TAIPEI (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata of American Samoa, as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation in Taiwan, emphasized the importance of the partnership between the United States and Taiwan, and the mutual interests of pea…

TARAWA (Radio Australia/Pacnews) — The Kiribati government has made an extraordinary attempt to deport suspended High Court Justice David Lambourne.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Rudy Fegurgur Quinata and Joyner Scott Sked have each been given life sentences for the murder of former Humåtak Mayor Daniel Sanchez.

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines is looking to buy heavy-lift Chinook helicopters from the United States, after scrapping a deal with Russia worth 12.7 billion pesos ($227.35 million) in order to avoid sanctions, Manila's ambassador to Washington said on Monday.

PAGO PAGO (RNZ Pacific/Pacnews) — Following a swarm of earthquakes detected at the Manu'a Island Group in American Samoa, the U.S. Geological Survey has dispatched a team to Pago Pago to assess and set up equipment to monitor seismic activities in the island group.

DEDEDO, Guam (Press Release) — Guam Regional Medical City or GRMC recently received certification from The Joint Commission as an “Advanced Primary Stroke Center.”  However, the good news does not end there because GRMC was also selected by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s “…

MAJURO — The Marshall Islands is a live demonstration that the Omicron BA.5 variant is the most contagious of Covid variants yet to appear: In the first five days of the outbreak here, over 10 percent of the population in Majuro, the capital, has tested positive, reported the Ministry of Hea…

TARAWA (TVNZ/Pacnews) — There was dramatic scenes at Bonriki International Airport in Kiribati on Thursday afternoon between Fiji Airways and local authorities attempting to illegally deport High Court Judge David Lambourne.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan's foreign ministry on Saturday expressed "sincere gratitude" towards the United States for taking "concrete actions" to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait and the region.

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services) — On Aug. 14, 2022, the government  of the Federated States of Micronesia announced, with great sadness, that the Yosiwo Palikkun George, vice president of the FSM, passed away at the age of 81.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The family of a 23-year-old man who was brutally beaten and stabbed outside of the Dededo Center early Monday is mourning his death.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A Tamuning neighborhood is fed up with the growing violence that is happening at all hours of the day.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — China's war games around Taiwan have led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, setting those options aside for now, according to sources familiar with the deliberations.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday amid growing public anger about the ruling party's ties to the controversial Unification Church, saying the group had held no sway over party policy.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Footage of an attack that turned deadly in the parking lot of the Dededo Center early Monday circulated on social media showing the victim’s final moments.

TAIPEI (AP) — Taiwan warned Tuesday that Chinese military drills aren’t just a rehearsal for an invasion of the self-governing island but also reflect ambitions to control large swaths of the western Pacific, as Taipei conducted its own exercises to underscore it’s ready to defend itself.

HONIARA (Kyodo News/Pacnews) — Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force or MSDF said Tuesday it has conducted its first joint drill with Solomon Islands maritime police. They were also joined by the U.S Navy's littoral combat ship Oakland.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Former workers at Malaysian rubber glove maker Brightway Holdings filed a lawsuit in the United States against Kimberly-Clark Corp and Ansell Ltd, accusing them of "knowingly profiting" from the alleged use of forced labor at the supplier, according to the complaint …

SEOUL (Reuters) — At least seven people died in and around the South Korean capital of Seoul overnight, authorities said on Tuesday, after torrential rain knocked out power, caused slips and left roads and subways submerged.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday warned of the scope for miscalculations over tensions in the Taiwan Strait, which he said were unlikely to ease soon amid deep suspicion and limited engagement between the United States and China.

HONIARA (AP) — The U.S deputy secretary of state said Monday the prime minister of the Solomon Islands “missed an important opportunity” by failing to attend a memorial service to mark the anniversary of a key World War II battle, amid concerns the South Pacific Island nation is building clo…

MAJURO — The Marshall Islands lost its Covid-free status Monday when tests confirmed six positive cases in the capital, the first known community transmission since the pandemic started in early 2020.

