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Start Small, Start Now: Real support for conservation work
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (475+ words) Guam Restoration of Watersheds (GROW) volunteers plant tree seedlings during the annual outplanting event at the Ugum project site. These plantings protect coral reefs from sedimentation that occurs during heavy rain events. Many of the conservation projects taking place in…...
Coconut on the Road: Chuukin" along the coconut road
2+ week, 6+ day ago (706+ words) At 7. 25 degrees north and 151. 5 degrees east lies the island state of Chuuk within the Federated States of Micronesia. It was once known as Truk. Chuuk translates to "mountain" in the Chuukese language. Funny how that happens, naming a place surrounded…...
LETTER: Addressing crimes besides changing village names
4+ week, 1+ day ago (269+ words) The Kumisi'n i Fino" CHamoru has proposed other name changes. I say this: Thus far we have seen Merizo changed to Malesso", Agat to H'gat, Agana to Hag't'a, and the list goes on. Preserving and correcting our CHamoru history and…...
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1+ mon, 3+ day ago (131+ words) WRN TXT 1 K. png guampdn. com The potential track of Tropical Storm Hagupit provided by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on May 8, 2026. Tropical Storm Hagupit to pass Yap Friday night Tropical Storm Hagupit is expected to pass near or over Yap…...
Africa's Lobito Corridor chief tells AFP business, not geopolitics, drives strategy
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (741+ words) Lobito Atlantic Railway CEO Nicholas Fournier says business takes precedence over geopolitics Floods damaged part of Benguela railway LAR holds a 30-year concession to operate the Benguela railway Lobito Atlantic Railway is responsible for freight traffic Passenger services are operated…...
Hantavirus ship passenger: 'They didn't take it seriously enough"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (599+ words) Health personnel board the cruise ship MV Hondius to evacuate infected patients Ruhi Cenet was surprised when cruise-ship life carried on as usual aboard the MV Hondius, even after the captain announced the first passenger's death. The Turkish travel vlogger…...
Taiwan leader says island has 'right to engage with the world"
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (436+ words) Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (R) made his postponed trip to African ally Eswatini and back on the king's aircraft Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday the democratic island has the "right to engage with the world", after he returned from a…...
Taiwan leader makes delayed visit to Eswatini after China objections
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (263+ words) Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, pictured in February, said 'unexpected external forces' had forced the suspension of his previously planned trip to Eswatini Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday announced his arrival in Eswatini -- Taipei's only diplomatic ally in Africa -- after…...
Thousands gather for Pope Leo's first mass in Angola
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (618+ words) The pope is on an 11-day tour of Africa Hundreds of Catholics turned out to meet Pope Leo after he arrived in Angola on Saturday Thousands gathered for Pope Leo's mass in the Angolan town of Kilamba Tens of thousands…...
Cape Town mayor elected to lead S. Africa's second-largest party
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (604+ words) Geordin Hill-Lewis, the newly elected leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance party, was elected mayor of Cape Town in 2021 Geordin Hill-Lewis, 39, has been mayor of Cape Town since 2021 South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday…...