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Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 8 – August 14, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 15, 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,...
Asian American and Pacific Islander stories told through dance at new festival
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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August 16, 2025
As a little girl watching those old, Hollywood musicals on television with her parents, Joyce Lien Kushner remembers running to find any dress or skirt that would unfurl when she twirled, and proceed to jump and spin all over the family’s living...
Research Matters: UOG Cancer Research Center—fighting cancer with research rooted in island communities
Pacific Daily News
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The University of Guam Cancer Research Center houses several key research and data collection entities, including the Guam Cancer Registry, the Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry, and the Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity,...
Governor nominates Tinian’s Viches, Masga to NMTech, NMHC boards
Marianas Variety
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David M. Apatang GOVERNOR David M. Apatang on Friday nominated Michi Aldan Viches and Matthew C. Masga to represent Tinian on the boards of directors of the Northern Marianas Technical Institute and Northern Marianas Housing Corporation,...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this year. The mosquito-borne illness has killed 18 people,...
Vodafone Fiji Relaunches Pacific Island TopUp in Partnership with Elemt Technologies
Web NewsWire
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August 16, 2025
Vodafone Fiji has actually formally relaunched its Pacific Island TopUp (PITU) platform, through a tactical collaboration with Elemt Technologies, marking a significant advance in local digital connection. Chesterbrook, PA, USA|August 08,...
Pacific Islands Forum: Expert on why region’s ‘Mini-UN’ matters
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior...
A 4-0 loss but Pacific islanders make soccer history
PerthNow
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August 15, 2025
The Marshall Islands have lost their first ever international football match 4-0 to the US Virgin Islands on a high school gridiron pitch in Arkansas -- but not before making history as the world's newest national soccer team. The remote Pacific...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
Pacific Islanders lead effort to link culture with mental wellness
Marianas Variety
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Becky Mettao leads a group discussion at a workshop that concluded on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a community mental health workshop held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at LaoLao Bay Resort, the Community Guidance Center offered its...
Regional Research Agenda (RRA) Series: Lessons from Mani Mua’s research on pest management and farmer adoption
Pacific Community (SPC)
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The future of sustainable agriculture in the Pacific relies on understanding the challenges and perspectives of farmers. John Allwright Fellow (JAF), Mani Mua’s research on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) adoption reveals critical insights into...
Women in Oklahoma reshape business with new ventures and tech
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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August 18, 2025
Summary: – Erin Ogee and Crystal Glass founded Sober Sally’s to provide safe transportation. – Women launched 49% of all new U.S. businesses in 2024, a 69% increase from 2019. – Local organizations and technology, including AI tools, are helping...
USA Rejects Global Carbon Tax On Global Shipping - Small Pacific Islands Are Hypocrites For Their Role In ICJ Climate Advisory Says Friends Of Science Society
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Friends of Science Society says it was hypocritical of the Small Pacific Island Nations to push for an advisory opinion on international climate obligations of countries, from the ICJ. The sponsoring nation, Vanuatu, operates...
More than 20 countries won't be invited to Pacific Island Forum leaders' summit
RNZ
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August 14, 2025
Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele Photo: AFP / RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele's proposal not to invite countries such as the US, China and Taiwan to Honiara at next month's leaders' summit has been approved at the...
Moderate Quake Hits Pacific Island Nation of Tonga
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Thursday, with no immediate tsunami warnings reported, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GEOFON). The seismic...
Stronger ties benefit Pacific island nations
China Daily Global
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Fijian students try their hands at Chinese calligraphy on April 15 during an event celebrating the United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20, in Suva, the capital of the Pacific island country. GAO XIN/XINHUA This summer, Basi...
King of Malaysia cancels purchase of UH-60 Black Hawks, calling them ‘flying coffins’
Task & Purpose
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August 22, 2025
Well, we don’t remember the cabin being quite that small, but the military in Malaysia cancelled the purchase of four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after the nation’s serving monarch declared them to be “flying coffins.” In a public statement...
Ocean research team to study HTHH volcano
Matangi Tonga Online
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August 18, 2025
An ocean research team from Australia led by Chief Scientist Associate, Professor Rebecca Carey, arrives in Tonga tomorrow on the research vessel, RV Investigator, to conduct a 54-day study of the eruption, aftermath and ecosystem recovery...
Pacific Islands focus: community-driven solutions, climate in the courts and celebrating independence
Croakey Health Media
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August 11, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: Local solutions to public health issues are showcased in this month’s edition of the Pacific Islands focus column. Isabelle Zhu-Maguire, PhD candidate at the Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of...
University of Hawaiʻi launches sustainable fisheries initiative
SeafoodSource
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The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) has launched a new sustainable fisheries initiative to conduct research and train up a new generation of leaders who can steward fisheries around the islands and in the surrounding Pacific Ocean. As part of the...