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Yokai take over Guam Museum in hauntingly beautiful exhibit
The Pacific Island Times
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June 13, 2025
Japanese folklore creatures known as yokai have arrived in Guam—not in spirit, but through centuries-old scrolls, intricate prints and rare artifacts as part of the new Yokai Parade exhibition at the Guam Museum. The show, a collaboration between...
GDOE prepped for new school year
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Education has one more month to get its facilities ready, and according to education officials, they are on track to start the new school year on time, even Finegayan Elementary School, which saw its cafeteria shut down...
Recruitment opens for first Guam Green Growth GROW Corps
Pacific Daily News
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Guam Green Growth has opened the recruitment for the new G3 Restoration of Watersheds Conservation, GROW, Corps, which will focus on reforestation and the restoration of watersheds and coral reefs. Recruitment for six full-time members, who will...
Saipan environment forum hears caution on Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup
RNZ
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June 12, 2025
Bradley Nolan, waste management adviser at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), spoke at the 32nd Pacific Islands Environmental Training Symposium at the Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan. Photo: Supplied An expert says...
SNIJs announce intl. coalition to increase representation, access to climate finance
The Daily Herald
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Press conference at the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, with from left: James Ellsmoor, Chief Executive Officer of Island Innovation; Vannesa Toré, Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation for the Ministry of Economic Development,...
Sub-National Island Jurisdictions Announce Creation of International Coalition to Increase Representation, Access to Climate Finance
Win Media SKN
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June 12, 2025
June 11th, 2025; NICE – Representatives from Sub-National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) have highlighted the outsized impact their communities are having on global marine conservation efforts, while also suffering from limited representation at...
Muña Barnes proposes the use of former Chief Brodie campus for SIFA charter school
Pacific Daily News
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Sen. Tina Rose Muña Barnes has proposed the use of the former Chief Brodie Memorial Elementary School campus in Tamuning as a potential new home for the Science is Fun and Awesome, SIFA, Learning Academy Charter School. She said this will help...
Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign
Croakey Health Media
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July 10, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...
Whinicles: Different ways to articulate political sentiments
The Pacific Island Times
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July 10, 2025
From the Publisher's Desk By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Activists representing the Marianas for Palestine, Prutehi Guahan and Commonwealth670 burst in on a public hearing at Crowne Plaza on Saipan on June 23, holding protest signs and chanting “No...
Governor seeking urgent US EPA support to avert GEPA shutdown
The Guam Daily Post
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Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has appealed for support from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to avert the likely shutdown of the Guam Environmental Protection Agency. In a June 13 letter, Leon Guerrero wrote, "I am compelled...
LETTER: CHamoru-only, CHamoru first. Period.
Pacific Daily News
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The question of who should decide Guam's political future is not just a legal or political issue. It is a matter of justice, dignity and historical truth. CHamorus were the original inhabitants of this island—its first stewards, its first people....
Lockheed Martin delivers SPY-7 radar to Japan
Defence Blog
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July 10, 2025
Lockheed Martin has successfully delivered the first shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas to Japan’s Ministry of Defense. The July 7 delivery, conducted through Mitsubishi Corporation under a Direct Commercial Sale agreement, included four SPY-7...
Box jellyfish warning issued
The Guam Daily Post
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The Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources has issued a box jellyfish warning for July 16-20, part of what officials say is the busiest season for the stinging marine animals. "They show up every month, and it's...
Shifting U.S. security priorities put Korea-U.S. alliance under strain
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 11 Jul. 2025, 00:03 Choi Yoon-hee The author is president of the Sea Power League of the Republic of Korea and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Korea-U.S. combined defense system is the foundation of the Republic of...
Airport bonds revised to negative ratings outlook due to low traffic
The Guam Daily Post
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Citing Guam's continued sluggish tourism recovery, top international bond rating agency Moody's has revised its ratings outlook from stable to negative on some $190 million in Guam International Airport Authority outstanding bond debt. "The...
'We lost everything': WWII survivor shares story about Asinan concentration camp, 2nd largest during war
Pacific Daily News
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World War II survivor Maria Concepcion Gayle on Thursday shared her family's struggles before, during and long after they're forced to the Asinan concentration camp, the second largest on the island during the war. Her story was shared by her...
Local innovation combats brain drain as G3 Makerspace builds high-tech workforce
The Guam Daily Post
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What began as an effort to address Guam's brain drain crisis is evolving into a foundation for the island's emerging high-tech manufacturing sector, with the G3 Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub serving as both training ground and...
Pacific leaders address US deportation distress and regional unity at Micronesian meeting
Pacific Media Network
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The latest wave of deportations of Pacific people from the United States was among a range of issues discussed at the recent Micronesian Islands Forum in the Marshall Islands. The three-day summit brought together leaders from Kiribati, Nauru, the...
US Launches Massive Air Force Drills With Eye on Pacific War With China
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
The United States launched a large-scale Air Force exercise focused on the Pacific theater this week as the Pentagon prepared for a potential conflict with China over the vast region. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese defense and foreign...
DAWR asks beachgoers to be on the lookout for box jellyfish anticipated July 16-20
Pacific Daily News
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Beachgoers, watch out for box jellyfish, anticipated July 16 to 20. The reminder comes from the Department of Agriculture’s Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, DAWR. Severe box jellyfish stings can be fatal, triggering cardiac arrest...