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Jeff Probst explains why gender alliances don't work on Survivor
Entertainment Weekly
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It happened again this week on Survivor, as Sue Smey, Caroline Vidmar, Teeny Chirichillo, and Rachel LaMont professed a final-four women's alliance, yelling out slogans like "Girl power!" and "Who needs men?" while bonding and promising to run the...
Why this Indigenous Hawaiian journalist will not be watching Moana 2
CBC/Radio-Canada
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December 6, 2024
Moana 2 has made a big splash at the box office since its release. The animated sequel to 2016's Moana set a new record in the U.S. for the biggest five-day debut in history, earning $225 million. Despite the reception from audiences, critics have...
Organizing for a new treaty on free public education
Education International
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November 20, 2024
World Children’s Day is celebrated annually on 20 November. The date is auspicious for children’s rights as it coincides with the date on which the United Nations adopted both the Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention...
What Is Racial Imposter Syndrome and How Is It Impacting Micronesians’ Mental Health?
Pacific Islands Report
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November 20, 2024
Angela Edward Angela Edward is a Micronesian American womxn, storyteller, and change-agent of the diaspora who has over a decade of experience working with marginalized communities in mental health and advocacy. The views expressed in this...
USP offers flexible, quality education across the region
Fijivillage
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The University of the South Pacific (USP) is one of the biggest multi-mode universities in the Commonwealth, offering face-to-face, blended and online learning options for students. The 2024 Global Education Monitoring Report for the Pacific,...
OBRA's 'Guaiya Guåhan' art exhibit from Dec. 1 to 15 at Micronesia Mall
Pacific Daily News
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More than 100 pieces of work from 30 OBRA artists of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds will come together once again to showcase an ode to their beloved home Guåhan at the “Guaiya Guåhan” art exhibit. The art exhibit opens at 1 p.m. on Dec....
Trump Admin Detains Foreigners From 26 Countries at Guantanamo
The Daily Beast
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July 8, 2025
The Trump administration is holding dozens of foreigners from 26 different countries at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, as President Donald Trump presses ahead with dispatching the notorious military prison in his immigration crackdown. Seventy-two...
Lawsuit Challenging Hawaii's Ban on Gun Ownership by Micronesians Who Aren't U.S. Citizens but Who Are Allowed to Live in the U.S. Long-Term
Reason Magazine
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November 29, 2024
From the motion for preliminary injunction in Peter v. Lopez (D. Haw.), filed Wednesday: Plaintiff is a long-term resident of Hawaii who legally lives in the United States pursuant to the Compact of Free Association ("COFA") the United States has...
Pacific education: Backsliding outcomes and financing freefall
The National
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Education outcomes in the Pacific are faltering. Across much of the region, participation in formal education is declining, along with graduation rates and academic performance. Both domestic and international funding for education has waned as...
‘Culture’ hinders Fiji’s human trafficking response
RNZ
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August 7, 2024
Vani Catanasiga told RNZ Pacific that several factors have driven Fiji's human trafficking outcomes, including; a lack of understanding from the government, entrenched patriarchal values, and weak legislation. Photo: 123RF The Fiji Council of...
Pacific education: Backsliding outcomes and a financing freefall
The Interpreter
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November 18, 2024
Education outcomes in the Pacific are faltering. Across much of the region, participation in formal education is declining, along with graduation rates and academic performance. Both domestic and international funding for education has waned as...
Micronesian Games pushed back a year
Pacific News Service
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The every-four-year Micronesian Games have been postponed due to ongoing uncertainty about Covid and restricted travel in the region. The large sub-regional sports event was scheduled for the July-August period in 2022. The Marshall Islands...
“Forced to Adapt”: Marshall Islands Poet & Activist Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner on Climate Crisis
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We’re broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where we’re joined...
Diabetes Cases Quadruple Over 30 Years; WHO Urges Lifestyle Changes
Gulf Insider
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November 20, 2024
Hundreds of millions of people globally have become diabetic over the past 30 years, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for “urgent action” to deal with the health crisis. The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has...
Local play 'Nothing Micro About Micronesia' begins tour across Hawaiʻi
Hawaii Public Radio
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October 22, 2024
The cast and crew of a local play about Micronesians are taking off from Oʻahu and traveling across the islands this month. “Nothing Micro About Micronesia” premiered at Oʻahu's Honolulu Theatre for Youth in March. Now, the cast and crew are on...
Do Undocumented Immigrants Qualify for Medicaid? Here is the Eligibility!
Newsd
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November 8, 2024
Undocumented Immigrants Medicaid: Good news! Undocumented immigrants can qualify for Medicaid if they meet certain specific requirements. So, what are the factors to consider when signing up for this healthcare system? Medicaid was created in 1965...
Do undocumented immigrants qualify for Medicaid? These are the requirements for non-citizens
MARCA
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November 8, 2024
Good news. Undocumented immigrants can qualify for Medicaid provided that they meet certain specific qualifying factors, so what are the requirements to sign up to the healthcare system? Medicaid aims to provides health insurance to low-income...
Local short film highlights young Micronesian experience in Kalihi
Hawaii Public Radio
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November 11, 2024
In a scene from The Arrangements, a group of friends find a small box of coins while swimming by a waterfall in Nuʻuanu. They embark on a journey of gifting their treasure to their friend who died as they plan for his funeral. "It was the boy's...
Armenia: Activists to demonstrate in central Yerevan Nov. 15
Crisis24
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Tropical Storm Man-yi is tracking west-northwestward in the Philippine Sea early Nov. 14. As of 05:00 PHST, the system's center of circulation was 311 km (193 miles) southeast of Aparri, Philippines. Forecast models indicate that the storm will...
World First - Dame Wendy Pye's Early Childhood Readers Translated Into Micronesian Languages Supported By ADB
Scoop
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October 29 2024 For the first time, ninety of Sunshine Books’ early readers have been translated into five Micronesian languages and will be supplied to schools throughout the Federated States of Micronesia in an arrangement between the FSM...