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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Quad Leaders Meet After Pacific Concerns Voiced
The leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India have finished an in-person meeting in Washington, D.C., as China looks on.
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Small Island States Call For Aid, Action
Issues are being raised ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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Seasonal Farm Work Has Been A Lifeline For Pacific Islanders. The Pandemic Made It Harder
Thousands of Pacific Island workers were stranded in New Zealand and Australia when the pandemic began. Others were stuck at home.
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Upcoming Summit To Focus On Pandemic But The Rest Is Uncertain
Vaccines likely will be a main item on the agenda.
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Japan’s Plan To Discharge Nuclear Waste Into The Pacific Worries Island Nations
The effects and memory of U.S. nuclear testing endures in the Pacific. “It is a level up from urgent for us,” one Pacific leader says.
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American Samoa Reports First Covid-19 Case
The U.S. territory has been closed since March last year, and opened up its Hawaiian Airlines link on Monday.