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Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...

Building resilient education systems: Shifting from deficit-driven to strengths-based approaches to resilience

Building resilient education systems: Shifting from deficit-driven to strengths-based approaches to resilience

In recent years, education systems around the globe have grappled with unprecedented disruptions, ranging from pandemics and natural disasters to climate change, political instability, wars, and migration. These challenges have exposed the...

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:

By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Debuts in Palau

FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania Debuts in Palau

KOROR (Palau) - The inaugural FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League - Oceania officially tips off today. This landmark event marks a significant step forward for youth FIBA 3x3 basketball in the region, offering a direct pathway to international...

Alina Basics: A Polynesian Clothing Brand Reviving Island Culture Through Fashion And Storytelling

Alina Basics: A Polynesian Clothing Brand Reviving Island Culture Through Fashion And Storytelling

(MENAFN- GetNews) In a world increasingly shaped by fast fashion and fleeting trends, Alina Basics distinguishes itself with a mission grounded in meaning: celebrating and preserving the rich cultural heritage of the Pacific Islands through...

Sakai Liberal High School students share Japanese culture in Friendship Recital

Sakai Liberal High School students share Japanese culture in Friendship Recital

Students from Sakai Liberal High School in Osaka, Japan, returned to Guam for the second consecutive year as part of a growing tradition of international cultural exchange through the performing arts. On Friday, 39 students from the all-girls high...

Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”

Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”

Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...

After 46 days on the water, Ron Acfalle flies to Taiwan to share CHamoru seafaring knowledge

After 46 days on the water, Ron Acfalle flies to Taiwan to share CHamoru seafaring knowledge

The wind, the stars, and the motion of the sea brought traditional canoe builder and seafarer Ron Acfalle from Palau to Taiwan and back in a journey that totaled 46 days out on the water. Now, Acfalle is bringing the knowledge of traditional...

Japan's Sakai Liberal High School to perform on Friday at Micronesia Mall

Japan's Sakai Liberal High School to perform on Friday at Micronesia Mall

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...

Guam celebrates Micronesian culture

Guam celebrates Micronesian culture

By Pacific Island Times News Staff The 37th Annual Guam Micronesia Island Fair brings together Micronesia’s diverse cultures during a weekend packed with island food, music, traditional dance, artisan crafts, and thrilling sporting events. The...

Calls to close gender gap in Pacific Island employment

Calls to close gender gap in Pacific Island employment

Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the World Bank said in a new report on Tuesday, and said closing the gender gap could boost economic growth. The World Bank...

Local activists mirror US anti-Trump rallies

Local activists mirror US anti-Trump rallies

In what they claimed was a call to action by community members, local activist group Prutehi Guåhan echoed communities across the nation in the so-called No Kings movement - reportedly a direct response against the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary...

COFA in Micronesia: Insights From Former Economic Advisor

COFA in Micronesia: Insights From Former Economic Advisor

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...

As immigration fears reverberate, Hawaiʻi's COFA communities work to stay informed

As immigration fears reverberate, Hawaiʻi's COFA communities work to stay informed

Immigration raids are intensifying across the country — and so are protests opposing them. About 700 Marines are arriving in Los Angeles, where the National Guard has already been deployed. Mayors and governors across the country are bracing for...

‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation

‘Reimaanlok’ puts Indigenous voices at the heart of ocean conservation

The Republic of the Marshall Islands was once used by the United States as a convenient place to explode nuclear bombs, with little regard for local interests. But these days, the expectations of the islands’ Indigenous residents is the standard...

Nia Tero: Indigenous Guardianship the ‘Only Time-Tested Approach’ To Healthy Ocean Ecosystems

Nia Tero: Indigenous Guardianship the ‘Only Time-Tested Approach’ To Healthy Ocean Ecosystems

Biodiversity, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Pacific Community Climate Wire, Sustainable Development...

Defining security in the Micronesian way: The purpose of PCIS

Defining security in the Micronesian way: The purpose of PCIS

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...

Exhibit in Spain honors a former UOG anthropologist's Micronesian research

Exhibit in Spain honors a former UOG anthropologist's Micronesian research

A new exhibit in Spain is paying tribute to the pioneering work of Teresa del Valle, a Basque anthropologist who conducted groundbreaking fieldwork in Guam during her tenure as a University of Guam faculty member from 1968 to 1972. Del Valle, who...

What it’s like visiting Palau in Micronesia

What it’s like visiting Palau in Micronesia

You’d be forgiven for wondering where exactly Palau is on the map. In the western Pacific Ocean region of Micronesia, Palau’s 340 islands are located 1500km to the east of the Philippines and about 2000km north of Papua New Guinea. With a...

National Museum of Prehistory brings Taiwanese indigenous culture to Guam

National Museum of Prehistory brings Taiwanese indigenous culture to Guam

The National Museum of Prehistory from Taiwan is inviting the public to its series of cultural exchange programs in Guam, starting this week. This program, titled “The Island is Our Canoe, the Sea is Our Pathway,” will bring Taiwanese indigenous...

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