U.S military admits it fell short on awarding local contracts in Micronesia

SAIPAN (RNZ PACIFIC) —The head of Joint Task Force (JTF) Micronesia has acknowledged that the US military could have done a better job of awarding contracts to local companies involved in its growing network of projects across the region. JTF...

Rare earths, rough seas: FSM at the crossroads of U.S-China resource...

By Joyce McClure China’s new restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals are reverberating across the Pacific, raising concerns that the Federated States of Micronesia could become a new arena for resource competition between Beijing and...

U.S. Recognizes Micronesian Independence

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement yesterday recognizing the 39th anniversary of independence for the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM). “The United States and the Federated States of Micronesia share a deep partnership...

Pacific Federal Management starts scholarship, internship for UOG engineering students

Pacific Federal Management Inc. has established a scholarship for University of Guam engineering students, funded by an initial commitment of $22,396.98 and is structured as a hybrid scholarship. This model provides both immediate tuition relief...

Nuclear Tests and Their Legacy of Harms in Asia-Pacific

Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump made headlines when he told the Pentagon to resume testing of U.S. nuclear weapons, citing his concerns that countries like China or Russia had supposedly conducted secret underground nuclear weapons tests and...

Il Sud globale chiede agli Stati Uniti di togliere le vergognose sanzioni contro Cuba

Dal 1992 Cuba chiede al mondo l’opinione sul vergognoso embargo che gli Stati Uniti dal 1962 applicano all’Isola caraibica per il solo fatto di essere un Paese indipendente da Washington. Segue nostro Telegram. Il 28 e 29 ottobre 2025 si è...

Rare earths, rough seas: FSM at the crossroads of US-China resource rivalry

China’s new restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals are reverberating across the Pacific, raising concerns that the Federated States of Micronesia could become a new arena for resource competition between Beijing and Washington. The...

Pacts epitome of South-South cooperation

In a move to enhance economic ties, China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with economic and trade officials of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Nauru, Kiribati and Fiji, to sign economic partnership upgrading framework agreements between China and each...

Taking bets on development

Pacific Reflections By Gabriel McCoard Guam is the capital of Micronesia. That’s hardly a unique observation. Whatever you want to call the reason—Great Power Geopolitical Play, Trappings of Empire, Expansionism, Injustice—the simple fact remains...

Palau takes first step to building Humanitarian Warehouse

Palau has taken the first step to the construction of a warehouse, that will keep emergency supplies for disasters. Ministers attending the 2nd Pacific Disaster Risk Management Ministers Meeting in Koror, Palau officiated at the groundbreaking...

Letters to the Editor | November 6, 2025

Road safety! RAJNESH ISHWAR LINGAM NADAWA, NASINU SCARY! That’s how I’d describe the picture (FT: 04/11) of the servicerun bus, that belonged to Classic Buses Ltd and veered off the Denarau Bridge on Monday. It’s disappointing that despite the...

US military admits it fell short on awarding local contracts in Micronesia

JTF Micronesia commander Rear Admiral Joshua Lasky said the US military is looking into how contracts are awarded. Photo: Supplied The head of Joint Task Force (JTF) Micronesia has acknowledged that the US military could have done a better job of...

China, 5 Pacific Island nations ink deal to deepen partnership; 'move boosts cooperation in marine economy and green development'

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao meets with senior officials from five Pacific Island countries on November 4, 2025. Photo: screenshot from the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)'s website China and five Pacific Island countries on Tuesday signed...

Oversight or Overreach? Time to End Conflicts of Interest in Corrupt Medical Industry

David Lubofsky By David Lubofsky, Ed.D. for Kandit News and Views In any healthcare system, trust is built on transparency, accountability, and independence. On Guam, that trust has been routinely tested and has failed, but here we are once again....

Pacific Ministers endorse new Regional Disaster Coordination system

Pacific ministers have endorsed the creation of a new regional mechanism to improve coordination and delivery of humanitarian aid across the region. The new system, known as the Pacific Regional Emergency Coordination Mechanism (PResCoM), was...

China, 5 Pacific Island countries sign framework agreement to upgrade economic partnership: MOFCOM

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Tuesday met with senior officials from five Pacific Island countries — the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Vanuatu and the Republic of Fiji....

Micronesia's worst fears realised as WWII shipwrecks leak

Swimming amid the shipwrecks of Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon is like diving into a time machine. A ghost fleet of ships and aircraft, once part of a formidable Japanese naval base, dot the floor of the state of Chuuk's shallow waters. They lie amid...

Respect for Pacific Island sovereignty matters more than hollow 'democracy' rhetoric

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT For years, Western media has sought to "weaponize" China-Pacific Islands cooperation, smearing mutually beneficial projects as tools of "influence expansion." An article published in Foreign Affairs on Monday once again...

Archaeologist explores a hidden homeland

Easter Island — or Rapa Nui in the native language — is known around the world for its massive moai statues. While the physical origins of the statues can be traced to a quarry on the remote island, where did the idea behind them come from? To...

SI amongst world’s top fish consumers

The Solomon Islands has been ranked 33rd in the world for fish consumption per capita in 2025, according to the latest global data on fish consumption by country. According to Fish consumption by country 2025, the data shows that an average person...