Older Immigrants and Medicare – Justice in Aging

We gratefully acknowledge Georgia Burke, formerly Justice in Aging’s Director of Medicare Advocacy, for authoring the first edition of this issue brief in 2019. We would also like to thank Nancy Lorenz of Greater Boston Legal Services and Vicky...

Using Art To Uplift Kalihi, And Every Hawaiʻi Neighborhood

An appreciation of the Hawaii Walls exhibit at Farrington High School. I am a former art teacher. Over the past 30 years, I have worked alongside high school students to do installations and murals in Mānoa, Waimānalo, Waiʻanae, and Kalihi. Public...

Local activists join 1st territorial environmental justice fellowship

Two people from the Marianas will represent their islands in a groundbreaking fellowship program connecting environmental activists across all five U.S. territories for the first time. Maria Hernandez of Guam and Sheila Babauta of the Commonwealth...

New Caledonia confirmed as host of the 2028 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture

The previous FestPAC was held in Hawaii in June 2024. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Tiana Haxton New Caledonia has been officially endorsed as the host of the 14th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC14) in 2028. This follows back-to-back meetings...

UN must adapt to Blue Pacific, not the other way around...

Pacific leaders took the 2050 Strategy to the UN, calling for climate justice, fair finance, and security defined by peace and solidarity. By Renate Rivers Pacific Island leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) 80th session...

Letters to the Editor | October 2, 2025

Right people, right pay I agree with honourable Ioane Naivalarua, the Policing Minister, that police officers’ pay and recruitment standards must be lifted to ensure the right people are hired in the fight against the drug trade. While I applaud...

FEATURE | Not Polynesian, not Melanesian, not Micronesian, Just Pasifika

BY AMOTA ATANEKA As we honor George Veikoso’s legacy of unity through music, let’s reject the labels that have long divided our people. THE recent passing of George Veikoso, known across Oceania as “Fiji”, sent waves of grief across the Pacific....

Longtime activist Diane Watson honored for years of service to L.A.

Retired U.S. Rep. Diane Watson places her hand over her heart as she is applauded Aug. 28 as the city of Los Angeles named the intersection of Coliseum Place and Victoria Avenue Diane Watson Corridor. Watson, now 91, represented South Los Angeles...

U.S. Congratulates Palau on Its Independence Day

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio wished Palau a happy Independence Day on October 1st, 2025, the 31st anniversary of the country’s establishment as an independent nation. “On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the...

Monkeys in Palau: How Germany's colonial past, WWII and US military plans have fuelled an ecological calamity

This is an ABC podcast. Pilot Pleasure to have you on board this morning. It should be a pretty smooth ride down. James Nokise It's early Saturday morning and I'm sitting crammed inside an eight-seater plane with the side door open so we can get...

Colonel Raymond Hugh Hawkins Impact Lives Through Ministry and Community Service

Ministry is often more than a career choice. For pastor and retired military chaplain Colonel Raymond Hugh Hawkins, it’s a calling. At 17, he felt a deep longing to serve God and others. His initial vocational path began in the U.S. Marine Corps,...

Chuuk Chronicles: A tour of life and ministry on the remote Pacific Island

Chuuk is one of the four states that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia, an independent nation located in the South Pacific. Join Major Eric Tumale, The Salvation Army’s officer in charge of social services and ministry in the region, as...

Change of course? US sending mixed signals in the Pacific region

View from the West By James C. Pearce Republicans of old are all a little perplexed about something lately: national defense. It was once a pet issue for the neo-conservative Bush and Reagan administrations. Old-school Republicans (and Democrats)...

Pacific nations' UN Palestine vote 'goes against common sense' - expert

While most of the world is calling for a two-state solution, Pacific nations are going against the tide on the Israel-Palestine issue, and one international politics expert believes their position risks undermining the principal of...

CHamoru navigator earns master status in sacred Pwo ceremony

Ron Acfalle has achieved a milestone few in modern times can claim: He now holds the title of Master Navigator after completing the sacred Pwo ceremony under the guidance of traditional Micronesian grandmaster navigator Ali Haleyalur. The CHamoru...

GVB takes part in Tourism Expo Japan 2025 in Nagoya

BY JULIAN RYALL Japan Correspondent NAGOYA, Japan — Japanese travelers are rediscovering Guam as a vacation destination, with arrivals from Japan in the January-July first half of the year out-performing the average growth from all markets. While...

Expert: Backing Israel ties Pacific nations to powerful allies – NZ…

An international relations expert says recent support for Israel and the United States by several Pacific Island countries highlights the region’s reliance on influential allies to secure its interests. In an interview with on Pacific Mornings,...

CJPA opens workshops for multi-disciplinary training for First Responders

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the support of the current administration, the Criminal Justice Planning Agency through a VAWA STOP grant will deliver a series of workshops in American Samoa beginning with two one-day trainings for LBJ medical...

Marianas sea turtles threatened

A decadelong sea turtle conservation project in the Marianas reveals concerning gender ratios among juvenile populations as rising ocean temperatures produce more females than males, potentially threatening future generations. The collaborative...

Sink or swim: Can island states survive the climate crisis?

Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from...