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Guam firefighters respond to a fatal crash in Hågat on Wednesday night, Sept. 25, 2024. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The death of a 22-year-old man, who was involved in a car crash Wednesday evening, marks the ninth traffic fatality of 2024. According to the Guam Fire Department, a call was rece…

Military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People’s Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) — China said on Wed…

Surangel Whipps Jr. NEW YORK/TAIPEI (Taiwan News/Pacnews) — Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. has voiced support for Taiwan’s inclusion in the U.N. at the 79th United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Speaking at the general assembly’s Summit of the Future, Whipps said Taiwan has made “valuable…

Esther Aguigui HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Guam Homeland Security/Office Civil Defense reported no immediate threat assessed from a reported missile launch Wednesday. “No immediate threat was assessed for Guam or the Marianas from the reported launch,” Homeland Security Advisor Esth…

The U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) prepares to hoist a crewman from a foreign fishing vessel northwest of Saipan on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — The U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) conducted a successful medical evacuation …

American Samoa Congresswoman Amata speaks in the U.S. House on protecting religious freedoms worldwide WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata spoke on the House floor on Monday, emphasizing the importance of U.S. efforts to protect re…

A greeter for the Coral Geographer cruise visit poses for a photo. COLONIA, Yap (Yap Visitors Bureau) — Here’s some of the latest tourism news and happenings from Yap, a unique destination in the Federated States of Micronesia. • Visitor Arrivals Double – Yap’s tourism sector continues to rebound w…

Congresswoman Amata, 3rd right, in a Health Subcommittee hearing that examined the Veterans Crisis Line. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting House passage last week of a necessary supplemental bill to ensure ke…

U.S. Congresswoman Aumua Amata of American Samoa met with Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn on Thursday. In Congress, Amata has supported the important efforts of the Peace Corps, including their much-needed work in the Pacific region, which they discussed in the meeting. Amata served as a Peace Cor…

 Carmen G. Cantor  WASHINGTON (DOI-OIA) —   The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs on Thursday announced $2,526,429 in Fiscal Year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda that will provide the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of t…