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In a request to FSM President Emmanuel Mori date July 28, 2011, the state government had proposed if the national government could extend the schedule of the vessel to Yap during its service in Chuuk state’s northwest islands in the early part of August. However, due to other commitments the schedu…

Totaling nearly $75,000 the grantees are Habitat for Humanity Fiji, The Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development of the University of the South Pacific based in Suva, and the Micronesia Conservation Trust in the Federated States of Micronesia. The Micronesia Conservation Trust in …

He will open the Pacific Games and also meet the territory’s political leaders. Sarkozy is on his way from meeting his Chinese counterpart in Beijing to discuss the euro zone debt crisis and the conflict in Libya. In Noumea, he is expected to engage with local politicians as the territory is to agr…

The first trochus season was proclaimed back in July, but since the harvest quotas were not met at that time, an extension was granted to help fulfill the quota. The proclamation only affects the Neighboring Islands of Ulithi Atoll, Woleai Atoll, Eauripik Atoll and Feraulap Atoll. During the initia…

The workshops are being scheduled to be held at the SBDC Training Center in Colonia. The workshops will discuss the following: 1. Understanding Credit and the ABCs of Borrowing, Aug. 30, 9 a.m. to 12 noon 2. Finding the Hidden Cash – Aug. 30, 2 to 4 p.m. 3. Accounting 101 Part 1 – Aug. 31, 9 a.m. t…

The three-week training was organized in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency; the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation; and U.S. Army Special Forces. Thirty-five participants successfully completed the program. The cours…

Finance Minister Jack Ading introduced the fiscal year 2012 budget to the Nitijela or parliament at the end of last week, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Michael Kabua launched public hearings on the plan Wednesday. It calls for spending $131,162,120, a nearly identical amount to the FY …

The master carver for the canoe was Chief Bruno Tharngan. Due to the tide schedule, the launching of the outrigger canoe was held on Aug. 20. The canoe was taken for a short test-sailing within the lagoon in the afternoon before it was taken back to shore at Gachpar. YTNS will offer canoe rides dur…

During the adoption of the journal, the Legislature deferred action on the 22nd Session Day Journal to the next Session Day. The only communication that the Legislature received from the governor during the session today was introduced after it was assigned to the Resources, Education and Developme…

Republic of Fiji Military Forces Land Force Commander Col. Mosese Tikoitoga said those caught would be prosecuted. “I warn them that it is against the law and those caught will be taken to task. “They will face the full brunt of the law so they need to think twice before doing that,” Tikoitoga told…