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2024 Top Companies in Micronesia
Guam Business Magazine
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September 17, 2024
Companies see bright spots peeking through a slowly recovering economy By Oyaol Ngirairikl In spite of concerns about still-recovering regional economies, a majority of companies participating in the 2024 Bank of Guam ASC Trust Top Companies of...
PP24-2 Assists with the Preservation of WWII Memorials in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 17, 2024
YAP, Federated States of Micronesia – A multinational team of service members deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) helped preserve WWII memorial markers during a host nation outreach cleanup event (HNOE) with the Yap Visitors...
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam, CNMI agencies conduct successful search and rescue exercise
KUAM
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September 16, 2024
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Station Apra Harbor personnel teamed up with local rescue units and enforcement officers from the CNMI for an intensive three-day Search and Rescue Exercise in Saipan from Sept. 10 to 12, 2024....
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam, CNMI agencies successfully conduct 2024 joint search and rescue exercise
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 13, 2024
GARAPAN, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Station Apra Harbor personnel teamed up with local rescue units and enforcement officers from the CNMI for an intensive three-day...
Man accused of assault at Micronesia Mall
Pacific Daily News
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A man is accused of assaulting another man at Micronesia Mall, according to a magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court. Paul Chargualaf Ignacio was charged with assault as a misdemeanor, the complaint states. On Aug. 30, police responded...
U.S. Coast Guard provides emergency management and boating safety workshops in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
KUAM
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September 13, 2024
The U.S. Coast Guard joined a multinational team in Yap and the Federated States of Micronesia as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 to enhance disaster preparedness and safety. The mission brought together participants from five Pacific nations...
40 teams locked in to play at Micronesia Mall’s Mall Ball 3x3 Tournaments
Pacific Daily News
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Micronesia Mall has partnered up with Clutch Guam for two consecutive weekends of Micronesia Mall’s indoor basketball tournament, Mall Ball 3x3. The action will take place at the Micronesia Mall Center Court, with the High School Tournament from...
K-pop, other cultural performers from Korea at Micronesia Mall on Saturday
Pacific Daily News
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K-pop and cultural performers from Korea will showcase a blend of traditional and modern performances at the Micronesia Mall Center Court on Saturday, Sept. 14. The performances are organized by the Korean Association of Guam. The event will...
GMH's new Angiosuite envisioned to revolutionize patient care in Guam and Micronesia
The Pacific Island Times
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September 19, 2024
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam Memorial Hospital on Thursday unveiled its new cutting-edge Angiosuite, a revolutionary step to transforming healthcare for Guam. GMH said it is the only Angiosuite in the region, positioning the government...
U.S. Coast Guard provides emergency management and boating safety workshops in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, under Pacific Partnership 2024
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 12, 2024
COLONIA, MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 09.12.2024 COLONIA, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam personnel joined a multinational team for the fourth mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2024-2...
Australia’s Pacific Minister says losing Micronesian nations will weaken PIF
Pacific News Service
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Australia’s Minister for the Pacific Zed Seselja said that losing Micronesia nations will weaken the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), as the Australian government continues to engage with the leaders to keep the region united. Speaking virtually to...
Pay-Less Markets names newly promoted employees, Micronesia Mall store manager
Pacific Daily News
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Pay-Less Markets Inc. has announced the promotions of Franklin Sablan as the new director of human resources and Jerick Calilung as the new procurement manager, as well as the appointment of Michael Hernandez as the new store manager for Pay-Less...
Welcome, $100 please: The countries with the weirdest entry requirements
WAtoday
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July 3, 2025
Sign a climate pledge: Palau For understandable reasons, tiny island nations tend to take sustainability seriously. But in 2017, the Micronesian nation of Palau (population 18,000) took things one step further by requiring all international...
PM Brown passes Smaller Island States chair to Micronesia
Cook Island News
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September 4, 2024
Cook Islands Prime Minister and former chair of the Forum, Mark Brown in Tonga. Prime Minister Mark Brown handed over the chairmanship of the Smaller Island States (SIS) to the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Wesley Simina, last...
Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Kicks Off Mission in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 4, 2024
COLONIA, YAP, MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 09.04.2024 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia – A multinational team representing five Pacific nations kicked off the fourth mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) in Yap, Federated...
Eased NZ travel rules welcomed
Samoa Observer
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Samoans are excited and optimistic about New Zealand’s new immigration changes, which allow Pacific Island citizens to be issued a two-year multiple-entry visa. The changes, which came into effect on 6 July 2025, have sparked positive responses...
Remote cave in Guam reveals ancient voyagers carried rice to Pacific islands 3,500 years ago, study finds
LiveScience
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July 4, 2025
In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands — at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of western Micronesia. The domesticated rice was...
Navy’s Pacific Partnership mission kicks off 6-month run with Pearl Harbor stop
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The USS Pearl Harbor, a 600-foot-long amphibious dock landing ship that will serve as flagship for the Pacific Partnership mission, is moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on July 10, 2025. (Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes) JOINT BASE...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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July 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
SUSAKI SHARES OLYMPIC GOLD KNOWLEDGE
GSPN
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July 10, 2025
By Paradis Jolie Fejerang Olympic Gold and Bronze medalist Yui Susaki made her way to Guam yesterday to conduct a three day wrestling clinic at the Father Duenas Phoenix Center for the first two days and International Sports Center for the final....