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MOI wards unite to push climate change and tuna issues
Solomon Star
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August 19, 2025
Members of the three wards in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) have united for the first time to push climate change and tuna issues onto the national and regional agenda. Representatives from Ward 31 (Luaniua), Ward 32 (Pelau), and Sikaina came...
Red flags at 13 Saipan sites
Marianas Variety
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THE Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality analyzes water samples collected from Saipan’s west coast recreational beaches and storm drainages every week. Samples collected from the following locations contained excessive concentrations of...
Supercharged Hurricanes Mean More ‘Ghost Boats’ Haunting Waterways
Inside Climate News
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August 19, 2025
For nearly three years, drivers on San Carlos Island in Florida passed by an unusual sight tangled in the mangroves on the shoulder of a major road: a large white boat. The abandoned vessel was a relic of 2022’s Hurricane Ian, which displaced more...
Unexploded WWII ordnance unearthed at American Memorial Park in Saipan
RNZ
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August 19, 2025
Decades-old explosive remnants of war - mortar rounds, artillery shells, grenades - removed following following severe coastal erosion caused by Tropical Storm Krosa. Photo: Supplied A cache of unexploded ordnance buried in the sands of American...
World's major courts take growing role in climate fight
TerraDaily
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World's major courts take growing role in climate fight By Kelly MACNAMARA Paris (AFP) July 21, 2025 The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences...
Tuvalu seeks urgent action
Islands Business
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August 19, 2025
THE Pacific infrastructure gap required $USD 3.1 billion in investment every year. Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Secretary General, Baron Waqa, said this underscored the urgency in the scale of the challenges confronting the region. Speaking...
TSI welcomes move to defer forum dialogue
Solomon Star
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August 19, 2025
As the country approaches the dates when it will host the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting, Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) welcomes the decision by Pacific leaders to defer the Post-Forum Dialogue at the 54th Pacific Islands Forum...
15-day extension announced for public comment period
Marianas Variety
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(Office of the Governor) — There will be a 15-day extension of the public comment period for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training-Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement or CJMT-EIS. The public comment...
Pacific Islands Forum:
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 8 – August 14, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 15, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade', as disease kills 18 people
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dengue fever has struck countries across the Pacific, where health authorities have recorded 23,500 suspected cases and 16,000 laboratory confirmed cases this year. The mosquito-borne illness has killed 18 people,...
Apatang asks for extension of comment period for Tinian military plans
Marianas Variety
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David Apatang (Pacific Island Times) — Gov. David M. Apatang has requested a 60-day extension for comments on the revised draft environmental impact statement for the CNMI joint military training plans on Tinian, saying the civilian community...
Coastal Flood Statement in effect through Thursday
Maui Now - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025, 12:00 PM HST DPW photos of coastal flooding on Aug. 8 along South Kīhei Road. PC: courtesy DPW / County of Maui The National Weather Service has issued a Coastal Flood Statement for portions of Kahoʻolawe, Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui,...
Pacific Islands Forum: Expert on why region’s ‘Mini-UN’ matters
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior...
Loss and Damage poised for top-level spotlight at Pacific Islands Forum...
Pacific News Service
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By Ednal Palmer in Apia Samoa Climate change induced-Loss and Damage stands the chance of being featured at the Pacific’s highest political gathering — the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) — when leaders meet in Honiara, Solomon Islands, this...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
USA Rejects Global Carbon Tax On Global Shipping - Small Pacific Islands Are Hypocrites For Their Role In ICJ Climate Advisory Says Friends Of Science Society
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Friends of Science Society says it was hypocritical of the Small Pacific Island Nations to push for an advisory opinion on international climate obligations of countries, from the ICJ. The sponsoring nation, Vanuatu, operates...
Federal Court Suspends Fishing in Pacific Islands Nat'l Monument
The Maritime Executive
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A federal district court has vacated a letter from NOAA Fisheries that told tuna boats to fish within the previously-protected Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. In a summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Micah Smith found that he...
Pacific Islands urged to utilise ICJ advisory on Climate Loss & Damages
Talamua
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August 11, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 12 August 2025: There is an urgent call from Pacific Islands to utilise the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that gives a mechanism to hold states and superpower countries...
World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities
Ethical Marketing News
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August 16, 2025
The world’s highest court has just delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision delivers historic protections that strengthen the...