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Solar Projects That Make Us Smile
CleanTechnica
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June 29, 2025
Floating by are tangled roots and water lilies. Undulating floodwaters reflect the sky. Treetops drop giant peapods into the water. A few thatched huts, without walls and on stilts, are set just above the muddy water’s edge. It is a day trip for...
Books that bring the plantation to life
Borneo Post
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June 29, 2025
After spending over three decades in the plantation industry, I’ve come across a handful of books that didn’t just inform me, they inspired me. These aren’t just pages filled with facts and anecdotes; they’re stories that speak directly to the...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – June 20 – June 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 28, 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,...
CHRISTAFARI RETURNS TO THE SOLOMONS: A Harvest Worth the Wait
Solomon Star
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June 15, 2025
Since COVID shut down the nations, it has been our deepest desire to return to the Solomon Islands—our largest and most passionate English-speaking fan base in the world. We waited… and waited… and waited. The Solomons were among the last...
The best bespoke yacht trips for children and parents
The Times
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For those families with dreamy budgets, who can travel wherever they fancy on their own or with a chartered superyacht, the British travel company Pelorus (pelorusyachting.com) has a simple answer to the perennial question of “what should we do...
Palau’s Jerrica Davis selected for FIBA Oceania Women in Media Program
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
By: Summer Kennard KOROR, Palau — Jerrica Yumiko Davis, Communications Officer for the Protected Areas Network under the Bureau of Environment at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment (MAFE), has been selected for the 2025 FIBA...
Waiting to come home
Morning Sun - Kansas
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MAREEBA AIRFIELD, Queensland, Australia, 2:30 p.m., September 15, 1942 — Seven B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers slowly lift into the air; each loaded with eight 500-pound bombs. Divided into two flights, the bombers set course for 7 Mile Drome...
Teen Weightlifters ready to represent Palau on regional stage
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang Koror, Palau (Island Times) — Two of Palau’s youngest weightlifting athletes, Mikaianny Sumor and Kyrah Nestor, are preparing to take the stage at the upcoming 2025 Pacific Mini Games, continuing their journey of...
Rugby League is Australia’s latest weapon in soft war with China
Love Rugby League
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June 26, 2025
Rugby League – the greatest game of all, being used as a political tool – who would have thought? In the age of mass media and digital influence, global power struggles are taking on new shapes. The Australian government has turned to an unlikely...
Legacy Leadership Symposium brings together Pacific voices
Pacific Media Network
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A former National MP says it’s important to involve Pacific voices in key governance decisions and the formation of policy questions. Speaking at this week’s Legacy Leadership Symposium in Auckland, Cook Islander Alfred Ngaro says there is a need...
U23 men, 3x3teams leave for Palau
The National
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THE Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea yesterday bid farewell to the national Under-23 men and women 3×3 basketball teams that left last night for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. The teams will compete in both the FIBA 3×3 Youth...
Police Traffic department to conduct awareness for vehicle drivers
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
By Mary Idu Burumae The Police traffic department plans to conduct an awareness on traffic rules and regulations for vehicle drivers. The awareness will focus on the provisions of the country’s traffic rules and regulations where drivers must...
Deseret News archives: Of the 4 Borgstrom brothers, ‘To them belongs page of history’
Deseret News - Utah
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June 26, 2025
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 26, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. All who serve in the military deserve our sincere gratitude. Those families who have wonderful...
Kulas aim for title at home
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
After coming close twice before, the Fiji Kulas national women’s football team know that winning the OFC Women’s Nations Cup this time won’t just take skill, it will take focus and resilience under the pressure of a home crowd. Head coach Angeline...
Criminal Threat Convergence Must Be Elevated as a National Security Urgency
Small Wars Journal
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June 25, 2025
We must move with greater urgency to confront criminal threat convergence. The cartels and some TCOs in Latin America have greater power and political influence through market diversification, networked-alliances, and coercive aggression in the...
Fiji prepares for PMG
The Fiji Times
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June 18, 2025
As Team Fiji gears up for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau, here’s a look at the sports of swimming, indoor volleyball and weightlifting and their preparations for the upcoming competition. Fiji Women’s Indoor Volleyball Team Following their...
Inaugural women in media conference concludes
The Islandsun
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June 25, 2025
BY INDY MAEALASIA The Pacific Region’s first ever Women in Media (WIM) Conference held in Suva, Fiji has recently concluded with female participants left empowered. Hosted by the Women in Media Fiji, on June 17-18, the conference has brought...
'Slow but sure' economic rise in most of Pacific - World Bank
RNZ
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June 23, 2025
Photo: AFP The Pacific regional economy is growing, slowly but surely, reports the World Bank. In their latest Pacific update, released 17 June, they argue for more employment of women to help the economy amidst global economic uncertainty,...
Local 59-member delegation for XII Pacific Mini Games in Palau begin departing tonight
Samoa News
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June 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following determined, last-minute efforts by American Samoa's national women’s softball and volleyball teams to raise the remaining funds for their airfares, a 59-member delegation is set to begin departing tonight to...
Making waves before Palau
The National
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AT just 21 years old, Sau Dandi is making waves in Papua New Guinea’s volleyball scene. With roots in Morobe, Central, and Gulf provinces, the young athlete is gearing up for her second international appearance, representing Team PNG at the...