PORT VILA, 04 JUNE 2020 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — A journalist from the Vanuatu Daily Post was forced to delete all photos of the repatriation aircraft’s arrival in Port Vila from New Zealand (NZ), captured outside the domestic perimeter fence Wednesday. “Delete all photos. You have no right,” an AVL security told the journalist. The […]
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TTM and CAT conduct workshops in Angaur
Angaur State Government welcomed a rare visiting group made up of Ambassador Wallace Chow of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Ambassador Akira Karasawa of Japan last Saturday May 30th. Also in the group were representatives from Bureau of Agriculture(BOA),Taiwan Technical Mission(TTM), Civic Action Team (CAT) and Aquaculture and Animal Production Project (AP&APP) Over the […]
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First Marshall Islanders return home after nearly three months
MAJURO, 29 MAY 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Two Marshall Islanders who drifted at sea for 42 days and seven others have returned home, the first people allowed into the republic since a March travel ban was enforced to ward off Covid-19. They were greeted on arrival by authorities wrapped in full-body personal protection equipment and […]
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Repatriation of Vanuatu citizens and residents commences this week
PORT VILA, 28 MAY 2020 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed they are working through carefully with the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and other Government agencies to manage the safe repatriation of Ni-Vanuatu citizens and residents commencing this week. Following NDMO’s ‘Instrument of Directions to Government Agencies relating to […]
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FSM extends aid to Micronesians stranded in Guam, Hawaii
POHNPEI, 21 MAY 2020 (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo today announced his goverment is providing financial support in the amount of US$300,000 for FSM citizens who are stranded in Guam and Hawaii while in transit on their way back home. “Our citizens are our obligation, and we are united […]
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CNMI eligible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation
SAIPAN TRIBUNE, 13 APRIL 2020 (SAIPAN TRIBUNE)—In addition to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance(PUA) programme, the U.S. Department of Labour’s Employment and Training Administration has confirmed that the CNMI is also eligible for the Federal Unemployment Compensation programme. Under the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the FPUC programme provides eligible individuals US$600 […]