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Over 9,100 P-EBT cards issued at Micronesia Mall
Pacific Daily News
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“It was really smooth,” said Marilyn Agustin of Yona, reflecting on her experience picking up her renewed Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, card at the Micronesia Mall. For the past several days, the Department of Public Health and...
‘We’re losing our culture, our values’: FSM
Pacific News Service
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It has taken almost five months for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to receive funding support from the United States under the Compact of Free Association (COFA). U.S President Joe signed into law the COFA agreements for FSM, Palau, and...
'We're losing our culture, our values'
Pacific Media Network
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It has taken almost five months for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to receive funding support from the United States under the Compact of Free Association (COFA). US President Joe signed into law the COFA agreements for FSM, Palau, and...
Winston Peters says 'we need to keep engaged' with Micronesia
RNZ
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August 14, 2024
FSM President Wesley Simina (left) with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters. 12 August 2024 Photo: RNZ Pacific / Caleb Fotheringham The President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) officially held his...
Call for applications: WIPO Training, Mentoring and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from Pacific Island Countries
World Intellectual Property Organization
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August 9, 2024 A call for applications is now open for the next cycle of the WIPO Training, Mentoring and Matchmaking Program on Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (The Program). This cycle...
Douglas Jones, S.J.,'10, Among Jesuits To Be Ordained June 14
University of Scranton - Pennsylvania
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On June 14, 2025, the USA East Province will ordain five Jesuits to the priesthood at St. Ignatius Church in Manhattan, according to JesuitsEast.com. One Jesuit will also be ordained in Yap, Micronesia on June 26. Among those being ordained in New...
Vancouver Chuukese community strives to bridge barriers, foster culture
The Columbian - Washington State
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Moving to Vancouver gives many Chuukese immigrants culture shock. This is a very different place from Chuuk, a cluster of volcanic islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. Older generations of Chuukese people say while they sometimes need...
‘It sucks’: Guam’s complex indigenous Chamorro people relationship with US
Asia Pacific Report
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August 7, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist in Guam The Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands — politically divided between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Today, Chamorro culture continues to be preserved...
Rabbi Perez: From Israel, to Paris, to O.C., to Micronesia and L.A.
The Jewish Journal - California
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August 15, 2024
He’s a globetrotting mohel, serves as a dayan (judge of a Jewish court) and he launched the Jewish French Community Center. He’s also the father of nine. You have to wonder where Rabbi Tal Perez finds the time. Married at 20, he performed his...
'It sucks': Guam's indigenous Chamorro people and their complex relationship with the US
RNZ
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August 7, 2024
Guam flag Photo: RNZ Pacific / Eleisha Foon The Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands - politically divided between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Today, Chamorro culture continues to be preserved through...
Video project seeks to put spotlight on immigrant youth — in their own words
Hawaii News Now
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July 27, 2024
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A special student storytelling project is sharing the unique experiences of immigrant teenagers on Oahu. More than 5% of the children in Hawaii are foreign-born. Of those, about 90% attend public schools. Those who first...
Creative resistance: Guam's ‘Ta Nå'i Ånimu’ exhibit highlights activism in indigenous art
The Pacific Island Times
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August 2, 2024
“Our work is more than just creativity; it’s an act of resistance in a world where what is sacred to us indigenous people continues to be desecrated,” said Kaitlin Ngeremokt McManus. “Our land our water our air our culture our way of life our...
‘Safe houses for women’ President Heine pushes for gender equality progress in the Pacific
Te Ao Maori News
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine says progress has been made issues affecting women in the Pacific, such as economic empowerment and domestic violence, but there’s still a long way to go. Earlier this year, the Marshall Islands hosted the...
Minamborae Michael Karapen also known as Michael Mexico, the beacon and founding father of weightlifting in PNG
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 5, 2025
By PISAI GUMAR It was a very historic day in the life of a young, stocky, and energetic Wabag man at Guam Naval Base, a US Territory, on 16th Sept 1975. A native Melanesian weightlifter, exhibiting bulging biceps among other Polynesian and...
Pacific Women Triennial Conference 2024 – Prevention of Gender-based Violence
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Blog Category Dynamic story Division Human Rights and Social Development Micronesia Regional Office Women in Leadership Programme (WIL) Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 Women in Leadership Programme (WIL) Micronesia Regional Office Human Rights and Social...
Mississippi College researchers seek best practices to preserve, revitalize native Choctaw language
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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July 3, 2025
Children attending the Choctaw Expressions event at Mississippi College last spring received a lesson on Choctaw vocabulary. MC is studying the K-12 teaching methods of the Choctaw language and Choctaw culture in the MBCI’s Choctaw Language...
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...
Florida Democrats Denounced President Trump’s ‘Big Bullsh*t Bill’
West Orlando News - Florida
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July 13, 2025
Florida Democrats denounced President Donald Trump’s major legislation, calling it the “Big Bullsh*t Bill” and saying that Florida families will pay the price. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued a statement following House...
Next Ship in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Sailed on Sunday
Consortium News
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July 13, 2025
The ship named for a cartoon figure of a barefoot refugee child left from a port in Augusta, Sicily on Sunday, Ann Wright reports. Handala in Cobh, Ireland in June 2024. (Freedom Flotilla Coalition) By Ann Wright As the genocide of Palestinians...
ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantánamo Bay
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...