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Vol. 9 No. 11 What we have this month November 2025

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VOL. 9 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO. 11
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NOVEMBER 2025
Despite President Whipps’ push, Palauans refuse to accept US deportees
CNMI
Loyalty belongs to US
FSM
At the crossroads of the US-China race for deep-sea minerals www. pacificislandtimes. com
Palauans refuse to take undesirable aliens from the U. S. 14
From the Publisher’ s Desk Nauru and Guam: A tale of two islands 4
Brief Chat Kimberly King-Hinds: Legislating and influencing 5
Insights
Live from Saipan: Always empty coffers 8 Yes & Know: Coming and going 9 Pacific Frontline: Modernizing the Guam port 10
Inside the Reef: Global prices are
beyond local politicians’ control
11
Pacific Reflections: Bets on development
12
CNMI
Washington, not Beijing
13
Around the Pacific
The race for FSM’ s deep-sea wealth
18
Pacific island leaders want peace
19
Obesity in the Pacific
20
Microwaves:
Health disparities in the Marshall Islands
21
The high seas at risk
22
Tuvalu launches submarine cable
23
Our Islands, Our People:
Palau’ s far-flung islands
24
Life
Second-class American?
25
Lesson: Hiring the right people
26
Art
Art galore in October
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