Category: Pacific News

SAIPAN (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — The Northern Mariana Islands will be one of the key locations to host a large-scale multilateral exercise scheduled for this summer, defense officials announced, reiterating the U.S territory’s strategic significance to the U.S military’s force posture in the Indo-Pacific. During a stakeholders’ meeting on Saipan on 17-18 June, the Joint […]

‘The True Cost of War’: Guam Leaders Urge Vigilance Amid Middle East Tensions—A Call That Resonates in Palau HAGÅTÑA, GUAM – As hostilities escalate in the Middle East following confirmed U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Guam’s leaders are calling on residents to remain calm, stay informed, and prepare for any developments. Their message, while […]

Public perceptions of influence measured in the latest Lowy Institute Poll see Australia surge ahead as the “permanent contest” unfolds By Mihai Sora CANBERRA (THE INTERPRETER)—Something interesting is happening in how Australians think about their own country’s influence in the Pacific. According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 poll, 39 percent of Australians now see Australia […]

Renew insurance or face bankruptcy case dismissal SAIPAN (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES)—The U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Mariana Islands has issued an ultimatum to Imperial Pacific International, warning that its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case could be dismissed or converted to Chapter 7 unless the company immediately addresses critical operational failures. Judge Robert J. Faris ordered […]

HAGATNA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — In 2020, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero came under fire for saying her administration was “milking” concessions from the federal government in exchange for hosting the Covid-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt. “The best decision I ever made is allowing the USS Theodore Roosevelt to go to our hotels,” the governor said […]

UTAH (NZ HERALD) —A prominent Samoan fashion designer who was shot at a protest against U.S President Donald Trump in Utah’s capital has died. Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was fatally shot at the Salt Lake City “No Kings” protest, after a 24-year-old man brandished an AR-15-style semi-automatic […]