(MV) — Several concerned Filipino citizens, including those living abroad, are opposed to a proposed deal that will transfer the ownership of the Malampaya gas field to a company whose owner is a known supporter of the new Philippine president, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

NUKU'ALOFA (AFP/Pacnews) — President Joe Biden will host Pacific island leaders at the White House in September, a senior American diplomat said on Saturday, deepening a regional charm offensive to counter growing Chinese influence.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — While conducting night enforcement terrestrial patrol, officers from the Department of Agriculture Law Enforcement Conservation Section and the Civilian Volunteer Conservation Reserve, came across a parked vehicle on the trails.

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services) — Recently, the government of the Federated States of Micronesia  became aware of a high-level visit to Taiwan by the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. The FSM has received informal  communications from representatives of …

TARAWA (Tourism Authority of Kiribati) — Tarawa, Kiribati on Thursday was in celebration mode as the island converged at Bonriki International Airport to welcome the country’s first commercial flight, two and a half years since Covid-19 border lockdown.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan officials said Chinese aircraft and warships rehearsed an attack on the island on Saturday, part of Beijing's retaliation for a visit there by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi that has also included a halt in talks with the United States on issues …

TAIPEI (Reuters) — China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island.

MAJURO — With the border opening looming in the Marshall Islands, there is increasing talk in the community about the arrival of Covid in a nation that has remained free of the virus throughout the pandemic, able to keep Covid at bay through strict quarantine measures.

SUVA (FBC NEWS/Pacnews) — Tourism Fiji is ecstatic that new tourism-linked businesses are opening up across the country.

PAGO PAGO (RNZ Pacific/Pacnews) — The population of American Samoa has dropped by more than 600 continuing a trend of population loss in the U.S territory.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — China furiously condemned the highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as "one of the freest societies in the world" in a speech to the parliament in Taipei on Wednesday.

POHNPEI (RNZ Pacific/Pacnews) — The Federated States of Micronesia recorded 306 new Covid-19 infections in the 24-hour reporting period until July 31.

COLOMBO (Reuters) — Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Wednesday that talks with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package would restart in August, as the country wrestles with its worst economic crisis in decades.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late on Tuesday on a trip she said shows an unwavering American commitment to the Chinese-claimed self-ruled island, but China condemned the highest-level U.S. visit in 25 years as a threat to peace and s…

TAIPEI (Reuters) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taipei later on Tuesday, people briefed on the matter said, as several Chinese warplanes flew close to the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait, a source told Reuters.

TARAWA (Tourism Authority of Kiribati) — The Kiribati border reopening on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022 is expected to revive the nation’s tourism sector since its international border closure in March 2020, due to the global outbreak of Covid-19.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Amid rising tensions in the region, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero met last night with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi during her brief stopover on Guam. Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio and Guam Delegate Michael San Nicolas were also at Anders…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos, a U.S.-trained ex-general who saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars and played a key role in a 1986 pro-democracy uprising that ousted a dictator, has died. He was 94.

ALOFI (RNZ Pacific/Pacnews) — Community cases of Covid-19 in Niue have jumped from four to 17 since the first cases were reported Thursday last week.

HONIARA (ABC/Pacnews) — A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a deep-water port and World War II airstrip in Solomon Islands, as new documents detail how money from Beijing has helped keep the Pacific nation's controversial leader in power.

NUKU'ALOFA (Tonga Wires/Pacnews) — Suspended Senior Tongan Customs Officer Paula Naitoko was found guilty Friday of importing a substantial amount of methamphetamine and firearms, concealed in a box from the United States in 2019.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Erwin Mariano, 51, was  looking for a place to rest his head when he decided to seek refuge in an abandoned building on the Hagåtña pool premises. The building became engulfed in flames Saturday afternoon. Mariano, a homeless man, told The Guam Daily Post he a…

BEIJING (Reuters) — Prominent Chinese commentator Hu Xijin said on Saturday he deleted a tweet warning of military retaliation should U.S. fighter jets escort House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on any visit to Taiwan, after Twitter blocked his account.

HAVANA (Reuters) — The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy crisis worsens, state media reported on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (U.S. Department of the Interior) —  The United States and Republic of Palau governments have confirmed the nomination and selection of five individuals to fully constitute the Palau Advisory Group on Economic Reform, consistent with the Palau Compact Review Agreement, as amended.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Guam will help a regional neighbor handle its first major wave of Covid-19, following a meeting held Friday morning between  Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo.