The citizens welcomed the New Year first after the 1994 presidential candidate promised, if he won, that the locals would celebrate the New Year first; the country is divided into three time zones and the easternmost region actually now celebrates first

The government has expressed deep concern about ongoing intercontinental ballistic missile tests in the Pacific Ocean after the US conducted a test launching a missile from Space Force base in California over the Marshall Islands

A national training workshop on geographic information systems was recently held, facilitated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development

14 years after the first group of paravets graduated in 2010, the country is expanding its pool of certified professionals, strengthening the country's capacity to provide essential animal health and veterinary services