Getting an abortion on Guam requires a $1,000, eight-hour flight. A lawsuit could change that
The ACLU is suing the US territory over restrictive laws that block people from accessing telemedicine medication abortions
January 2021
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Left stranded: US military sonar linked to whale beachings in Pacific, say scientists
Islands surrounded by US military study area, including Guam and Saipan, call for activity that harms the whales to stop
November 2020
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Pacific nations herald Biden presidency amid hope for action on climate emergency
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-elect
October 2020
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The US election that doesn't count: Guam goes to the polls but votes won't matter
‘Now that I live in Guam, I cannot vote’. The first Americans to ‘vote’ on polling day have no say in who will be president
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Remote Marshall Islands records its first coronavirus cases
Pacific nation was one of the last on Earth without a single confirmed Covid-19 infection
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'Poisoning the Pacific': New book details US military contamination of islands and ocean
More than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations contaminating the Pacific with radioactive waste, nerve agents, and chemical weapons like Agent Orange
September 2020
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Guam boy, 10, dies as Covid outbreak threatens country's health system
Of island’s nearly 1,900 cases, 70% were diagnosed in August and September, with one in 10 tests positive
August 2020
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'We are in dire straits': Pacific stands on Covid brink amid surging infections
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'Our children's lives on the line': the ongoing battle for Guam
July 2020
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'Look what he’s taken from me': one man's fight against child abuse in the church
Today we speak to one alter boy, Walter Denton, about his search for justice and how he helped bring change to the island of Guam.
June 2020
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Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
May 2020
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'Look what he's taken from me': the deadly toll of Catholic church sex abuse on Guam
There are now nearly 300 sexual abuse lawsuits against more than 20 priests on the deeply religious island in the western Pacific
April 2020
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Anger in Guam at 'dangerous' plan to offload US sailors from virus-hit aircraft carrier
Governor of US Pacific territory accused of ‘playing a game of chance with the health of our people’
March 2020
US sailors will die unless coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier evacuated, captain warns
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing – 25 March
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Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency after first coronavirus case
