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Taiwan safeguarding its own security and refusing rule by China’s Communist Party ‌should not be seen as a provocation, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, adding he hoped a new U.S. arms sale package can be approved soon.

TOKYO/KOROR (Island Times/Pacnews) — Palau’s locally produced taro flour recently took center stage on both the international and national stage, making its debut at Beauty World Japan 2026 on May 18-20 and then at the Palau Development Symposium on May 28.

Stephen Ignacio died in Los Angeles, California, surrounded by loved ones.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency placed all grants awarded by FEMA Region 9 to the government of Guam on restrictive drawdown status on May 12, meaning agencies must submit supporting documents for review and approval prior to the release of any grant funding.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Guam’s overall employment rate has increased over the past year, but according to the data, the primary driving force isn’t the federal or local government.

HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The Guam Visitors Bureau and a dozen local businesses joined forces in Seoul to pitch Guam as a premier “Wellness Island” destination directly to Korean travelers at the 2026 Seoul International Travel Fair.

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippine defense chief will continue to do his duty ​in the face of China’s “wickedness,” he said on Friday, a day after Beijing sanctioned him for what it called repeated “erroneous remarks.”

MAJURO — Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine on Tuesday this week signed an executive order declaring a “state of emergency for Ebeye,” enabling a fast track government response to last Saturday’s devastating fire on Ebeye Island, home to about 8,000 people next to the U.S. Army’s missile testin…

MANILA (Reuters) — The Philippines’ foreign affairs department has undertaken appropriate diplomatic action against China in connection with the “illegal presence” of a floating structure in a ​disputed atoll, the country’s South China Sea task force said on Tuesday.

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (Reuters) — Rescuers searched the rubble on Tuesday of a collapsed building in the southern Philippine ​city of General Santos, the worst hit by a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 37 people and injured hundreds, to reach ‌two people still believed to be trapp…