, killing a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before police found the suspect dead at the scene. </p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side, announced on Monday that SoftBank would invest $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years in what would be a boost to the U.S. economy.</p>
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>As we gather with family and friends, we often need to think about a dish to bring with us. It is such a local tradition not to go to someone’s home without taking a little something with us.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/17/features/lets-talk-food-holiday-gatherings/
date: 2024-12-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p><strong>UPDATED 5:09 p.m.</strong></p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/17/hawaii-news/dot-plane-crashes-near-honolulu-airport/
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – Paying customs duties for goods arriving at Palau’s ports, post office, and airport is now possible from the comfort of home or office, thanks to the launch of the country’s first e-payment system by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP). The e-payment system, developed by an ASYCUDA expert at the […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Two new publications unveiled this week contribute significantly to Palau’s historical record, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of Palauans during the early colonial periods. The two-volume set, published by Mandy Etpison and Dr. Constanze Dupont, includes Palau in Photos, a photo album featuring images from 1875 to 1915, and Palau in Europe, a […]
The post New Books document Palau’s History through Photos and Artifacts appeared first on Island Times.
https://islandtimes.org/new-books-document-palaus-history-through-photos-and-artifacts/
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
By: Eustoria Marie Borja AIRAI, Palau — Airai State leadership has enacted its own Bul, a traditional ban enforced by traditional enforcers, and it went into effect last Sunday, December 5, 2024. The restrictions, endorsed by the Governor, Speaker, and state leaders, apply from midnight to 6:00 a.m. daily until further notice. Citing increase in […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Manila, 14 December 2024 – Despite significant progress in reducing drowning deaths in the Western Pacific Region, 84 000 lives are still lost to drowning every year, with many of these deaths occurring in children and young people. Drowning is currently the leading cause of death for children aged 5–14 years in the Region. Compared to […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Palau’s young swimmers, Charlie Gibbons and Kazuumi Nestor, have returned home from their international competition at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, brimming with accomplishments and lessons that will fuel their future aspirations. The championship saw both swimmers deliver stellar performances, with Gibbons achieving two personal bests and Nestor setting two national records. […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – On Friday, December 13, 2024, Director Curtis T. Elobt announced that Detective Lieutenant Lebuu N. Gibbons has graduated as a member of the 292nd session of the FBI National Academy. The graduation took place at the National Academy in Quantico, Virginia on December 12th, 2024. Detective Lieutenant Gibbons is the fourth officer […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Koror, Palau – On November 27, 2024, the Koror State Government Department of Conservation Law and Enforcement (KSG-DCLE) partnered with the Palau Pledge Dive Club to conduct a spawning dive monitoring as part of the Koror State’s Resilient Reef Initiative (RISL-RRI) Sustainable Fisheries Project. The dive took place from 5:30 am to 12:30pm, focusing on […]
The post DCLE Partners with Palau Pledge Dive Club for spawning dive monitoring to enhance Marine Conservation efforts with Palauan Youth appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
A research project, carried out by the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), has found that the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) provides protection for tuna when they are spawning. The study, published in November in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology, highlights the importance of research in Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas (LSMPAs) and aimed to […]
The post PNMS provides local protection for tuna during key life stages, finds new study appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
On Tuesday, November 26, PICRC researcher Christina Muller-Karanassos presented the results from PICRC’s 2021 assessment of the Ngelukes Conservation Area to Ngchesar State. Established as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in 2002 and designated as a Protected Area Network (PAN) site in 2011, the Ngelukes Conservation Area aims to reduce fishing pressure to maintain and […]
The post PICRC host community meeting to present 2021 Ngelukes Conservation Area survey results to Ngchesar State appeared first on Island Times.
