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Japan's Sakai Liberal High School to perform on Friday at Micronesia Mall
Pacific Daily News
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Students from Sakai Liberal High School in Osaka, Japan will return to the Micronesia Mall Center Court for a special Friendship Recital from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, June 20. This highly anticipated performance kicks off the weekend...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
COFA in Micronesia: Insights From Former Economic Advisor
Borgen Magazine
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June 14, 2025
CAPE CORAL, Florida — In the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), subsistence farming and fishing have long protected many households from hunger. Yet, while abject poverty is uncommon, daily hardships have steadily increased in recent years. For...
Air Marshall Islands And Nauru Airlines Collaborate To Support Regional Connectivity And Long-term Aviation Sustainability
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 4, 2025
Air Marshall Islands Inc (AMI) and Nauru Airlines (NAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding strengthening ties between the carriers, to enhance regional aviation resilience, improve connectivity and service quality, and strengthen technical...
Pacific Tourism Organisation and FSM Yap Visitors Bureau Release Key Insights from International Visitor Survey
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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June 9, 2025
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)Yap Visitors Bureau (YVB) through the Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI), has released its latest International Visitor Survey (IVS) report...
OPINION Passport power: The key to reviving Japanese tourism on Guam
Pacific Daily News
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As Guam pushes forward in its mission to revitalize tourism, a surprising barrier has emerged in its primary market: Japan. A startling drop in Japanese passport ownership may be one of the most overlooked reasons why Japanese visitors have not...
Palau introduces 30-day visa-free entry to Indian travellers
The Federal
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June 10, 2025
The Republic of Palau has introduced a 30-day visa-free entry scheme for Indian citizens, marking a significant step forward in Indo-Palau bilateral relations and tourism diplomacy. The move is expected to boost Indian tourist arrivals to this...
Defining security in the Micronesian way: The purpose of PCIS
The Guam Daily Post
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On May 27 and 28, the Pacific Center for Island Security held an on-line conference on Security and Insecurity in Micronesia. The two day event featured six speakers who provided differing perspectives on the geostrategic maelstrom that we in...
Good news for Indians, after Thailand, Philippines, Maldives, Malaysia, this nation opens doors to travellers with 30-day visa-free entry, it is...
DNA India
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The country is also known for its strong environmental policies, making it a model for sustainable tourism. Indian travellers looking for a unique island getaway now have a new destination to explore—Palau. The island nation, located in the...
Immigration New Zealand Extends Longer Visits for Pacific Island Nations Granted Visited Visa
TP+
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July 7, 2025
Photo: NZ Immigration New Zealand is welcoming Pacific visitors by making it easier to travel here with changes to immigration settings that will come into effect later this year. From 6 July 2025, people from Pacific Islands forum countries...
The Pacific isn’t remote—it’s simply ignored
The Pacific Island Times
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July 6, 2025
Inside the Reef By Joyce McClure Not for the first time, I was asked this past week where I lived before moving back to the mainland nearly two years ago. “Guam,” I replied. “And before that, Yap.” The common response is a blank stare, followed...
No passport needed to visit paradise
AS
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July 4, 2025
Even if you don’t have a passport, or if the one you have has expired, there are a number of locations that US citizens can travel to without the need to produce your travel documents on entry. However, it’s recommended to carry some form of ID...
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...
After reporting around the world, journalist and S.D. native Chuck Raasch says he is still inspired by those who cared for others
The South Dakota Standard
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My notebook is filled with firsts. On one trip into a new camp, the plane I was on that was carrying food and aid workers was the first plane many Ethiopians covering a vast mountainous steppe had ever seen. The morning of our arrival an impromptu...
American Samoa on alert after imported dengue fever cases confirmed
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
Photo: 123RF The American Samoa Department of Health has issued a travel health alert after confirmation of three imported cases of dengue fever. The department said the disease was found in travelers who had recently returned from Samoa. In its...
A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...
Philippine Airlines hosts product update for Guam industry partners
The Guam Daily Post
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Philippine Airlines, represented by its General Sales Agent Goodwind Travel and Tour, hosted a comprehensive product update for its valued Guam-based industry partners last June 26. The event brought together representatives from travel agencies,...
Breast Cancer In Hawaiʻi: Some Women Are Diagnosed Too Late
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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June 26, 2025
Micronesians are less likely to get mammograms than women overall in Hawaiʻi. Community advocates say public health officials need to break down barriers to early screening. Ermina George was lying on her stomach one evening last spring when she...
The Worst Shipwreck In History Wasn't Actually The Titanic
The Travel
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June 17, 2025
The tragic story of the RMS Titanic continues to pull on heartstrings, even 113 years after this magnificent ship sank to the depths of the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. Although engineers at the time regarded the Titanic as "an...
Cramps, fatigue and hallucinations: paddling 200km in a Paleolithic canoe from Taiwan to Japan
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Dr Yousuke Kaifu was working at an archaeological site on the Japanese islands of Okinawa when a question started to bubble in his mind. The pieces unearthed in the excavation, laid out before him, revealed evidence of humans living there 30,000...