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As of Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, there had been a total of 921 cases of which 769 were on Yap Island, 75on Ulithi Atoll, 73 on Fais Island, 2 on Eauripik Island and 2 on Woleai Atoll. A total of 163 patients in critical conditions had been admitted to the state hospital. So far, 2 deaths had been repor…

Palau was scheduled to host this major international meeting the first week of December. It brings together hundreds of people from the approximately 30 countries that are members or observers of the commission that regulates fishing on the high seas in the Pacific region. But a fire in Palau’s Aim…

UAK is a non-profit organization established to promote partnership projects in non-communicable diseases programs and to provide support clinically in the area of NCDs within Palau. The Ministry of Health has  declared NCD as a major cause of death in this island nation. In September, UAK received…

The Ujae Atoll parliament race between Caios Lucky and Muller was tied at 117-all after all votes were counted from the November 21 national election. Muller, who has chaired the parliament’s Public Accounts Committee and aggressively conducted oversight of government spending and performance, said…

Archbishop John Ribat says while the Catholic Church recognizes that the Supreme Court ruled Sir Michael Somare be reinstated, it wants him to end the fight to get back into office. “In all respect to him, we want him to resign,” Ribat said. Somare remains insistent that he is the country’s rightfu…

The partnership is under the Pacific Islands Program and provides assistance in the transport of medical equipment, supplies and volunteers, to deliver a range of specialty healthcare services and training to treat orthopedic patients in the Federated States of Micronesia. Six volunteers and medica…

In response to common challenges unique to small island developing states, and given the extraordinary opportunities within the region to preserve, leverage and integrate indigenous, natural, and human resource systems and to establish processes of collaborative governance, the member jurisdictions…

This figure does not include the number of graduates from Kosrae campus since it has different reporting dates. According to the college’s Office of Admissions and Records, it is yet to verify 12 candidates for graduation from Kosrae. In his welcoming remarks, interim college President Ringlen P Ri…

The first day of instruction will be Jan. 9 and last day for late registration is Jan. 13, 2012. An additional fee of $5 is charged for late registration. For more information regarding the additional charge and late registration, call 691-350-2296 or -5149.

On Wednesday, Health Secretary Justina Langidrik said that since the outbreak started in mid-October, 567 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Majuro, the capital, which has been the hardest-hit island. This is an additional 61 cases over the past two weeks. Four other islands have seen cas…