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He said May 31 of each year is set aside by the World Health organization to be observed as “World No Tobacco Day,” which  is intended to encourage government agencies, communities, groups and individuals to become aware of the devastating health problems caused by tobacco and to take appropriate a…

The graduating class has invited Hilary Tacheliol to be the main speaker and Martin Runyol as the special guest speaker. The school had some activities and events lined up before the graduation. The graduates were transported to the Catholic Church in Gagil municipality where the students had their…

In March, a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute warned that the expected collapse of the logging industry by 2015 could trigger unrest. But the AFP’s deputy commissioner, Peter Drennan, has told a Senate estimates hearing he does not agree with that assessment. “Some of the observat…

“The Endangered Species Act has made a tremendous contribution to the conservation of imperiled animals and plants, preventing the probable extinction of hundreds of species across the nation and contributing to the recovery of the Bald Eagle, the Peregrine Falcon and many other iconic species,” Sa…

Lt. Col. Ratu Tevita Mara, a former high-ranking official in the Fijian government, fled to Tonga earlier this month while on bail on charges of plotting to overthrow the country’s military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. While in hiding in Nuku’alofa, Mara has hurled a barrage of controversial…

The first radio station to be operated by a women’s group in this north Pacific nation went on the air nearly 12 hours a day earlier this week. Women United Together Marshall Islands, or WUTMI, is an expanding non-government group that is engaged in campaigns to prevent violence against women, prom…

Confirmed were the following nominees: • Jeem Lippwe for the Permanent Mission to the United Nations; • Renster P. Andrew for the FSM Embassy in Japan;  • Stanislaus Kensof for the FSM Embassy in Fiji; • Carl D. Apis for the FSM Embassy in Beijing, China; and • James A. Naich for the FSM Embassy in…

The opening of the two days meeting was presided by Tonga’s Lord Tu’ivakano. The meeting, which was attended by trade ministers and head of delegations of the 16 Forum Countries, New Caledonia and the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, focused discussions on trade-related i…

Neighboring Islands Central High School in Falalop, Woleai Atoll  held their graduation ceremony on Friday, along with six elementary schools — Asor, Eauripik, Fachailap, Fais, Kanifay and North Fanif — and Colonia Middle School. On Saturday, Gagil and Maap elementary schools held their graduations…

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