Vol. 9 No. 8 What we have this month August 2025
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VOL. 9 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO. 8
$ 1.25 HAGATNA
PLANHAGATNA
PLAN
AUGUST 2025
A new test of GovGuam’ s political will
CNMI
REVISITED
Politics after Palacios
Around the Pacific
US laying the groundwork for military posture in Yap www. pacificislandtimes. com
The Hagatna planning that never ends 14
From the Publisher’ s Desk |
With or without disaster |
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Insights |
Yes & Know: Human legacies |
7 |
Live from Saipan: No improvements |
8 |
Pacific Reflections: COFA vs ICE |
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Government Affairs Dead end: The OPA’ s limited power 10
Military Guam missile defense: How effective is it? 11
Policy Organic Act: 75 years 12
CNMI Political landscape after Palacios 13
Around the Pacific Forward presence in Yap 18 Inside the Reef: The FSM’ s last war 19 Guns in New Caledonia 20 Microwaves: Rebuilding life in Marshall Islands 21 Tonga, Vanuatu, Tuvalu puzzled by US deportation 22 Our Islands, Our People: Burial in Kosrae 23
Art |
Filamore Palomo Alcon: In memoriam |
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Cake sculptures |
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Life Lessons: 95 and happy 26
Bookshelf
Rabbitfish 27
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