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Samoa implements new plan to sustainably manage its ocean by 2030
Resilience
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June 5, 2025
The Samoan government announced June 3 that it has enacted a law establishing a marine spatial plan to sustainably manage 100% of its ocean by 2030. The country has also created nine new marine protected areas that cover 30% of its ocean. Fishing...
Palau delegation to attend COP26 in Glasgow amid COVID- 19 hurdles
Pacific News Service
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Palau is sending a delegation headed by President Surangel Whipps Jr to Glasgow, Scotland for the COP26 climate conference. Palau will be one of the few countries in the Pacific attending the face-to-face summit amid the coronavirus pandemic that...
What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
The 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change famously does not name the controversial root cause of the very problem it is intended to solve: fossil fuels. In the year of its 10th anniversary, Gillian Cooper, political director of the Fossil...
Palau will gain access to the Green Climate Fund to protect tuna stocks
Island Times
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May 27, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon Palau and other Pacific countries will receive a $107.4 million grant from the Green Climate Fund and an additional $49.4 million in co-financing. This funding aims to manage the risks associated with the redistribution of...
Palau to receive zero-emission vessel, Porrima P111
Island Times
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May 27, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon Palau will receive the zero-emission vessel Porrima P111, launched May 22 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, attended by President Surangel Whipps Jr., as part of his official visit to the country. According to Taiwan news, the vessel’s...
Palau president to record-breaking 375 UOG graduates: Stand up against proposed TRIO funding cuts
Pacific Daily News
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Republic of Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. on Sunday delivered a moving commencement address for the record-breaking 375 University of Guam graduates, urging them to stand up against the proposed 2026 budget cuts to TRIO education programs...
PNGOC ISSUES URGENT LEVY FEE DEADLINE FOR TEAMS TO PAC MINI GAMES
PNG Haus Bung
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June 18, 2025
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) is issuing a critical reminder to all National Federations sending athletes and teams to the Pacific Mini Games this year that all levy fees for athletes and officials must be settled by 18 June 2025....
Palau establishes Coordinated Maritime Management Working Group to enhance national maritime security
Island Times
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May 23, 2025
President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. has signed Executive Order No. 491, establishing the Coordinated Maritime Management (CMM) Working Group to strengthen interagency coordination and improve the Republic of Palau’s ability to respond to maritime...
Trump’s move to fast-track deep-sea mining poses serious ecological, climate risks
Green Left
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May 31, 2025
Transnational companies, finding an ally in United States President Donald Trump and his extractivist agenda, are pushing to mine the seafloor for valuable minerals — despite widespread concerns about the potential ecological and climate impacts....
Statement from Palau Solar
Island Times
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May 30, 2025
On May 16th, PPUC made a claim in the Island Times (https://islandtimes.org/solar-users-are-saving-money-while-utility-loses-revenue-ppuc-calls-for-law-change/) suggesting that non-solar energy users are subsidizing the electricity costs of...
‘Voices of the Pacific’ is our story, a call for action on impact of plastic pollution on Pacific communities
Island Times
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May 30, 2025
APIA (SPREP) — “Voices of the Pacific”, a film which spotlights the profound impact of plastic waste, sourced from foreign countries and choking our Ocean’s arteries, earned widespread applause from Pacific countries following its world premiere...
Palau’s Baklai Temengil becomes first female President in ONOC’s 45-year history
Islands Business
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May 20, 2025
Australian-owned specialty coffee company ONA Coffee (Fiji) wants to develop Fiji’s emerging coffee industry through sustainable partnerships with local farmers and communities. The company focuses on wild coffee varieties naturally growing in...
NCSL DONATES TRUKAI FUN RUN T- SHIRTS TO STUDENTS
PNG Haus Bung
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June 18, 2025
In a vibrant show of community partnership and youth empowerment, NCSL Savings and Loan Society donated 100 Trukai Fun Run T-shirts to Badili Vocational School in Port Moresby city on Friday, June 13, 2025, reinforcing its commitment to education,...
Pacific Economic Update: Slowing Growth Highlights Need for More Inclusive Workforce
Odisha Diary
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA, June 17, 2025 — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released today in Honiara, projects...
Asia-Pacific’s climate cash conundrum: Why funding remains elusive
Pacific News Service
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Despite years of voicing concerns, vulnerable nations grapple with a maze of red tape and resource hurdles. By Subel Rai Bhandari The global climate adaptation week in South Korea ended not with a bang, but a whimper. September’s Incheon City...
World Bank slashes Pacific growth forecast
FBC News
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The World Bank is projecting regional growth to fall to 2.6 percent this year, down from 5.5 percent in 2023. In a report of an economic update, it says that economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth,...
China swipes at Trump climate policy after Pacific Islands meeting
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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May 29, 2025
Pacific nations have backed China's claim over Taiwan during a high-profile meeting, but have shied away from directly endorsing Beijing's push to "reunify" the democratically ruled island with the mainland. China has also taken a shot at the...
Vui Gemma Nelson appointed Ocean adviser as Palau takes Over AOSIS leadership
Pacific News Service
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The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has appointed Samoa legal expert Vui Gemma Nelson as Ocean Adviser, under the Chairmanship of Palau. AOSIS, established in 1990, represents the interests of 39 small island and low-lying coastal...
Stories Rooted in Nature: In the heat, a butterfly and tree flourish together
Pacific Daily News
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While much of Guåhan’s vegetation struggles under the intense tropical sun these days, a quiet harmony unfolds along the island’s coastline, between a butterfly and a coastal tree. Along Asanite Cove, also called Asquiroga Cove or First Beach in...
Bryan, Plaskett Defend Federal Tax Exemption for EDC Companies
St. Thomas Source
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June 18, 2025
A provision included in the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would exempt some Virgin Islands companies owned by U.S. businesses from paying a tax typically applied to American companies operating in foreign countries. (Source file...