The COM-FSM system also includes the Fisheries and Maritime Institute (FMI) on the Yap islands.
Manufacturing activity is modest, consisting mainly of a garment factory in Yap and production of buttons from trochus shells.
On this expedition Müller-Wismar spent nine months on the island of Yap, of which he later published an important scientific treatise.
The name Yap White-eye can refer to either of the two species of white-eye found on Yap.
The first outbreak of the disease outside of Africa and Asia was in April 2007, on the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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The Royal Navy—with assistance from other Allied navies in the far east—had captured the German colonies of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, Yap, Nauru and Samoa early in the war, instead of searching for Vice-Admiral Maximilian von Spee's German East Asia Squadron which had abandoned its base at the German concession at Tsingtao in China once Japan entered the war on Britain's side.
One Russian explorer, August von Kotzebue reported noted that Chinese or Filipino traders from Manila sailed to Palau and Yap to sell dragon jars to the islanders during the early to mid 19th century.
Miranda attended grade school and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University where he met Gab Chee Kee, Vinci Montaner, Jeric Estaco, and Mikko Yap.
Other operations during this period included support for ground forces on New Guinea; attacks on airfields and installations in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Celebes, Halmahera, Yap, Palau, and the southern Philippines; and long-range raids against oil refineries on Ceram and Borneo.
Following the conclusion of the Gilbert and Marshall campaign, DESRON-1 destroyers screened Task Group 58.1 during carrier air stikes against Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, Truk, Satawan, and Ponape.
Fais Island, one of the outer islands of the State of Yap part of the Federated States of Micronesia
A team from Yap was invited to participate in the Micronesian Games that were held in the Republic of Palau in August 1998.
Finding the Fallen is a UK-based documentary TV series by Yap Productions developed for the History Channel / Discovery Channel in which a team of archaeologists, historians and forensic experts work to identify unknown World War I soldiers and finally lay them to rest.
Gary Yap was schoolmates with fellow Star Search contestant and actor Zhang Yaodong.
She made the journey alone and took a route that led by Horta, Willemstad, Mazatlán, San Francisco, Honolulu, Guam, Yap, Manila, Ambon and Burma.
Yap declined the invitation to join the Smart Gilas 2.0 National Team Program including other SMC players like Arwind Santos, Marc Pingris and Alex Cabagnot because of personal reasons.
He attended Willamette University School of Law in Salem, Oregon for one year and returned home to run for a seat in the Congress of Micronesia House of Representatives to represent the Outer Islands of Yap.
More than half of these residents identified their origin as Chuuk State (4,211) with the rest as follows: 2,060 people from Pohnpei, 1,018 from Yap, and 906 people from Kosrae.
In 2011, Yap launched his career via My Binondo Girl where he played Kim Chiu's father, Chen Sy.
Roxanne Guinoo-Yap (born February 14, 1986, Rosario, Cavite) is a Filipina actress.
On December 25, 2013 Ryzza Mae Dizon's mega-blockbuster hit My Little Bossings premiered in theaters nationwide with co-stars James "Bimby" Aquino-Yap, Kris Aquino and Vic Sotto.
Aloha Council Pacific Basin District outreach efforts in the Pacific continue to grow with over 835 Boy Scouts and 240 Cub Scouts attending camps on Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Saipan, Kwajalein, Rongelap, Majuro, Yap and Palau.
Voice talents include FLY Entertainment artistes, Brendon Fernandez, Nora Samosir, Lim Yu Beng, Timothy Nga and MediaCorp artistes Alaric Tay, Lim Kay Tong, Beatrice Chang, Gerald Chew and Terrance Yap.
The designs of the plates vary by state, with Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap each issuing their own plates.
The Yap Cicadabird (Coracina nesiotis), sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the Common Cicadabird, is a species of bird in the Cuckooshrike, or Campephagidae, family.
Even before Serdang was a parliamentary seat Yap Pian Hon was the state seat holder for three terms since 1974.
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Datuk Yap Pian Hon is one of the most senior Barisan Nasional leaders in the state of Selangor, Malaysia.
The large exhibit room on the first floor contains a Yokosuka D4Y bomber aircraft and Type 97 Chi-Ha recovered from Yap Island, along with a Kaiten-type torpedo and replicas of an Ohka Model 11 aircraft and Mutsu battleship.