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
The year 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Palau as well as the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Palau. In effort to celebrate these occasions, the Embassy of Japan in Palau is pleased to announce that Japan Foundation have decided to donate educational materials to schools […]
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https://islandtimes.org/educational-materials-from-japan-foundation-to-japanese-class/
date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Thomas Edison is credited with the quote, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”. The quote emphasizes that innovation requires more than just a great idea, and that hard work and dedication are essential to success. We are all born with talents and gifts for a purpose. In your heart of hearts you […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
THE HAGUE (BENAR NEWS)—-Sea-level rise will render their islands uninhabitable this century, low-lying atoll nations told the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as they called for a definitive opinion that lack of action to reduce carbon emissions is a breach of international law. Starkly different dueling narratives have defined the two weeks of hearings, which […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
LAUTOKA (FIJI TIMES)—Fiji’s High Court in Lautoka has issued strict orders under which the 4.5 tonnes of methamphetamine are to be destroyed by the State. The orders include the process of destruction to be photographed and preferably video recorded and a Resident Magistrate of the area where the destruction is to take place to observe […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
Taipei, TWN – (AFP) Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signalling the end of a massive maritime exercise, Taiwanese authorities said Friday. Taiwan’s coast guard released images it said showed Chinese vessels sailing north in rough seas past the island on Thursday, on their way to China. “All the Chinese coast […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
In short: (ABC-Australia) A Japanese high court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. It is the eighth of nine rulings recently rule in favour of recognising same-sex marriages. What’s next? Pressure for legalisation is mounting on the Japanese government, which says it is monitoring public opinion on the issue. Japan’s refusal […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – Two Palauan men were charged last week with possession and trafficking of methamphetamine, also known as “ice,” according to court records. On Dec. 9, the Office of the Attorney General filed charges against Mars Henion, who faces two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. One count involves the possession of […]
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date: 2024-12-17, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
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date: 2024-12-17, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Dayna Tamashiro found her passion for marketing at UH Mānoa.
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date: 2024-12-17, from: Pacific Island Times
The U.S. is advancing the fortification of its territory closest to China with the arrival of the first Marines from Okinawa and its first i
date: 2024-12-17, from: Pacific Island Times
The word Austronesian in the title of Lai’s visit refers to the fact that the Indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the peoples of most Pacific c
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/the-risks-of-taiwan-s-austronesian-diplomacy
date: 2024-12-17, from: Pacific Island Times
Garapan, Saipan/Photo by Mar-Vic Cagurangan By Pacific Island Times News Staff Saipan — The Marianas Visitors Authority is anticipating…
date: 2024-12-16, from: Pacific Island Times
The Manenggon Concentration Camp on Guam and the Latte Stone Quarry on Rota were among the 19 new National Historic Landmarks designated by
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The initiative will focus on equity-driven research, education and culturally informed practices.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/16/ka-umeke-lama-initiative/
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The students attended the 2024 Summer Institute on Global Indigeneities.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/16/students-transform-at-global-indigeneities-summit/
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The Seed Conservation Lab is one of three storage and propagation facilities that are part of Lyon’s Hawaiian Rare Plant Program.
The post Lyon Arboretum wins global award for saving endangered native plants first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/16/lyon-arboretum-seed-lab-award/
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
“I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the passion and dedication of the UH Mānoa ʻohana.”
The post UH Mānoa Provost Bruno: Reflecting on a remarkable year first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/16/provost-reflecting-on-a-remarkable-year/
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Researchers plan to extend their surveys beyond the Marshall Islands to better understand the alga’s distribution and ecological role.
