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Introduced by Sen. Jesse Raglmar-Subolmar, the bill will amend Title 8 of the Yap State Code to allow paid maternity leave for employees of the government of the state of Yap. Raglmar-Subolmar said during the precious Legislature a resolution was adopted urging the governor to adopt and promulgate …

U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll and Kwajalein Range Services officials briefed RMI government and Kwajalein elected leaders Wednesday in preparation for the impending budget cuts. KRS manages the base for the Army. USAKA is facing a 13 percent cut to its budget this year, a continuation of several years …

Telecom Company Incite won the tender to provide internet services to schools and health centers on the islands of Embrym, Pentecost and Malekula. Project manager Marianne Berukilukilu said while mobile phone coverage in Vanuatu is at more than 90 percent, internet use is still very low. She said t…

Each class session will last about two hours, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and is open to everyone. Applications  are available at Youth Services until the application deadline on July 22, 2011. For more information, call 691-350-3771.

Prime Minister Danny Philip announced recently that his government hoped that tourism would become one of the country’s major foreign exchange earners. As a result, Philip’s government has now moved to secure land for tourism investment with landowners and investors in collaboration with provincial…

Sayed-Khaiyum, made the remarks while releasing the latest tourist arrival figures at a press conference in the capital Suva. “For the first time in Fiji’s history, ever for the month of April, we surpassed 50,000 visitor arrivals. We have had 55,043 arrivals,” Sayed-Khaiyum said, adding that there…

Globally, the figure would be around seven billion, UNFP interim president Ian Howie said. He was speaking at the commemoration of World Population Day in Port Moresby, which also coincided with the first day of PNG’s national census. Also at the gathering were U.N. resident coordinator Bertrand De…

The charity was created by former Peace Corps Volunteers and awards K-12 tuition scholarships to students across the FSM. Habele also provides public schools with books and classroom materials throughout the year. The application deadline for K-12 tuition scholarships was Thursday, June 30. Habele …

A representative from a Japanese purse seining company will arrive in Yap sometime next week to recruit potential workmen. According to the announcement from the YFA, the purse seining company representative from Japan will be arriving in Yap next Sunday, July 17. This is not the first time that pu…

But another 2.7 million households earning as little as $65,000 will be out of pocket as 500 businesses paying the $23 a ton tax pass on the cost. With the parliamentary votes already lined up, the prime minister was claiming success in achieving the controversial economic reform that helped bring …