Nauru News

THE Filipino community is invited to join the flag raising ceremony and brief program that will be held on June 8 in front of the Marianas Business Plaza, the former Nauru Bldg.

“And I also thank the people for they have spoken through the results of the general election.”

Nauru President Marcus Stephen is hoping stability will return to the Pacific nation, after claiming a majority of six in his country's 18-seat Parliament. via The New Zealand Herald

Christine O. Hill, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs , vice Thomas E. Harvey, resigned. via The White House

A snap election was under way Saturday in the Pacific Island nation of Nauru where the president recently imposed a state of emergency after months of parliamentary deadlock. via Monterey County Herald

“Burkina Faso recognizes the existence of a new sovereign state, in keeping with international law”

Burkina Faso today recognized Kosovo's unilateral independence, agencies report. via B92

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate four individuals to serve in his Administration. via The White House

“Anything that it purported to do, without a quorum, is simply invalid and void”

The Supreme Court on the Pacific Island nation of Nauru has declared an Easter Saturday sitting of the country's parliament null and void. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

There is still no end to the political deadlock gripping the parliament of Nauru. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

While the Nauru Parliament is due to meet again amid ongoing political uncertainty, Foregin Minister Kieren Keke says the government is working to entice opposition MPs to cross the floor, reports Radio New ... via Marianas Variety

Nauru's former Finance and Foreign Minister, David Adeang, has become the Speaker of Parliament, just two days after he and former President Rene Harris failed in a bid to stage a vote of no confidence in the ... via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A controversial Nauru Opposition MP, David Adeang, has been appointed Speaker of the island nation's Parliament. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“It appears from our inquiries the origin of the violence is a long-standing commercial dispute”

Rioters on the Pacific island country Nauru set fire to the main police station during a weekend protest by about 100 young people, New Zealand's government said Monday. via CANOE

Respect for creation is what Polynesians and Small Island States do best as we have always relied on the goodness of God for water, food, and life. via Samoa Observer

“We can't jump from one dead-end solution to the next”

Former U.S. Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. and former U.S. Ambassador Osman Siddique have announced the launch of the Global Green Energy Consortium , a nonprofit organization to promote green energy and ... via South Florida Business Journal

“This is not a life. We are just sitting, eating, sleeping. We are bored. We don't prefer this life to a new beginning.”

They are the remnants of the Howard government's much maligned Pacific Solution - 74 Sri Lankan refugees in limbo, waiting to begin new lives in Australia. via The Sydney Morning Herald

Nauru's new president, Marcus Stephen, announced his new cabinet line up, an hour after he ousted Ludwig Scotty in a vote of no-confidence. A copy of the Government Gazette formalized the appointment of a ... via Marianas Variety

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru dumped its president in a no-confidence vote Wednesday and elected a former Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion in his place, reports said. via The China Post

“This is all about maintaining the good governance of Nauru which we have worked tirelessly to establish since we were elected on that platform in 2004 and again in August this year”

Nauru's president Ludwig Scotty was ousted in a no-confidence vote today, a spokesman for the country's former health minister has said. via The West Australian

“No not yet, we haven't but we appreciate the full agenda that any new government has to bear”

The Nauru government is calling for urgent talks with Australia after the new Labor government announced it will close its asylum seeker processing centre on the impoverished Pacific island nation. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“Sea water was coming into one of our buildings so I had to move and live a little bit higher”

It could have been a Pacific Islands summit on climate change. Of the nine heads of state attending the first Asia Pacific Water Summit , underway in this Japanese town, seven are from the islands and more ... via Inter Press Service