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Hawaii’s products topped more than 200 other entrants at the international Cocoa of Excellence Awards on Tuesday evening.

Wespac Executive Director Kitty Simonds expressed her disappointment, saying the council had been trying for six years to negotiate an increase.

Gov. Ralph Torres has maintained his innocence but an investigative committee says its case is becoming more solid by the day.

Marshallese are concerned about continued health effects from Cold War-era nuclear testing as well as a concrete dome in which the atomic waste was stored.

The issue of reparations for Pacific nations’ losses and damages from climate change was postponed until next year.

The Federated States of Micronesia has voted twice to retain the prohibition against dual citizenship. Micronesians living elsewhere are hopeful the vote will go the other way.

The lawmakers also called for adequate compensation for Pacific Islanders affected by nuclear testing in the region.

The passenger had no symptoms and a ‘weak positive’ test result after arriving on a flight from New Zealand, but Tonga wasn’t taking any chances.

Authorities in Papeete have reminded foreign fishing fleets that their waters are not “a garbage can for wrecks.”

In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, concerns over steady population decline have been confirmed.