The post Nuisance alga detected beyond Papahānaumokuākea for the 1st time first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/12/16/nuisance-alga-detected-majuro/
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by E Townsend My father sends me a panoramic video of an electric pink dusk settling over snowblinked Pikes Peak, the yolk of the sinking sun blown out, viewfinder shaky and fogged with cigarette ashes. I know he’s trying to … Continue reading
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/12/16/as-the-sky-loses-its-blues/
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Queen’s Health Systems plans to build an 80-bed hospital next to the Kailua-Kona Costco on Hawaii Island that would include a helipad to cut travel time to its trauma center on Oahu and, critically, construct adjacent, below-market-­rate housing to recruit and retain some of the estimated 300 hospital staff, nurses and doctors.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Newly inaugurated Mayor Kimo Alameda has joined the board of the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Charles “Sparky” Kawamoto Swim Stadium reopened this past Saturday following the completion of repairs, according to a release from the mayor’s office.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/16/hawaii-news/kawamoto-pool-reopens-in-hilo/
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The legal threats have arrived in various forms. One aired on CNN. Another came over the phone. More arrived in letters or emails.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 36-year-old Hilo man who had more than 18 pounds of methamphetamine in his Keaukaha home was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A West Hawaii reef fish will be safe from human harvesting for another two years, but no longer, decided the Board of Land and Natural Resources Friday.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Tropical Cyclone Chido made landfall in Mozambique on Sunday after causing destruction in Mayotte, a French archipelago of about 300,000 people in the Indian Ocean, where at least 11 people died, France’s interior ministry said Sunday.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Robert Louie Fernandez, one of the last known American survivors of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, died Wednesday, just days after the 83rd anniversary of the attack, in Lodi, California. He was 100.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CAIRO — Israel struck Syrian weapons depots and air defenses overnight, a group monitoring the conflict said Sunday, in what appeared to be part of an effort Israel says is aimed at depriving “extremists” of military assets after rebels seized power in Syria.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who spent nearly 16 years in prison for a killing she did not commit, was awarded more than $34 million by a federal jury in Nevada on Thursday.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Mayor Kimo Alameda has announced additional appointments for Hawaii County department administrators.</p>
date: 2024-12-16, from: Pacific Island Times
Australia is leveraging its economic assistance to Nauru, Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea “to further its geopolitical and security position in
date: 2024-12-16, from: Pacific Island Times
GHURA is not only unique in that it is the only GovGuam agency that is 100 percent federally funded, but it is also the only HUD Public Hous
date: 2024-12-16, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The second Pacific Dialogue on Security and Geopolitics in the Pacific was held on 2-3…
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https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/usp-hosts-second-pacific-dialogue-on-security-and-geopolitics/
date: 2024-12-16, from: Pacific Island Times
The demise of Sagua MPG gave birth to Famalao’an Wellness Center this year. The new clinic in Tamuning was founded by Dr. Mariana Cook-Huynh
date: 2024-12-15, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The University of the South Pacific (USP) Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Pal Ahluwalia shared insights…
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date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is hailing the pay raise for the military in the final National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA for fiscal year 2025, passed Wednesday by the U.S. House with a vote of 281-140. Under the bill, following negotiated Senate-House agreement, Congress raises pay for all military by 4.5%, and for junior enlisted the raise is a substantial 14.5%.
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
“The biggest problem is not choosing between left and right, but choosing to make a choice or not.”
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — ABC News has agreed to give $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll, a court document filed on Saturday showed.
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump has in recent weeks expressed a keen interest in privatizing the U.S. Postal Service, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
(MCS) — 2013 AlumKnight Victoria Ann Camacho Deleon Guerrero and 2017 AlumKnight Zeno Camacho Deleon Guerrero, Jr. were awarded Master of Public Administration degrees by the University of Guam’s School of Business & Public Administration during a hooding ceremony at the Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe on Dec. 7, 2024. The ceremony and degree program were a collaborative effort between UOG and Northern Marianas College.
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
THE 4th Annual Christmas Art Bazaar saw the participation of 25 small business vendors selling handicrafts, art, snacks, among other items, at the multi-purpose center in Susupe on Friday, Dec. 13.
date: 2024-12-15, updated: 2024-12-16, from: Marianas Variety
(CNMI Judiciary) — On Dec. 12, 2024, the local Supreme Court affirmed the probate court’s order declining to remove Herman P. Sablan as administrator and Anthony H. Aguon as attorney for the estate of Concepcion Faisao Tudela.
