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The cannery closed down in 2009 laying off more than 2,000 workers. The U.S. Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.  announced last month that an agreement reached with the canning company would result in $3.7 million payment to the retirement fund over the next three years. The payment exceeds the compan…

This bi-annual event was witnessed by the entire RHS faculty and student body. Mayor Melchor Mendiola was the inspirational speaker and  RHS principal Sharlene Manglona gave the opening remarks. Members of the community were in attendance including Municipal Council members George O. Hocog and Prud…

Their visit coincided with the 67th anniversary of Operation Hailstone and Peace Memorial Ceremony on Feb. 18. Accompanying Ambassador Prahar was Rear Adm. Paul Bushong, the U.S. Defense Representative for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, a…

The deadline was on Jan. 31. The government has also not remitted its matching share contribution despite collecting the contribution from employees since Oct. 1, 2010. There are over 3,500 government employees in Palau whose yearly gross salaries amount to over $4  million. This means that the gov…

Maria Decherong,  commission administrative officer, said the date was based on a provision of the casino referendum law signed by President Johnson Toribiong on December 29, 2010. It provides that the referendum will be held 180 days after the law becomes effective. It also requires the election c…

The evaluation of the detailed proposals was carried out during July-November 2010. Yap State Public Service Corporation was one of those selected to receive funding for the purposes of increasing access to modern, affordable and sustainable electricity services for the remote islands of Yap.

Those in Yap may remember Steven as the former manager at the Bank of Guam in Colonia as well as the starting pitcher for the Yap State Baseball Team at the 2010 MicroGames in Palau earlier last year. The 31-year-old was thrown into the channel waters off the Umatac Bay in Guam, while he was on a j…

She will be among the five assistant AG’s working under Attorney General Ernestine Rengiil. She will be handling child abuse and felony cases. Roe is a law graduate of the University of Colorado. Before her recent appointment, Roe served as deputy district attorney in Oregon focusing on child abuse…

Assistant Interior Secretary Tony M. Babauta thanked the governors and members of Congress for attending and expressed the Obama administration’s commitment to ensuring the interagency collaboration is a fruitful and positive endeavor for the islands. At the start of the meeting, Babauta awarded se…

The bureau, in its official statement, also noted a big change in the numbers coming for holidays. It accounted as 74.8 percent of the total visitor arrivals for Fiji in 2010 were people arriving for holiday purposes. Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Pacific Islands and Continental Europe…