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Palau invites US military to build bases amid China power push

U.S Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of “ongoing destabilizing activities” in the Pacific. Palau President Tommy Remengesau later revealed he told Esper that the U.S military was welcome to build facilities in his country, an archipelago about 1,5…
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$34M in Compact funding for Marshalls OK’d

This assistance will be used primarily for the health and education sectors as well as infrastructure projects and maintenance related activities in the Marshall Islands. As required under U.S. Public Law 108-188, the JEMFAC meets annually to review Compact budgetary spending proposed by the RMI go…
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China supports FSM food security

FSM citizens may recall that during the state visit to China by FSM President David W. Panuelo in December, 2019, that among the conversations between him and President Xi Jinping as well as among the members of the delegation (including Esmond B. Moses, vice speaker of the 21st FSM Congress), food…
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Cocaine bust in Marshall Islands

A local man accompanying the cocaine on an Air Marshall Islands flight Monday afternoon was arrested, questioned and released while the investigation continues, police said. Law enforcement authorities said the individual brought three “bricks” of plastic-wrapped white powder weighing about one kil…
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Hawaii corruption sentencing hearings rescheduled again

A U.S. judge on Wednesday set a Nov. 30 sentencing date for retired Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his now-estranged wife, Katherine Kealoha, who was a former high-ranking city prosecutor. A jury convicted them last year of conspiracy in a plot to frame a relative to keep him from revealin…
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Remengesau says Palau needs allies for economic development

In an interview following the short visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Remengesau said Palau’s development opportunities will expand with the help of bigger nations. “You can talk about being economically self-sufficient, that’s always a good goal, but don’t give too many false hopes to…
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