Read FAREWELL TO URUSEMAL: Uniquely outer-island Yapese – Chikin Meļeļe for Alex Rhowuniong’s original article. Credit to Manu Lester Taweryan Hashigelur for video clips of President Urusemal’s funeral. Watch the funeral: THE FUNERAL OF THE…
Read again: Former FSM President, ‘soft-spoken leader,’ died in Palau – Chikin Meļeļe Known as the most traditional in FSM, Yap (and the cultures of its outer-islands) dictated that the resting place for one of…
With the discovery of two cases of community transmission in Yap on August 16, 2022, the Governor temporarily suspended work for all government non-essential workers and closed all schools for August 17-22 to prepare emergency…
The first week of September has seen COVID-19 surge in Yap. The Yap State Department of Health has reported that Yap has been hitting consistently high numbers of new positive cases for COVID-19, at 200…
