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SUSAKI SHARES OLYMPIC GOLD KNOWLEDGE
GSPN
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July 10, 2025
By Paradis Jolie Fejerang Olympic Gold and Bronze medalist Yui Susaki made her way to Guam yesterday to conduct a three day wrestling clinic at the Father Duenas Phoenix Center for the first two days and International Sports Center for the final....
Olympic gold medalist Yui Susaki shares wrestling knowledge
Pacific Daily News
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Olympic gold and bronze medalist Yui Susaki started her three-day wrestling clinic on Guam sharing her knowledge of the sport with local athletes. The first two days of the wrestling clinic are at the Father Duenas Phoenix Center and International...
In our 50s, we moved to a remote Pacific island. We know we'll need better healthcare someday, but for now, it's paradise.
Insider
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July 11, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Buz Moffett, 63, who moved from Hawaii to Pohnpei, an island in the Pacific Ocean that's part of the Federated States of Micronesia, with his wife in 2018. It has been edited for length and...
Amazing finish for an amazing team
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...
Tang, Longona shine in Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run
Marianas Variety
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PONY Tang and Taliana Longona took the spotlight in colorful fashion on Saturday as they finished first overall in their respective divisions of the Triple J 5K Bubble Color Run at American Memorial Park. It was the perfect day for a run as...
'67 Bombs to Enid' tells story of Marshallese community in Oklahoma
Tulsa World - Oklahoma
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Filmmaker Ty McMahan grew up in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Until he began working on a documentary that recently premiered, he had no idea about this piece of Oklahoma history: Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 atomic bombs across the...
Parvati Shallow Says RIP to the ‘Black Widow’ and All That
Wired
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July 8, 2025
Parvati Shallow, the reality TV maven and one-time Survivor winner, can now also add published author to her list of achievements. The legendary schemer, who orchestrated scores of blindsides on the beaches of the Cook Islands, Micronesia, and...
Tonga claims shot put gold as 2025 Pacific Mini Games draw to a close
RNZ
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July 8, 2025
Tu'utafaiva, 28, is mentored by former world and Olympic Games champion Valerie Adams, and recorded a throw of 14.76 metres to claim top spot. Photo: Facebook / Tonga Sports Association & National Olympic Committee Tonga's Ata Ma'ama Tu'utafaiva...
21st Iteration of Pacific Partnership Prepares for Indo-Pacific Mission Aboard USS Pearl Harbor
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 11, 2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, UNITED STATES 07.09.2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25) officially kicks off with the arrival of the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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July 11, 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,...
Tan, Andrew strike gold in athletics
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — A smiling Tania Tan crossed the finish line of the women’s 10,000m race at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau on Friday morning — and she had more than one reason to smile. She bagged the gold medal,...
Minamborae Michael Karapen also known as Michael Mexico, the beacon and founding father of weightlifting in PNG
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 5, 2025
By PISAI GUMAR It was a very historic day in the life of a young, stocky, and energetic Wabag man at Guam Naval Base, a US Territory, on 16th Sept 1975. A native Melanesian weightlifter, exhibiting bulging biceps among other Polynesian and...
Guam's baseball team advances to gold medal game at Pacific Mini Games
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s men’s baseball team is back in the gold medal game at the Pacific Mini Games after handling the Federated States of Micronesia, 10-6, Saturday afternoon in Palau. Guam's medal tally as of Sunday noon was nine, including two gold, three...
This Pacific Ocean country is one of Earth’s most biodiverse places
City A.M.
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July 10, 2025
Thursday 10 July 2025 8:41 am Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email A trip to remote Palau on the Four Seasons Explorer This Pacific Ocean hideaway offers...
Disney’s 'Dare to Dream JR.' premieres this weekend at SandCastle Guam
Pacific Daily News
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World Theater Productions and Guam Philharmonic Foundation, Incorporated are premiering Disney's "Dare to Dream JR." this weekend at the SandCastle Guam Theater in Tumon. The new musical revue will open on July 5 and July 6. The first show was at...
DIKA TOEA LEADS TEAM PNG’S GOLD RUSH IN PACIFIC MINI GAMES
PNG Haus Bung
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July 5, 2025
Veteran weightlifter Dika Toua headlined an unforgettable day for Team Papua New Guinea at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games on Friday, 4 July, as PNG’s athletes delivered a string of impressive performances across several sports with most notably in...
A glimpse into the 2025 Pacific Mini Games - voices of athletes in Palau
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
2025 Palau Mini Games enters its fifth day of competition on Friday. Photo: Facebook / Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games The 2025 Pacific Mini Games has been a colourful affair so far, bringing together 23 Pacific nations to compete in a variety of...
Things to do on Fourth of July weekend around Guam
Pacific Daily News
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From firing up the grill by the beach to watching the Fourth of July fireworks, losing yourself in Maoli's or Silk's music, checking out family-friendly festivals, visiting an art exhibit or retracing the route of a World War II march, there's...
Day 5 at Pacific Mini Games: 3 more medals for Guam
Pacific Daily News
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Guam got another three medals after swimmer Amaya Bollinger and track and field athletes Hugh Kent and Alonzo Acosta won in their respective sports with the total medals for Guam at six as of Friday morning. Bollinger was second place in the 200m...
Aleksenko saves the day for Team Marianas
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas still made it to the medal board on Day 4 of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau — thanks to swimmer Isaiah Aleksenko. On a day marked by mixed results, Aleksenko gave the NMI a much-needed...