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Alternergy reacts to Rappler articles on controversial P1.45B GSIS investment
Rappler
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July 24, 2025
(Editor’s note: We are publishing in full a July 23, 2025 letter from Alternergy Holdings Corporation requesting for corrections to two pieces on the Government Service Insurance System’s controversial share deal with the renewable energy company....
Indians Can Now Travel Easier (And Smarter): The Most Exciting Visa Updates of 2025
News18
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July 23, 2025
Last Updated:July 23, 2025, 08:45 IST From visa-free getaways to remote work opportunities, new 2025 visa policies are opening exciting doors for Indian travellers across the globe. Passport ready? 2025 brings big visa wins for Indian...
Congress overhauls SNAP Program Requirements
The Citizen of East Alabama
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Some provisions in the recently passed “One, Big, Beautiful Act” tighten eligibility requirements, cut administrative support, and introduce state-level cost sharing — while also scaling back several existing programs; SNAP is one of the affected...
St. Kitts and Nevis, CARICOM Calls for Accelerated Sustainable Development and Global Support at UN High-Level Political Forum
Win Media SKN
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July 23, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) — The Hon. Dr Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment for St. Kitts and Nevis, represented her country and the Caribbean Community...
How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—And Won
The Nation
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July 23, 2025
In an opinion issued today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that states have legal duties, not just moral ones, to protect the climate. These obligations, it held, are grounded in existing human rights law, environmental...
House takes lead on FY 2026 Budget, Senate calls for unified numbers
Island Times
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July 11, 2025
KOROR, Palau (July 9, 2025) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. has submitted a $152.4 million proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 to the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), prioritizing wage increases, social security reform, and cybersecurity—while also...
Koa Moana 25 Lance Cpl. Masang Interview
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nimwes Masang, a Palau native and legal services specialist with Headquarters and Services Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, gives remarks to fellow Palauans during Koa Moana 25 in Koror, Palau, July 9, 2025. Koa...
CHCC hosts immunization program regional meeting
Marianas Variety
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(CHCC) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Division of Public Health Services proudly hosted the first in a series of regional meetings for immunization programs across the nation, in collaboration with the Association of Immunization...
Kenya on spot over missed tobacco taxation targets
Zawya
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Kenya is among the countries that have failed to maintain best-practice tobacco tax levels, missing a critical opportunity to reduce tobacco use, save lives and unlock new revenue for health financing. A report by the World Health Organisation...
Lady Gaga Evokes The Phantom Of The Opera In New 'Mayhem Ball' Tour
Top40-Charts
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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Lady Gaga is giving a nod to The Phantom of the Opera in her new concert tour! While singing the Grammy and Oscar-winning "Shallow" in her new Mayhem Ball concert tour, Gaga boards a small boat that her alter ego, the...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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Pacific, the moral voice in global plastic negotiations
Pacific News Service
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As custodians of the world’s largest Ocean, the Pacific like in the climate change negotiations have the moral authority to speak out and lead international negotiations on plastic waste. The Pacific is disproportionately affected by global...
Hands-on livestock training held at Kumoi Farms
Marianas Variety
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THE CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, and Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or ADAFF are training residents of Guam, Palau, and the CNMI in animal husbandry and...
USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands
Foreign Policy
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July 8, 2025
In February, the ambassadors to the United States of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau met with U.S. officials to raise concerns about the rush of executive actions since U.S. President Donald Trump took office...
Reframing conservation as livelihood
Cook Island News
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July 21, 2025
Louisa Castledine, the owner of Ocean Toa Cook Islands, at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. SUPPLIED/25071832 A new movement has been established to promote bold initiative that combines indigenous knowledge with scientific practices to...
Whipps Outlines Legislative agenda in brief meeting with OEK
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
KOROR, Palau (July 8, 2025) — President Surangel Whipps Jr. met with members of the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) yesterday to present his legislative agenda for the upcoming regular session of Congress, highlighting both new and ongoing priorities....
Gaza Flotilla Ship “Handala” Sails to Challenge Israeli Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
CovertAction Magazine
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July 18, 2025
[Source: Photo by Flotilla Coalition] As the genocide of Palestinians continues with daily massacres of scores, sometimes hundreds, of starving people being targeted and killed by the Israeli military as they come to attempt to get food, another...
Guam's medal tally climbs to 15 at Pacific Mini Games
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s medal tally climbed to 15 as of 9 p.m. Monday at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau after two judo athletes, three track athletes and the baseball team all won medals. The island has so far got three gold, seven silver and five bronze. Judo:...
Atkins Kroll Saipan drives community impact as hole-in-one sponsor for 23rd HANMI Charity Classic
Marianas Variety
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Atkins Kroll Saipan is a hole-in-one sponsor of this year’s HANMI Charity Golf Tournament set for July 26 at LaoLao Bay Golf Resort. Contributed photo ATKINS Kroll Inc., an Inchcape company proudly announces its sponsorship of the 23rd HANMI...
Armed Clashes Between PDF Groups in Yaw Region
MoeMaKa
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July 19, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 17 Perspective MoeMaKa, July 18, 2025 Armed Clashes Between PDF Groups in Yaw Region On July 15, in Tilin Township, northern Magway Region, an incident occurred in which members of the PDF group “Generation Z Army...