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Naoero's economic transformation over the past decade reflects the strategy recommended by a New Zealand official, who advised Pacific leaders to cut reliance on aid and focus on growing domestic economies, President David Adeang said.
Régine Biscoe Lee, president of the Guam Visitors Bureau, came before the public this week with a difficult task: explaining how Guam intends to rebuild its tourism industry as some of its most important visitor markets move in a different direction.
In a new attempt at expanding the nuclear reparation program, a coalition of House members are proposing a federal study to determine the Northern Mariana Islands' possible exposure to radioactive fallout from U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific between 1946 and 1962.
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Marianas' Naval Support Activity Andersen has awarded Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima a $61.6 million unilateral modification to the previously awarded contract for the construction of a joint communications upgrade at Naval Base Guam and Camp Blaz. This award brings the total cumulative face value of the firm-fixed-price…
“Mining activities—whether at the testing phase or production phase—involve scouring the seabed to extract nodules,” states the lawsuit filed with the District Court of Hawaii.
By Pacific Island Times News Staff (GDOL)--The Guam Department of Labor plans to integrate VOS Sapphire AI into Guam’s existing workforce services platform HIREGUAM, introducing new artificial intelligence capabilities designed to enhance services for job seekers, employers and workforce professionals throughout the island. “This is an exciting opportunity to take the workforce system Guam already…
Key points Tropical Disturbance Invest 92W: Between Chuuk and Pohnpei - Likely tracking WNW Tropical Disturbance Invest 94W: Well north of Palau, Likely tracking W out of Micronesia Monsoon will return to the Marianas around Saturday Drier pattern prevails across Yap & Palau Unsettled pattern prevails across Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Majuro (NWS/ Prepared by Paul Stanko, acting SOO) An active…
Genki Food Service Inc. holds a Guam franchise for Pepper Lunch, a Japanese fast-casual restaurant chain with more than 570 locations across 17 countries.
Foreign affairs leaders called on the Pacific Islands Forum to “remain united around” the region’s own priorities, including its own security challenges, in the face of growing geopolitical rivalry and the superpowers’ influence-peddling in the Pacific.
Environmental activists warned that if the proposed methods are used, deep-sea mining would cause habitat destruction and generate noise and light pollution, sediment plumes, wastewater, and residual toxic heavy metals that could drift far from the actual mining sites.
