Regional

The public hearings will be on two nominations by Gov. Sebastian Anefal for the directorship positions that have not been filled since the new administration and the 8th Legislature were installed in January. Gov. Comm.  8-81 is on the re-nomination of Josede Figirliyong as the director of the Depa…

Moti faces sex abuse charges related to alleged offenses in Vanuatu and New Caledonia in 1997. Early attempts by the Australian Federal Police to extradite Moti failed, but in 2007 he was deported from the Solomon Islands and immediately arrested when he arrived in Australia. He has so far avoided …

Patricia Cornish said the fisheries sector was a key resource in the Pacific Islands region which could increase Pacific exports to the Europe. Cornish said: “Positive and encouraging gains could be accrued as a result of economic partnership agreements among Pacific island nations.” Cornish was re…

A new prime minister, Peter O’Neill, had sworn in a cabinet that will govern Papua New Guinea until elections due about July next year. The new front bench excludes the three lieutenants who had made the government a kind of Somare Inc. for the past nine years: the former treasurer Patrick Pruaitch…

Morton Makroro, who pleaded guilty recently to killing his wife Emson in 2010, took the stand earlier this week at a sentencing hearing seeking a reduced jail term. A police detective countered Makroro’s testimony by telling High Court Judge James Plasman that the victim had so many cuts it was imp…

The 66th session begins on Sept. 13 and will run for a year. Thomson expressed deep gratitude for the confidence shown by the General Assembly in entrusting this role to Fiji at the United Nations. He also gave every assurance that Fiji would perform the role with diligence and all due propriety. T…

The Committee of the Whole comprises all 10 members of the Yap State Legislature. Gov. Sebastian Anefal in a letter to Speaker  Henry Falan dated July 22, 2011 submitted his nominations for the directors of Education, Public Works and Health Services. The nomination for the director of OAS was  sub…

Ivarature had proposed to visit the Federated States of Micronesia to undertake consultation with traditional leaders in the state of Yap in particular. The regional adviser was scheduled to arrived in Pohnpei on Aug. 3, and depart for Yap on Aug. 6. He was scheduled to depart Yap on Aug. 10. The p…

Gov. Sebastian Anefal and Lt. Gov. Tony Tareg were joined by representatives of the council of chiefs as well as members of the 8th Legislature and other government officials, who were there to witness the signing of agreement between Yap and the representative of the Office of Statistics, Budget &…

This year, the board meeting is scheduled for December in Apia, Samoa. Among the responsibilities of the host country and the government is to provide prizes and accommodation for the contestants and their chaperones during the entire week of the pageant. But territorial Sen. Galeai Tu’ufuli is dis…