Global Support Help Chuuk Wrestling Team Win Big for Chuuk

When the wrestlers from Chuuk State left Chuuk on July 16 for Palau to participate in a two-week intensive wrestling training camp prior to the start of the Micronesian Games, they had hopes of improving their skills and representing Chuuk State proudly. The training camp was the idea of SHIP/HOOPS and made possible by Asinech [...]

List of 27 Chuuk municipalities to receive CIP funds

The FSM Public Information Office has disclosed the names of the 27 municipalities in Chuuk and the amount owed to them from Compact I Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds ranging from a measly $7.03 for Wonei to a whopping $402,930.00 for Polowat. So far only Moch Municipality has completed the required paperwork and received a [...]

Chuuk’s education director Gardenia Aisek sets high goals & expects excellence

Since taking over on June 11, 2010 as the new Executive Director for the Chuuk State School System (CSSS), Mrs. Gardenia Aisek has already encountered the seemingly insurmountable Tonachaw of problems facing a dysfunctional department. Yet she has three positive things going for her since day one; First, there is no shortage of funds at [...]

$97,000 gift for Chuuk Women’s Council facility

On July 14, 2010, on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, a ceremony took place that moves the Chuuk Women’s Council closer to their dream of creating a Multi-Purpose Women’s Interest Facility that has been in the works for more than 3 years. Japan’s Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, [...]

Accountability for Chuuk’s CIP Funds Questioned

The recent wire transfer of $37,000 of capital improvement project (CIP) funds to Moch Municipality has raised some questions regarding proper accountability measures for these public funds. According to a press release from the FSM Public Information Office, President Mori had approved the release of these funds to over 27 Chuuk municipalities. Concerned that such [...]

Chuukese moms complete advanced parenting training in Hawai’i

Congratulations to the First Advanced Graduating Class of the Sundays Project! Now they can truly be called Families for Academic Achievement! The Fale (Samoan style meeting house) was decorated, traditional Pacific Island foods were cooked and music rang out with the sounds of Chuukese hymns on June 30, 2010.  Ten women grinned from ear to [...]

Presidential Meeting with Chuukese Citizens

Saipan, CNMI. June 25, 2010.   A day after President Mori’s meeting with all FSM citizens, President Mori was able to meet with the Chuukese community residing in the CNMI.  He thanked the organizing committee comprised of Romino Saimon, President of the Chuuk Catholic Community, Own Cholymay, Vice President, Marcia ‘Ruri’ Ayuyu, Gideon Kikku (MC), and [...]

Chuuk Women’s Council to Lead Public Sector Reform Consultation

Palikir, Pohnpei: June 24, 2010. (FSMPIO Press Release #0610-23).The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the FSM government,  have been working together to develop community consultation programs in Chuuk as a result of a Technical Assistance Agreement entered into late in 2008, to support Public Sector Reform in Chuuk.

Gardenia Aisek Confirmed as Chuuk’s Education Director

Mrs. Gardenia Aisek, former General Manager of the Blue Lagoon Dive Resort, faculty at the College of Micronesia, leader in the Rotary Club of Truk Lagoon, and an active woman leader in Chuuk has been named  and confirmed as Chuuk’s Executive Director of Education. According to CRM sources, Mrs. Aisek was unanimously confirmed by the Senate [...]

Chuuk State Scholarship website launched

The newly launched website ChuukScholarship.com is a welcomed online resource for Chuukese students living overseas.  It includes the description of the Chuuk State Scholarship funded by the Chuuk State Legislature to support a number of fields of study including education, law, agriculture, engineering, marine and health sciences, business, and “other fields which the Board deems [...]

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