David Kabua has been elected as the new president of the Marshall Islands.
Mr Kabua, a veteran politician and former cabinet minister who is the eldest son of founding president Amata Kabua, won the vote by 20-12 with one abstention.
Posted on - 2020-01-05The Cook Islands' Government has been told it should use some of its surplus to subsidise passenger services to the northern islands.
The government announced a 2019 surplus of $US16.32-million.
The call to spend some of this on shipping services to the Pa Tokerau, or northern islands, came from former cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen after hundreds of people found their Christmas trip north delayed.
Posted on - 2020-01-05A maritime law enforcement boarding team completed final preparations on the fantail of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Washington, lowering a ridged inflatable boat into the water. Petty Officer 1st Class Ralph Pastore, Washington’s boarding officer, finalized the details with the coxswain, Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Reo and Seaman Duke Joseph of the Palauan Division of Maritime Law Enforcement.
Their target: A long-line fishing vessel making way about a half-mile off the cutter’s port bow.
Posted on - 2020-01-02