Regional

Five main agenda items have been identified for the session, which include the remaining  four nominations for cabinet and diplomatic posts and for boards and commissions, budget items for the Department of Health and Social Affairs and others, funding for a household survey for FSM citizens in the…

Hacker is not new to the Majuro-based college. He has been the “interim president” of the college since March, and has worked there since 2010. Prior to taking up a post at the college last year as a vice president in charge of research and development, Hacker was the Marshall Islands government’s …

Neumann briefed the officials on the purposes of the World Bank engagement and the key findings of the draft report prepared by its consultants. The draft report reviewed the evidence-based research pointing the need to establish a policy and legal framework for market liberalization to achieve the…

The speaker of the island nation’s parliament read Stephen’s resignation to parliament. Stephen will be replaced by Freddie Pitcher, a former minister of commerce, industry and environment, but will remain in government. Last month, opposition member David Adeang used parliamentary privilege to rea…

the Nahnmwarki of Sokehs, Pohnpei Gov. John Ehsa, Vice Speaker Bernie Martin, Sen. Roger S. Mori and Sen. Dohsis Halbert of the FSM Congress, Associate Justice Dennis K. Yamase, Wasai Sokehs, members of the diplomatic corps, several national government and Pohnpei state government cabinet members a…

Shea will hold separate meetings with offices, departments and agencies of the state government to discuss their fiscal year 2011 fourth quarter reports including visits to the project sites on island. Shea began his meetings on Wednesday with agencies of the Department of Public Works and Transpor…

The program is designed to help the Samoan government improve fiscal management and implement structural measures that will place the economy on a sustainable medium-term growth path. The loan will contribute to the government’s overall budget financing needs which have increased as a result of the…

Members of the public who wish to provide input on the two resolutions must submit their written comments to the  committee by Nov. 25, 2011 or earlier before the panel makes its recommendation to the Committee of the Whole Resolution 8-31 is requesting the governor of Yap to initiate a competition…

The meeting aims to establish a Polynesian regional sub-grouping responsible for promoting the interests and cultures of Polynesian governments and peoples. Polynesian leaders, comprising Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and Tuvalu, discussed the establishment of their own regional group at this year’s Fo…

EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will issue a monthly bulletin to keep key stakeholders informed about tsunami debris activities, an effort resulting from an EPA-led marine debris workshop held in June in Honolulu. The workshop, part of the regular Oceania Regional Respon…