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Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Rescued Indian Ship During Deployment Molly Crawford/U.S. Navy/2021

Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Rescued Indian Ship During Deployment

The USS Halsey returned to its homeport Monday after operations in the Arabian Gulf supporting the withdrawal from Afghanistan and in the South China Sea.
Northern Marianas Condemns Japan Wastewater Plans Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Northern Marianas Condemns Japan Wastewater Plans

The commonwealth's House of Representatives have criticized Japan's plans to offload processed nuclear wastewater into the sea.
Seaweed: A Healthy Boost To Pacific Island Economies? Courtesy: Taati Eria

Seaweed: A Healthy Boost To Pacific Island Economies?

Surrounded by water and facing a precarious future, Kiribati is learning from Samoan limu harvesters how to improve their livelihoods.
Pacific Nations Want To Reduce Carbon Emissions In The Shipping Industry Civil Beat/2014

Pacific Nations Want To Reduce Carbon Emissions In The Shipping Industry

The Climate Vulnerable Forum recently completed its fourth regional dialogue, and 11 Asian nations have shown their support for their Pacific partners.
UN Food Summit Leads To Accords, But Also Dissent Courtesy of Wespac

UN Food Summit Leads To Accords, But Also Dissent

The first ever summit raised the profile of aquaculture, even as the participation of large corporate interests sparked dissent.
Guam Short On Nurses As Cases Increase Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Guam Short On Nurses As Cases Increase

U.S. Army Reserve nurses have been enlisted to help an embattled and short-staffed Guam Memorial Hospital as hospitalizations increase.
US Injects $20 Million Into Pacific Politics Screenshot/Zoom

US Injects $20 Million Into Pacific Politics

The United States' International Aid Agency has launched a five-year $19.8 million investment in improving good governance throughout the Pacific region.
Congress Considers Extending Higher Medicaid Funding For Island Territories Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Congress Considers Extending Higher Medicaid Funding For Island Territories

If the proposal fails, reimbursement rates for the public health insurance program would revert to previous lower levels and put health services for low-income patients at risk.
The Pandemic Is Taxing Pacific Nations’ Already Strapped Health Systems Lorrie Graham/AusAID

The Pandemic Is Taxing Pacific Nations’ Already Strapped Health Systems

Island nations have long been hard-pressed to deal with serious medical conditions and disease. The coronavirus is not helping.
US Coast Guard Steps In To Help Samoa Enforcement Effort DVIDS/Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick

US Coast Guard Steps In To Help Samoa Enforcement Effort

Coast Guard cutter Oliver Berry has spent September patrolling Samoan waters after the Pacific nation's fleet was left underpowered.