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Wealthy Americans are traveling to Europe to dodge tariffs on luxury goods
CNBC
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August 27, 2025
Visitors and salesmen stand at the booth of Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweler Piaget, during the "Watches and Wonders Geneva" luxury watch fair, on April 1, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Jamie and her husband are traveling to...
Heading out to the beach? Guam EPA warns of 18 polluted beaches
Pacific Daily News
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The Guam Environmental Protection Agency warned that 18 beaches on the island were polluted this week. Based on the results of 42 samples taken by Guam EPA on Aug. 26, the following recreational waters were identified to be polluted above the...
Beyond the Beaches: Discover What Makes Each Pacific Destination Truly Unique
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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August 25, 2025
The Pacific is more than just sun and sea, it’s a region rich in identity, culture, sustainability, and unforgettable moments. During the recent Pacific Tourism Strategic & Digital Marketing Workshop, tourism marketing leaders from 13 member...
TRAVEL Act for Island Veterans’ Care Advances
Talanei
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August 22, 2025
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming recent House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) passage of a bill she cosponsored to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to...
Amata-cosponsored TRAVEL Act for Island Veterans’ care advances
Samoa News
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August 22, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming recent House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) passage of a bill she cosponsored to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign physicians of the Department of Veterans...
Drifting FAD located and removed at Alega Beach
Samoa News
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August 20, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) has successfully located and removed a drifting Fish Aggregating Device (FAD). This particular drifting FAD was discovered at Alega Beach, thanks in part to the...
Miss American Samoa brings ‘Crown, Culture & Couture’ to Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 12, 2025
Pauliana Angelfromheaven Felise Vitale, Miss American Samoa 2024–2025, is set to be a key figure at the Pacific Fashion Summit and Genesis Showcase this September. Known for her infectious warmth and unwavering presence, Vitale’s participation is...
Joel Mekler | Medicare Moments: Traveling this summer? Remember these critical Medicare considerations
New Castle News - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
Whether you’re driving, flying, or sailing the seas, it’s important to be prepared with Medicare. •Does Medicare cover international travel? Traveling abroad from the United States requires careful planning, especially for those with pre-existing...
American Samoa’s junior tennis players are once again turning heads
Samoa News
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August 1, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s junior tennis players are once again turning heads across Oceania with a commanding performance in the Level 5 Open Category of the recent USTA Hawai‘i Pacific Summer Junior Tournament. The six-member...
Alaska Airlines launches new loyalty program and premium credit card following acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 en route to Juneau departs to the north from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport while a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus 330-200 passenger jet is parked at Concourse C in the distance on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025....
Guam's delegate tackles multiple priorities as US Congress is preparing to reconvene
The Guam Daily Post
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Guam Del. James Moylan is preparing to push several economic development initiatives when Congress reconvenes, from breaking up airline monopolies to attracting advanced manufacturing to Guam. Moylan, who has been on Guam since early August and...
Six women must be in Samoa Parliament
Pacific News Service
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The Appeals Court ruling requires a minimum of six women to be elected to Samoa’s Parliament following the general election if there are 51 seats in parliament. “The Court has already made its decision that there must be six (6) women...
'Super impressive' Julian Savaiinaea bulks up, breaks through on Arizona's defensive line
The Arizona Daily Star
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Julian Savaiinaea's hometown is Tafuna, American Samoa, but the Arizona Wildcats defensive lineman considers Honolulu home. Savaiinaea graduated from Saint Louis School in Honolulu, which is about a 10-minute car ride from where Hawaii football...
Mosquito-born dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
Fox News
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Professor Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on whether Americans should be concerned about the rise in both COVID cases and Dengue fever in the U.S. and discusses Potassium Chloride meds being recalled for heart risks....
20 Island Vacations Where You Won't Need a Passport
Lifehacker - Massachusetts
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August 14, 2025
For a lot of people, the word vacation is synonymous with jetting off to an island paradise to stick your toes in the sand and sip a drink by the water. That may sound frivolous, but it's not—research has shown that vacations are necessary,...
Will Medicare Cover Care If You’re Traveling?
WTOP - District Columbia
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August 15, 2025
If you’re going on a big trip, especially overseas, there’s a lot to remember. Are your bags properly packed? Do… If you’re going on a big trip, especially overseas, there’s a lot to remember. Are your bags properly packed? Do you have your...
Travellers urged to be on alert for dengue, with soaring cases in the Pacific
New Zealand Doctor
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With dengue cases in the Pacific at their highest level in almost a decade, travellers are being urged to protect themselves from being bitten by mosquitoes that spread the sometimes deadly disease. There has also been a significant spike in...
Hawaii's 12th travel-related case of dengue fever reported in 2025
KITV - Hawaii
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HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Hawaii's 12th travel-related dengue fever case this year. The infected person recently returned to Oahu after traveling to a country where dengue is common. 11 cases were...
Hawaiʻi DOH reports 12th travel-related dengue virus case of 2025
Maui Now - Hawaii
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Aedes albopictus is a widespread invasive mosquito in Hawaiʻi. Photo Credit: James Gathany, CDC. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to 12 in...
Hawaii reports 12th case of travel-related dengue this year
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 12, 2025
COURTESY PHOTO This 2006 photograph depicted a female Aedes aegypti mosquito while she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host, who, in this instance, was actually the biomedical photographer, James Gathany, here at the...