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By William B. Martin Jr. • Pacific Daily News • May 17, 2008 Cookies and balloons awaited Continental Micronesia passengers departing from Gate 10 of the A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport yesterday morning, courtesy of Continental Micronesia. The airline yesterday commemorated its 40 years...
The Marshall Islands government has acceded to five International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions, reported the Marine Global Net. IMO Secretary General Efhtimios Mitropoulos expressed satisfaction with Marshall Islands’ action and the hope that many other IMO members will quickly follow...
5:00AM Saturday May 17, 2008 By Audrey Young Within a year of Mary Anne Thompson's entry into the public service, she was close to a political storm - an even bigger one than the one unfolding over whether she falsified her PhD. The 36-year-old was one of three authors of the Ka Awatea report on...
Financially troubled Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) abruptly suspended all flights to Palau on Wednesday threatening the economy of the tourism-dependent nation. The airline filed bankruptcy in on Monday and sent flights on Tuesday to fly stranded passengers...
Graham Fricke discovers gentle pleasures above and below the water in Palau | May 17, 2008 WHERE to go to celebrate a February birthday by snorkelling in the tropics? My wife and I opt for Palau in Micronesia, a few hundred kilometres north of Darwin (but accessible only from Australia via Cairns...
Inspectors assigned to the Guam Public School System's Health and Safety Task Force wrapped up their re-inspection of Benavente Middle’s School's Gymnasium this morning in Dededo. The gym was shutdown by the Task Force several weeks ago due to electrical and sewage problems. After several repairs...
The Office of Insular Affairs announced the roster of the sixth Island Fellows Program today in The team is comprised of eight MBA candidates from the Columbia School of Business, the , the Kellogg School of Management at , the McDonough School of Business at They will begin their 10-week program...
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The Marshall Islands, one of the world’s major shipping nations, has acceded to five important International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions that aim to discourage environmental pollution and promote safety on the high seas, the United Nations agency announced today.
SEATTLE — Lake Washington's stony, gray shore is 2,700 miles from the warm, sandy beaches of Hawaii, but it feels a lot farther in winter, on a gloomy afternoon of unrelenting rain. No blue skies or palm trees, here. No gentle trade winds. No sunshine sparkling on ocean swells.
