Vol. 9 No. 6 What we have this month June 2025
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Healthcare
VOL. 9 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO. 6
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Deep-sea mining and geopolitics in the Pacific
Guam’ s vaccine challenge
JUNE 2025
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Around the Pacific
The rise of transnational organized crime www. pacificislandtimes. com
US renews interest in deep-sea mining 14 to 16 From the Publisher’ s Desk
On our own 4
Insights Yes & Know: School year wrap-up 6 Live from Saipan: Feds do everything? 7 Pacific Reflections: Stuck on the seesaw 8
Health care Guam’ s vaccine challenge 9
Geopolitics Guam and Micronesia amid the superpowers’ race for dominance 10
Policy Who speaks for Guam? 11
Tourism Personalized service 12
CNMI Labor and immigration anxiety 13
Around the Pacific Palau and Taiwan getting closer 18 Marshall Islands’ sustainable way of life 19 Microwaves: The risks facing island nations 20 Political tumult in Samoa 21 Organized crime: The evolving threat in the Pacific island region? 22 Inside the Reef: What’ s common between US and FSM? 23 CHamorus were skilled farmers 24
Art Memories of Guam 25
Life Lessons: Meeting friends unexpectedly 26
Bookshelf New book on foster care released 27
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