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3 May 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia-ROK 2+2 talks; Marles announces $100m new military assistance for Ukraine; Marles to travel to Hawaii for trilateral talks; New Pacific Engagement Visa announced, and more. On 1 May, Deputy Prime...

Blue Box Auction Gallery Announces the Third Installment of The Professor’s Collection
Collected over decades, this thoughtful selection honors the spiritual traditions of Europe from the Orthodox East to the Mediterranean coast. NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Blue Box Auction Gallery announces the...

INDOPACOM Commander Visits CNMI
This past Saturday, Governor Arnold Palacios (left) and Lt. Governor David Apatang (right) welcomed Admiral Samuel Paparo (center), who was recently appointed as Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) in May 2024. During the...
U.S. Navy Leads Multinational Team in Pacific Partnership Mission
The Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) mission team worked alongside allies and partners to strengthen relationships and bolster host nation capacity to provide essential humanitarian services. The group also supported efforts to reduce the risk...

Federal Super PAC Talks on Concepts to Support Transgender Senate Candidate From Guam-Micronesia
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - October 18, 2015) - World War II triumphed an island we now know as the U.S. territory Guam, and in August Miss Pacificana 2015, Jaryna Balbas of Guam, known for having brains and butt (an all-natural backside)...

Press Release: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with the Federated States of Micronesia
Press Release No. 15/224 May, 15, 2015 On May 11, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2015 Article IV consultation1 with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Micronesia’s economy is stagnating, as...
Fiscal Year 2024 was a Banner Year for SRF-JRMC Dive Lockers
YOKOSUKA, Japan – Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) was filled extremely demanding and diverse mission sets for the SRF-JRMC Dive Lockers. Throughout the year, divers from SRF-JRMC Yokosuka and Detachment Sasebo supported 18 fly-away taskings, responding to...

Strengthening Regional Tourism Industry Partnerships and Collaborations
Governor Arnold Palacios, together with Lt. Governor David Apatang, today welcomed the officers and members of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) – Micronesia Chapter, who are meeting on Saipan this week for the first Tri-Annual Meeting...

IMF Staff Completes 2015 Article IV Mission to the Federated States of Micronesia
Press Release No. 15/127 March 20, 2015 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not...

Federated States of Micronesia: Begins Participation in the IMF’s General Data Dissemination System
Press Release No. 14/516 November 13, 2014 The Federated States of Micronesia began participating today in the IMF’s General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), marking a major step forward in the development of its statistical system. Comprehensive...

VSO Rings Last Call for Camp Lejeune Settlement Claims, Possible Extension for Claimants Overseas
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veterans Recovery Network, a veterans services organization serving the Micronesian Islands and Freely Associates States of the U.S. issues a publicly reminder to its military...

News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

Call for Applications: Sea and Human Security Training – Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
The programme is open to motivated government officials and others from the private sector and civil society organizations, who are: eager to learn and apply new knowledge to enhance sea and human security keen to succeed and make a positive...
Pacific Partnership 24-2
The mission commenced on July 15, with U.S. and Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) service members conducting meet and greets and information exchanges with the Vanuatu medical staff at the Port Vila Central Hospital. Pacific Partnership 2024-2...
CNO Delivers Remarks at NNOA-ANSO Joint Leadership Symposium
Below is a transcript of the remarks as delivered: Thank you so much, and it is really a pleasure to be here with all of you today and see so many faces that I’ve had the opportunity to work with… but I’ve never seen the face of Adm. Harris like...

2013 Staff Visit with the Federated States of Micronesia Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission
Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the...

News Release – DOH Reports Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case on Maui
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIA‘ĀINA KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HO‘OKELE DOH REPORTS TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE ON MAUI FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2024 24-141 HONOLULU — The...

15 March 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese addresses US TikTok ban; new AUKUS Sub concerns for Australian defence; new ambassadors announced; Chinese sanctions on Australian wine, and more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed...

Kiribati empowers entrepreneurs to enhance economic activity
Group work during the Start and Improve Your Business Training of Trainers, Kiribati. © ILO TARAWA (ILO News) – Representatives from Kiribati’s government, state-owned enterprises, training institutions, civil society as well as entrepreneurs took...

Hawai‘i Hosts FestPAC for the First Time and Strengthens its Bonds with Island Nations
Posted on Jul 1, 2024 in Main Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Kanani Green, and festival organizers had the honor of hosting the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) in Hawai‘i for the first time in the festival’s...