Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs Baklai Temengil-Chilton revealed last week Palau’s intention to bid for the 2025 Pacific Games.
 
The bid is to host 12 sporting events including spearfishing and baseball. CNMI withdrew its bid to host the 2021 Games due to challenges related to the two super typhoons that devastated their country. 

Preparations for anti-doping controls during the Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games have “impressed” the chief executive officer of the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organisation.
 
Anti-doping testing, in collaboration with WADA, the World Anti-Doping Association, will be held throughout the Games, which are being held in Samoa from 7-20 July. Any Athlete that tests positive for a prohibited substance will be disqualified.

Preparations for sports facilities for the upcoming Pacific Games are well underway and on track. 
 
With less than three months until game day, construction workers are working round-the-clock to ensure the deadline is met. 
 
In an interview with the Minister of Education Sports and Culture, Loau Keneti Sio, he said the target is to complete all facilities by June to allow local athletes to familiarise themselves with the venues. 
 
So far, the construction works are on time as scheduled, he said.

Samoa 2019 chief executive Falefata Hele Ei Matatia said organisers are working to "make history" with 100 days to go until the Pacific Games in Apia.
 
The Games are due to take place between July 7 and 20 but the country was only confirmed as host in December 2017.
 
Apia stepped in following the withdrawal of Tonga who cited financial concerns.

The Pacific Games Council is confident an invite for Oceania countries to compete at the 2022 Asian Games does not pose a threat to the region's premier multi-sport event.
 
The Olympic Council of Asia confirmed at its General Assembly in Bangkok earlier this month that athletes from 17 Oceania nations would be eligible to compete in sports which will serve as joint Asia-Oceania qualifying events for the Olympic Games.

The Pacific Games has reaffirmed its position to assure the healthcare of officials and athletes attending the upcoming 2019 Pacific Games in July.  
 
The Pacific Games Office CEO, Falefata Hele Matatia, gave the assurance when contacted by the Samoa Observer, following growing concerns that a Ministry of Health (MOH) suspension on the administering of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine remains in effect since July last year.  

Eight members of Team PNG have given the thumbs up for the higher altitude training that has given them the boost and team spirit to set their objectives for the upcoming South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa.
The athletes currently in training are Debona Paraka (discus/hammer throw, shot put), Adrine Monagi (2015 gold medalist), Daniel Baul (400m), Roland Hure (long jump), Lakona Gerega (javelin), Rellie Kaputin (relay), Peniel Richard (triple and long jump) and Ephraim Lerkin (hurdler 400m/800m).

​Pacific Sprint Queen Toea Wisil is a glaring omission from Papua New Guinea’s 2019 Pacific Games track and field team announced yesterday.
PNG athletics union avoided the Toea issue when prodded, instead opting to focus on their up and coming, new talents led by Leonie Beu, the evolving young star likely to replace Wisil.
At 31, Wisil, long regarded as the fastest women in the Pacific and Oceania, is being shunted into the 9th lane for the Samoa games.

The Pacific Games have 10 corporate or government sponsors signed up to sponsor the games to date, totaling T$8,245,000(US$3,139,906)in either cash or on an in-kind basis.
 
In little over three months, Apia will host thousands of athletes, sports administrators and their supporters for the games, which will be held July 7-20. 
 
The Games Sponsorship Director Tagaloa Fouina Sua has said he is 75 per cent confident they will reach their ambitious target, which he could not disclose.

Chef de Missions (CDM) from across the Pacific are in the country to meet with officials from the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games Organising Committee to gain information on the Pacific Region’s largest quadrennial games in July.
 
The Chairman of the Pacific Games Organising Committee is excited to welcome the CDM envoy to Samoa and hopes that the meeting will be a fruitful and successful one.