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A $2 million emergency food grant was signed in Hanoi at the margins of the Asian Development Bank annual meeting last week between executives of the World Bank and Kiribati government officials. The food crisis response grant will help improve the affordability and availability of food for the 62,…

Papua New Guinea’s cabinet met to consider the proposal for a center to process asylum seekers who reach Australian waters. A PNG government source  described the proposal put by Julia Gillard’s special envoy Richard Marles as a revisitation of the Pacific Solution of the then-Howard government of …

The agreement was negotiated by Tonga’s Ambassador to China Siamelie Latu with Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, who was in Tonga recently in a goodwill visit. Brig. Gen. Tau’aika ‘Uta’atu told Tonga Chronicle that the assistance is part of an ongoing engagement between China and Tonga’s military. Guan is the…

Among those who witnessed the ceremony were Chief Steven Mar of Tomil, Attorney General Mike Nigrey, Director of Resources & Development Frank Haregaichig, and former Director of Youth & Civic Affairs Larry Raigetal. Lt. Gov. Tony Tareg welcomed the two new cabinet members and noted that fo…

The traditional Polynesian type canoe will make a brief stop in Ngulu Atoll before continuing on to homeport in Palau. The Alingano Maisu will also be discharging passengers from Ngulu Island who are accompanying the crew from Yap on this trip. Several passengers from Yap who are going to Palau are…

More than 200 climate change experts are expected to attend a joint Marshall Islands-Columbia University conference, “Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate,” from May 23-25. Marshall Islands United Nations Ambassador Phillip Muller said the conference w…

In attendance, were Gov. John Ehsa of Pohnpei, members of the president’s cabinet and the resident diplomatic corps. Mori welcomed the ambassador and his wife to the FSM, and congratulated Hannikainen for his historic appointment as the first envoy of Finland to the FSM since the establishment of d…

In addition to its routine international engagement efforts, the Guam-based cutter delivered 20 packages of books to the Yap State Public Library. Ranging from novels to encyclopedias, the book donation was facilitated by Assateague crewmembers and USCG Sector Guam sub-units. The cutter also provid…

Students employed both the traditional row and alternative raised-bed planting methods, and were provided calamansi fruit tree seedlings to plant at home. In his remarks, the U.S. Ambassador Peter Prahar spoke on the history of Earth Day, an event which launched the modern environmental movement. I…

Sieber is the third ambassador of Switzerland to be accredited to the FSM since establishment of relations between the two countries in April 2003. He is cross-accredited from Manila, the Philippines. Sieber expressed deepest gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to present his  credential…