http://www.newstin.com/us/micronesia Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75136634 ’ public utility, which can’t provide consistent power to customers on the main island, has $215 million in liabilities, the Saipan Tribune reports. Sen. Maria Frica T. Pangelinan, who chairs the Senate Committee on Fiscal... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:14:22 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75136634 2008-08-21T09:14:22Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75196936 By David Miho in Koror Thursday: August 21, 2008 President Tommy Remengesau, who has been internationally recognized as a leading environmentalist, was recently cited by the nation’s Environmental Quality Protection Board for... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:37:06 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75196936 2008-08-21T14:37:06Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75121538 FEDERAL Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson hosed down talk today of a split in Coalition ranks over the Rudd Government's plan to allow Pacific Islanders to temporarily work as fruit-pickers. He said there were more than a dozen... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:34:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75121538 2008-08-21T06:34:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75135060 ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from 15 nations of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) concluded their summit on Wednesday with the adoption of a forum communique and the Niue Declaration on Climate Change. The leaders... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:44:10 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75135060 2008-08-21T06:44:10Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75124387 By Steve Limtiaco • Pacific Daily News • August 21, 2008 The island's public school system is at a crossroads, with several important decisions to be made during the coming months and years. Some of these include: the fate of... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:06:44 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75124387 2008-08-21T08:06:44Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75048202 Assistance sought for those already hit by Pacific storms, rising sea level ALOFI, Niue - Climate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:17 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75048202 2008-08-20T19:25:17Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75048325 Nationals MP Kay Hull has backed the government's guest worker scheme to allow Pacific Island workers to pick fruit in Australia. Under the three-year pilot scheme, 2,500 workers from Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Papua New... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:08:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75048325 2008-08-20T21:08:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75070614 There are no plans to extend a guest worker scheme beyond Pacific Island nations despite pleas from East Timor , the federal government says. A three-year pilot scheme will provide 2,500 workers from Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:12:52 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75070614 2008-08-21T00:12:52Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75098616 Two rescue helicopters will meet a Japanese trawler 180km off the coast of Dunedin tomorrow to uplift a crew member with crushed fingers. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) received the call from the trawler at... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:39:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75098616 2008-08-21T04:39:37Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75028768 VERENAISI RAICOLA in Niue Thursday, August 21, 2008 NEWS that Palau and Guam pulled out of the 39th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Niue was false. Forum secretariat media officer Johnson Honimae said they had received... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:33:13 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75028768 2008-08-20T19:33:13Z