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The committee is tasked to review and evaluate bid proposals for small scale construction projects for the national government, including reporting on evaluations and recommendations on bid proposals to contracting officer through the secretary of DTC&I. “I would like to create a committee for …

As explained by  Tom Bussanich, the budget and grants management director from OIA, the Joint Economic Management Committee is requesting the legislatures of the FSM states to consider amending appropriation laws to exempt Compact-funded personnel budgets from legislative reprogramming restrictions…

The festival is a day to celebrate the Yapese spirits by reuniting friends and families and a time for people to connect their past to the future through photos that will be displayed in the administration parking lot on that day. The festival is centered on people renewing ancestral links and frie…

Tausaga also adds benefits associated with the funding from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will also dry up. He said the local portion of the new fiscal year budget will be down five percent from 2011, and executive cuts are being made to department and agency budgets to combat the anticipa…

The group members toured the island before heading to Colonia for their reception at the Yap Community Center and later at the Yap Marina Sports Bar & Grill. At the community center, the ETG representatives were presented with a dance performance from Nimar Village. After the bamboo dance perfo…

When patients are admitted to hospital with a heart attack, standard practice is to put them on antiplatelet drugs, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, which improves blood flow. Collaborative research between Victoria University and Capital and Coast District Health Board has highlighted that patient…

Representatives from the government and listed sectors will meet the first day at the Yap Small Business Development Center  from 8:30 a.m. to nearly 5 p.m. in the evening, according to the proposed schedule. Introductions will include the verification of Yap fiscal year 2012 budget figures, follow…

In addition, CME has reported that Chuuk will send 12 trainees to Guam sometime in June to begin a 4-month intensive training course in “Mechanics” (Automotive Technology). The training under CME’s watch is part of a cooperative program between various State’s Departments of Education in the FSM, t…

In January, spiraling government spending had produced a $4 million deficit in the general fund, the government’s locally generated spending account. But with Finance controlling travel and supply spending over the past four months, the deficit has been reduced to $2.3 million, Alfred said. “Our go…

But it warns more work is needed to fully understand the impact of under-sea projects. The warning comes as the Pacific prepares to become the first region in the world to mine the ocean floor. Pacific governments meeting in Nadi, Fiji, have been told the environmental footprint of seafloor mining …