Micronesia News

June 25, 1999 House okays $60 million bond float The House of Representatives yesterday set in motion an ambitious plan by the government to float some $60 million worth of bonds which proceeds will be used to ...

Shoji Sato, ambassador-designate of Japan to the Federated States of Micronesia, arrived here on Wednesday.

The U.S. Military Sealift Command on June 23 issued the following news release concerning civil services mariners aboard the USNS Mercy, a hospital ship crewed by members of the SIU Government Services ...

A COUPLE from the Federated States of Micronesia residing on Saipan has filed a complaint in Superior Court against an insurance company for denying the insurance claim for their car which crashed in 2006.

Australia is on track to become the fattest nation, although experts questioned on Friday whether it had overtaken the United States and small Pacific countries for the unenviable title.

THE Palau Evangelical Church will hold its 79th Gospel Day celebration with pre-programs starting on June 11 and services starting on June 26 to 29.

MOTORISTS in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam have the biggest dents on their wallets as they pay the highest retail gasoline prices across the United States.

The Federated States of Micronesia has the money, but it is not using it to spur economic growth, according to the U.S. Office of Insular Affairs.

The 4th regular session of the 15th Congress of the Federated States Micronesia has adjourned with the passage and adoption of the following congressional bills and resolutions: - Congressional Bill 15-05: To ...

A historic decision has been made to stop tuna fishing in some parts of the Pacific from June 2008.

The Pacific and the food crisis Kumara. Global concerns have arisen over the rising cost of food.

Suva , Fiji: UNIFEM Pacific in partnership with AusAID is launching a new AUD$7.2 million, five-year, multi-country regional programme to advance gender equality in political governance in the Pacific region.

Dr. Bob McClenathan is a local optometrist for the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, but he also looks in the eyes of people around the globe.

The Palau International Coral Reef Center , in collaboration with Palau Community College will host a Coral Taxonomy Workshop for college instructors of the region.

PALAU now has new hospital equipment that will give the Ministry of Health the capability to rapidly detect viruses and to confirm rapid tests.

"Throughout history, our nation has willingly sent their sons and their daughters to the forefront of every conflict America has faced.

Saturday, May 24, 2008 Tuna firm gets 'pirate' label A FISHING vessel owned by a prominent tuna industry leader in General Santos City was allegedly caught illegally fishing in international waters at the ...

Luis is a Mexican who came to the United States when he was 8 years old. He grew up in California, and when he turned 20, he decided to join the Marines.

A group of Pacific countries have agreed to ban fishing vessels they sell licences to from fishing in the high seas between the exclusive economic zones of their countries.

Yesterday the Federated States of Micronesia and Mauritius submitted formal notification to the 191 Parties to the ozone treaty, known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, urging ...