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Connections: Marshall Islands Team To Make Global Debut
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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August 16, 2025
The Marshall Islands, which was the only United Nations-recognized country without a national soccer team, will debut its men’s team at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup, hosted from Aug. 11-17 at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium in Springdale. The...
Marshall Islands oceans talks highlight conservation, development
Marianas Variety
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MAJURO — A National Ocean Symposium opened in the Marshall Islands this week against a backdrop of an innovative fisheries authority that is employing conservation and management tools to break into the tuna value chain in unprecedented ways....
Pacific Islanders lead effort to link culture with mental wellness
Marianas Variety
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Becky Mettao leads a group discussion at a workshop that concluded on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a community mental health workshop held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at LaoLao Bay Resort, the Community Guidance Center offered its...
Marshall Islands hopes to access Compact funds
Marianas Business Journal
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BY GIFF JOHNSON Marshall Islands Correspondent United States and Marshall Islands officials worked up to the July 15 deadline to prepare a funding package worth $20 million, submitting it just 15 minutes before the deadline expired. U.S....
Fisheries conservation and sustainability focus of seminar in Marshall Islands
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
Speaking to the opening of a National Ocean Symposium Tuesday, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine called for communities throughout the Marshall Islands to get active in protecting their ocean resources for current and future generations....
World's major courts take growing role in climate fight
TerraDaily
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World's major courts take growing role in climate fight By Kelly MACNAMARA Paris (AFP) July 21, 2025 The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences...
Life after deportation: Marshall Islands Halfway House proposed
The Pacific Island Times
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August 3, 2025
Microwaves By Jack Niedenthal Riem Simon spent 13 years in U.S. prisons and now wants to help the rising number of deportees from the U.S. adjust to Marshallese society through a program he has developed: “Welcome to the Marshall Islands Halfway...
Marshallese deportations escalate in Arkansas and elsewhere under Trump
Arkansas Times
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August 5, 2025
Eighteen Marshallese citizens who had been legally residing in Arkansas, California, Washington and Hawaii were deported back to the Republic of the Marshall Islands on June 10, according to a press release issued by the Republic of the Marshall...
UH Hilo anthropologist: Marshallese wayfaring and brain science
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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August 9, 2025
Reading time: 2 minutesMarshallese master navigators read the water and wind to find their way. (Photo: Chewy Lin via University of Stirling) A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo professor is collaborating on a groundbreaking study into the heart of...
Here’s who does — and doesn’t — qualify for health care benefits as an immigrant in Colorado
Steamboat Pilot & Today - Colorado
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August 7, 2025
Health care policy is changing in the United States, including for immigrants, whose eligibility for federal benefits will be restricted following the passage of congressional Republicans’ new tax and budget law. The so-called “big, beautiful...
Friends to all: What a friend wants, what a Pacific island country needs
The Strategist
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August 18, 2025
Patrol boats, infrastructure, training and other security supports given to Pacific island countries aren’t entirely gifts. The givers are hoping for something in return, even if they don’t say so. Many partners seek to provide support and...
Conservative Former Maricopa County Assessor Develops Stage 3b Kidney Disease in Prison After Lawfare
The Arizona Sun Times
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August 4, 2025
Conservative former Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has developed kidney disease in prison. It was first diagnosed as stage 2 a few months ago, but has now progressed to stage 3b, which is generally irreversible. His family told The Arizona...
Tucked away in One Big Beautiful Bill, a plan to disqualify refugees from health care assistance
MinnPost - Minnesota
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July 31, 2025
Daily Newsletter | MinnPost's top stories delivered to your inbox Monday through Saturday. As the One Big Beautiful Bill ricocheted from proposal to signed law by President Donald Trump, Minnesota immigration advocates kept a close eye on how the...
SNAP changes, no Medicaid cuts, defense funding, other Guam details from 'big beautiful bill'
Pacific Daily News
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There will be no cuts in Medicaid benefits for citizens of the Freely Associated States, but residents on Guam need to brace for changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, requirements in order to still receive benefits....
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Explained: A Detailed Review of Key Changes for the Healthcare Industry
JD Supra - California
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July 25, 2025
Introduction To offset the cost of other provisions in the bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes significant reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that are expected to result in millions...
Guam Regional Medical City celebrates 10 years
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Regional Medical City first opened its doors on July 1, 2015, with the promise to “raise the standard of care for the people of Guam.” Dr. Beau Wielaard, GRMC chief executive officer, is glad to see this promise met and still be fulfilled...
MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT | Maggie celebrates her 97-year journey
The Fiji Times
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August 16, 2025
Maggie Magdalene Vuadreu celebrated her 97th birthday in Suva this month. The get-together brought her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and close relatives together to celebrate the remarkable achievement of reaching the ripe old age...
Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27
Pacific News Service
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Vulnerable island states say they cannot wait another three years for a funding mechanism to help victims of climate disasters. Developing countries demanded the creation of a fund to respond to the losses and damages caused by increasing climate...
New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports
KFF
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July 21, 2025
On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of a policy change to update the definition of “federal public benefits” as outlined in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of...
4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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