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Police are requesting the public’s assistance to identify a man who is a person of interest in a theft that took place at a residence in Pahoa in October.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/15/hawaii-news/police-seek-leads-on-theft-suspect-2/
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A team of Hilo keiki will pit their Lego robot against 49 others in Honolulu today at the FIRST Lego League State Tournament.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Puna residents and lawmakers are eager to get boats back in the water when the Pohoiki Boat Ramp reopens late next year.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 34-year-old Mountain View man accused of a shooting death and two nonfatal shootings four years ago has been found fit to stand trial.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/15/hawaii-news/murder-suspect-found-fit-to-stand-trial/
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A U.S. appeals court judge has taken the rare step of revoking his decision to retire from active service on the bench, depriving Republican President-elect Donald Trump of the ability to fill a judicial vacancy.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo &Gardens will implement precautionary measures to protect its animals from bird flu after the virus was detected on the Big Island.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The day after Thanksgiving, Susan and Lorelai Woodruff saw about 10 brightly lit objects banking and turning quickly in the night sky above their home in Elsinboro, in southern New Jersey.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii on Thursday received more than $6 million from the federal government to implement its Digital Equity Plan, part of a nationwide effort to address barriers to internet access and use. </p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In Rochester, New York, there are telltale signs that the holiday season is underway.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SEOUL, South Korea — Eleven days ago, President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea made a bold power grab, putting the country under military rule for the first time in 45 years, citing frustration at the opposition for obstructing his agenda in parliament.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>High in the mountains where France and Spain come together, I drove and drove. My goal: to stand atop a ridge looking into a rugged mountain-ringed basin where nature cradles an ancient tribe. There was an age when these pint-sized kingdoms were commonplace. But today, only a few survive. I finally reached my destination, deep in the rugged Pyrenees Mountains. Before me stretched the principality of Andorra.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The $1 million donations came gradually — and then all at once.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Interferograms are images created by radar satellites that show how the ground has changed shape, or deformed, over time. Today, we’ll dive into one of the trickiest parts of interpreting interferograms: the perspective of satellites.</p>
date: 2024-12-15, from: Pacific Island Times
Approximately 100 logistics support Marines from Okinawa have arrived on Guam, launching the first phase of the troop realignment plan.
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>When Bank of America alerted financial regulators in 2020 to potentially suspicious payments from Leon Black, the billionaire investor, to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, the bank was following a routine practice.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SEOUL, South Korea — Yoon Suk Yeol, the embattled president of South Korea, faces a second parliamentary vote to impeach him Saturday, with the opposition and protesters demanding more ruling party lawmakers abandon support for their leader over his short-lived martial law​ decree.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Texas attorney general opened a new front in the contentious battle over access to abortion this week by suing a New York doctor for sending abortion pills into Texas. It appeared to be among the first attempts to stop the mailing of such medication into states that ban abortion.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a Justice Department investigation of its work with opioid maker Purdue Pharma. A former senior partner, Martin Elling, has also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice for destroying internal company records in connection with that work.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — New York City was the first place in the United States to mandate minimum pay rates for drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft. But after the companies found a loophole that made it much harder for some drivers to get by, the city is looking to change its law, prompting dueling pressure campaigns as both sides seek to influence the outcome.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to serve as the director of the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America sent a chill through the ranks of the organization, where journalists expressed anxiety about Lake and what the future could hold.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>DAMASCUS, Syria — Jubilant crowds gathered in cities across Syria for the first Friday Prayers since rebels toppled President Bashar Assad, including at the historic Umayyad Mosque in the capital, where civilians and fighters worshipped side by side and joyful chants erupted over the collapse of a long authoritarian dynasty.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>It is fun to receive gifts for Christmas. As we become adults, it is more about giving rather than getting. Some gifts we enjoy are ones that are satisfying for a short time. Others are with us for the long haul. But when you think about it, gifts are over rated, since Christmas really isn’t only about gift giving or getting.</p>
date: 2024-12-14, updated: 2024-12-14, from: Marianas Variety
THE Department of Public Safety on Saturday evening said it has obtained arrest warrants for five robbery suspects: two adults and three juveniles. They have been charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault and battery, robbery, and disturbing the peace.
date: 2024-12-14, updated: 2024-12-15, from: Marianas Variety
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea’s opposition-led parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, voting to suspend him from his official duties over his short-lived attempt last week to impose martial law. Under the constitution Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was appointed by Yoon, becomes acting president.
date: 2024-12-14, from: Pacific Island Times
Arnold Kiel Loughman By Pacific Island Times News Staff Statements at the International Court of Justice highlighted a compelling legal…
date: 2024-12-14, from: Pacific Island Times
Researchers have found that tuna spawn within the boundaries of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary, suggesting that the secured area potent
date: 2024-12-14, from: The Husk
Grand Master Navigator Ali Haleyalur, Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur, and Master Navigator Larry Raigetal talk story at the Marianas Storytelling Series Micronesia Voyaging event
https://thehusk.substack.com/p/i-can-tell-the-changes-master-navigators