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Pacific Mini Games 2025
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
KOROR, Palau— Athletes, coaches, and officials from across the Pacific have begun arriving in Palau ahead of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, scheduled to open in two days. Teams from Tahiti, the Cook Islands, Tonga, and Samoa arrived on June 25,...
The Jew Who Bombed Both Hiroshima And Nagasaki And Bob Caron’s Contempt for Holocaust...
The Jewish Press
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July 2, 2025
Portrait of Beser posing in front of the Enola Gay. On the Lufthansa Airlines cover displayed here, Jacob Herschel Beser has handwritten what constitutes a complete and definitive statement of his role in America’s nuclear action against Japan...
Truth 121: MY Island - Stewardship & Results!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is this is “the Republicans’ Island,” regardless of their various titles of Covenant & Independent, not the People, as they have ruled in COMPLETE Control of Government, Boards & Commissions for over a decade and...
Pacific News Briefs: Award-Winning Māori Short Film
Samoa News
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June 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An award-winning short film, which honors the resilience of Māori youth, has been named a finalist at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Written and directed by Aroha Awarau (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Porou, Niue,...
Expert says birds make Managaha ‘an unforgettable experience’ for tourists
Marianas Variety
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THE birds are what actually make Managaha an unforgettable experience for tourists, according to a bird biologist from Tinian, Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. Swift was among those who reacted to the concerns raised by local architect Herman B. Cabrera, who...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
‘We are bombarded: Comment periods, war games, and preparation for foreign wars’
Marianas Variety
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THE people of the Marianas are intentionally burdened by processes not meant to serve their home’s interests. What is happening in the Mariana Islands is connected to escalating global tensions. As military colonies of the United States, our...
Pacific news in brief for 23 June
RNZ
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June 22, 2025
Photo: 123RF Papua New Guinea - health A senior health official in Papua New Guinea is promising action after revelations some nurses are wanting payment for writing referrals for patients. The Post Courier reports claims of such a practice were...
OPINION ǀ Truth 120: Silence IS Complicity, White Supremacist(s) & Citizenry!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is “silence is a CLEAR conformation of being Complicit & Supportive of events & activities,” which is the very reason WHY the CNMI can’t get rid of “corruption, nepotism, favoritism, economic & impotency in social...
King-Hinds’ bill to secure federal funds for NMI ferry service
Marianas Variety
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Kimberlyn King-Hinds U.S. Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds on Tuesday last week introduced H.R. 4039, also known as the CNMI Ferry Act, which would make the CNMI eligible to receive federal funding for ferry services. The bill was referred to...
Washington, D.C deserves democratic equality – and that means statehood
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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June 24, 2025
Unlike those who live in the 50 US states, residents of Washington, D.C are not represented by a Senator, and are only able to send a non-voting delegate to Congress. That same Congress can also nullify D.C.’s local laws. Elliot Mamet argues that...
Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued
RNZ
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July 5, 2025
Palau's Health Ministry is asking everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Photo: Facebook / Office of the President, Republic of Palau Palau's Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned athletes and officials at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to...
Sablan family expects hundreds to attend July 26 reunion
Pacific Daily News
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The Sablan family will host a family reunion on July 26 and is expecting hundreds to attend, reunion committee chairwoman Victoria Rolon said. "This reunion is about more than just catching up. It’s about preserving our roots, honoring our shared...
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...
Takeru Jim, Akiko Miller rule Grotto 10K
Marianas Variety
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RUN Saipan’s Grotto 10K ’25 tested the speed and endurance of participants of all ages, with 17-year-old Takeru Jim and 55-year-old Akiko Miller reigning supreme as they claimed first place in their respective divisions at the Grotto in Marpi on...
Pacific Mini Games: 12 Nations Set for Historic 3x3 Showdown
FIBA Basketball
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KOROR (Palau) – The Pacific Mini Games are set to tip-off next week, with 3x3 action spanning from July 1 through to July 9. For the first time in the region, the event will uniquely serve as both a FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League and a Commonwealth...
SCC scholarship virtual info session rescheduled
Marianas Variety
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(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce has rescheduled its Scholarship Virtual Information Session and Live Q&A to Thursday, June 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. This scholarship opportunity is open to graduated high school seniors as well as...
Grand jury indicts woman in Bitcoin fraud scheme
Marianas Variety
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THE District Court for the NMI grand jury has indicted a woman for luring older women on Saipan and Guam into an elaborate scheme in which she asked them for money and solicited investments in Bitcoin. Sze Man Yu Inos, also known as “Yuki,” was...
Grab your towel: we’ve found the top beaches in Greece
The Times
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Any compilation of Greece’s best beaches will require, by its very nature, a ruthless process of elimination. Basking in southeast Europe, the country has a substantial coastline, as well as some 6,000 islands and islets, only a fraction of which...
International badminton tourney winners crowned
Marianas Variety
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FINALS day of the Northern Marianas International 2025 did not disappoint. In an action-packed finale, players gave it their all — some soaring to victory, others falling just short. The energy inside the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium was electric as...