Micronesia calls for Climate urgency, Oceans Protection and global justice at…

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley W. Simina used his address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week to demand urgent climate action, stronger protections for oceans, and meaningful reform of the UN Security...

The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Journey: What are we doing differently?

The Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), being implemented across 15 participating countries1, provided a rare opportunity to reimagine how MERL can meaningfully contribute to ensuring sovereign warehouse storage and response...

Research Matters: UOG MAGIC Lab expands funding, research capacity in the Pacific

From land to sea—and now the skies—the University of Guam is expanding its research in all directions. While UOG is proudly a Land Grant and Sea Grant institution, it’s also launching new frontiers in space-related research through programs funded...

Rising authoritarianism has accelerated and normalised mass deportation of migrants

Under President Donald Trump, the United States is expanding its efforts to detain and deport non-citizens at an alarming rate. In recent months, the Trump administration made deals with a number of third states to receive deported non-citizens....

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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GOP falsely ties shutdown to Democrats’ alleged drive to give all immigrants healthcare

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” — Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview As the U.S....

Tindo Solar to make 70 of its Walara solar panels for the East Micronesia Cable project

Solar module manufacturer Tindo Solar has announced an order of 70 of its 430-watt Walara solar panels for the East Micronesia Cable (ESM) project, with these to be used to power data cable landing stations in Nauru and Kiribati. ESM is a 2,250...

Tindo Solar supplies solar PV modules to Micronesia submarine cable project

When completed in late 2025, the infrastructure will deliver high-speed data connectivity to approximately 100,000 people across these Pacific Island nations. Image: East Micronesia Cable System. Tindo’s solar modules will power the cable landing...

Micronesia runs solar minigrid tender

A tender is open in Micronesia for the engineering, procurement and construction of hybrid solar minigrid systems at three villages on the Fefen Islands. The closing date for applications is October 27. September 17, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image:...

FACT-CHECK: Republicans Falsely Tie Shutdown To Democrats’ Alleged Drive To Give All Immigrants Health Care

Credit: Screengrab / PolitiFact via KFF Health News “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a...

Designing and Implementing a Counterspace: The Burke Museum’s Research Family

In the spring of 2013, a group of Pacific Islander students at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle created the first version of an initiative known as Research Family. As its name implies, Research Family brings family-like relationships...

Innovate: Technology is about to eat the world—what's our move?

Before we dive in, let’s set the stage. ARK Invest, formally known as ARK Investment Management LLC, is a U.S.-based investment firm founded by Cathie Wood, famous for her bold, data-driven bets on disruptive innovation. Every year, ARK publishes...

Research Matters: UOG EPSCoR fuels Guam coral reef restoration, biodiversity breakthroughs

A $20 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation has allowed the University of Guam to conduct research to restore Guam’s coral reef ecosystems and establish coral nurseries to replenish corals damaged by rising sea...

EUCON strengthens partnership with Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia to drive NMI’s economic future

Christopher Schlarman, chief lending officer of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia; Roberta F. Garachbar, chief executive officer of BFSM; and Dr. Christian Wei, president of EUCON. EUCON photo EUCON International University has...

GOP Falsely Ties Shutdown to Democrats’ Alleged Drive To Give All Immigrants Health Care

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox...

A little bit of love

It’s better not to build your new home close to a precipice that might be eroded in a landslide, as we learned from the disasters in California not long ago. This brings to mind the sound advice we’re given in the gospel, and elsewhere: to build...

81 years after World War II death, Utah fighter pilot’s journey home is complete

During World War II, military officials reported naval aviators flew from aircraft carriers, projecting air power across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, and participated in major battles such as Midway, the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf,...

Nauru charts bold path toward 2028 Micronesia Games

Micronesian Games Council officials and members pose for a photo with Nauru government and sports officials during a meeting to discuss the 2028 Micronesian Games. Contributed photo YAREN, Nauru — On Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, the Republic of Nauru...

UOG to host 2nd Annual Research Forum

This Friday and Saturday, the University of Guam is hosting the 2nd Annual Research Forum, an event that not only serves as an academic showcase but also a platform where research directly tackles everyday challenges Guam and the region face. By...

From wisdom to wellness, how the Guma’ Tinemtom Project is building population health research in Guam

In 2022, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparity awarded a grant to the University of Guam to support the Guma’ Tinemtom (House of Wisdom) Project, which aspires to build population health research through island wisdom. In...