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Defending champions from NMI ready to compete, connect, and celebrate at 2025 Pacific Mini Games
Island Times
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June 24, 2025
By Eustoria Marie Borja SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — For the athletes of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau represent more than just competition—it’s a chance to defend their hard-earned titles, showcase their...
US seeking deep-sea miners interested in leasing American Samoa's seabed
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. is soliciting interest from prospective companies to lease American Samoa's seabed for deep-sea mining, amid a petition launched by advocacy groups seeking to halt the plan. There are only a few days left for the public to comment on the...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania powers into the weekend as medal race heats up
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - After three stops of 3x3 action, the inaugural FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania has already delivered history-making performances, nail-biters, and regional bragging rights in the making. With a rest day on Friday, all eyes...
Palau Mini Games: Samoa, Fiji and Northern Marianas break Tahiti's golden streak in the pool
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
Samoa continue to stay in second place with a total haul of 13 gold, four silver and 14 bronze. Photo: Facebook / TeamSamoa Tahiti's dominance in the pool on day four of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Koror was broken by some golden moments shared...
FOCUS: Manga quake "prophecies" keeping H.K. travelers away from Japan
Kyodo News+
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July 4, 2025
HONG KONG - Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an earthquake in Japan in early July, despite having traveled to his hometown in Hong Kong just two months earlier. For his escape, the...
Friends of the Mariana Trench Congratulate U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Local CNMI Leaders on the Ribbon-Cutting of the Mariana Trench Visitor Contact Station
Southern Fried Science
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June 23, 2025
The Friends of the Mariana Trench extend heartfelt congratulations to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and local leaders from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on the momentous occasion of the ribbon-cutting...
Governors’ report outlines how western states, territories could build more affordable housing
Tri City Record - New Mexico
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June 23, 2025
Western Governors Association Chair and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference at the WGA 2025 Annual Meeting on June 23, 2025 in Santa Fe, while Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, Wyoming...
FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Conference 2, Stop 2: Tonga Women and Solomon Islands Men Take the Win
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) - Stop 2 of the FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League – Oceania, Conference 2 saw just as much action as Stop 1, with tense grind out battles in the women’s conference, and explosive shoot outs in the men’s. The Tahiti women’s team took out...
Community invited to join Marianas maritime mapping workshops in July
Marianas Variety
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Watercraft, Saipan circa 1924. Hornbostel, Bishop Museum photo EAST Carolina University or ECU will hold community workshops in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from July 8-16 and July 21, 2025, aimed at mapping non-sensitive...
Swimmer Amaya Bollinger wins silver in 200M butterfly
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam earned its first swimming medal at the 12th Pacific Mini Games on Thursday in Koror, Palau. Amaya Bollinger delivered a standout performance in the 200-meter butterfly, capturing silver - on her 17th birthday - in 2 minutes 24.77 seconds....
Pacific airlines team up for pilot cadetships, four countries sign new trade and healthy food deal
The New Zealand Herald
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July 4, 2025
The airlines said the programme would include “rigorous training, structured mentorship, and professional development to produce a pilot workforce trained to operate in complex and remote Pacific environments”. The two airlines said they would...
NWS: Tropical Depression 02W no threat to Guam, wet weather expected
Pacific Daily News
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The National Weather Service said Tropical Depression 02W doesn't pose a threat to Guam as it is far north and away from the area, but residents can expect wet weather this weekend and next week. The tropical disturbance near the northern...
AK Saipan launches ‘Corolla Miles That Matter’ social media campaign
Marianas Variety
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(Special Advertising Feature) — Atkins Kroll, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of “Corolla Miles That Matter,” a community engagement campaign designed to honor the drivers, families, and stories behind one of Saipan’s most trusted vehicles:...
Rarely seen endemic Mariana butterflyfish captured on video
Marianas Variety
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Mariana butterflyfish APRA, Guam — Last month, during Ocean Exploration Trust’s exploration of Ahyi Seamount (a shallow submarine volcano in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Corps of Exploration aboard exploration vessel...
Manga quake 'prophecies' keeping HK travelers away from Japan
The Mainichi
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July 3, 2025
HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an earthquake in Japan in early July, despite having traveled to his hometown in Hong Kong just two months earlier. For his...
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Expand PACT Act Benefits for Vietnam Veterans with Glioblastoma
Independence Bulletin Journal - Iowa
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20) recently introduced the “Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act”, which amends the PACT Act to ensure Vietnam War...
Our freedoms as Americans
Marianas Variety
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Galvin Deleon Guerrero AS we celebrate Fourth of July, we pause to honor two defining moments — Independence Day as Americans, and Liberation Day as a Commonwealth. These are more than just holidays; they are powerful reminders of the freedoms we...
OPINION ǀ Truth 123: Citizenry, the Bosses!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is this is my 123rd message of Truth, not to mention the other hundreds of Op eds & Letters to the editor, yet it still hasn’t sunk-in that “WE the People must CHANGE if the CNMI is to become a BETTER place to live &...
Nauru Airlines and Air Marshall Islands announce new cooperation agreement
AeroTime News
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July 3, 2025
South Pacific carriers Air Marshall Islands and Nauru Airlines have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) strengthening ties between the carriers, “to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service...
PUA fraud defendants plead not guilty
The Guam Daily Post
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Six of the seven defendants accused of defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program out of $1.9 million pleaded not guilty in the District Court of Guam on Thursday. Charissa Tenorio, Tina Sanchez, Winnie Joe Santos, Frankie Rosalin,...