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The government of Palau declared a state of emergency a week ago following the blaze at the Aimeliik Power Plant. The president’s Press Secretary Fermin Meriang said power is still being rationed. “Each section of Koror, the main commercial area, subject to about four hour outages on a periodical b…

Lt. Gov. Tony Tareg, along with several cabinet members, were present as witnesses for the swearing-in ceremony. They included Ruotpong Pongliyab, director of the Department of Youth and Civic Affairs; Kensley Ikosia, director of the Office of Planning and Budget; Frank Haregaichig, director of the…

Karo, 24, from Hula and Gabagaba in Central, beat six other contestants to take the crown at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Port Moresby last Friday. Karo will represent PNG as its cultural ambassador at the Miss South Pacific pageant in Samoa next month. The black-tie event was packed to capacity with s…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…