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 [...]

$2.4 Million CIP Funds Released to Chuuk: Good or Bad?

Yesterday, the FSM  Public Information Office announced (Presidential Order to release CIP Funds to Chuuk Municipalities) the signing of a Presidential Order releasing $2.4 million worth of Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds to the Chuuk municipalities. These Compact funds, according to the press release, were given to “the rightful owners” to help alleviate the “current [...]

Chuuk Audit Shows Project Irregularities

By FSM Information Services The Office of the National Public Auditor announces the release of Report No. 2009-04, “Audit of Congress Funded Public Projects in Chuuk State.” The report is available for public review online at the Web site www.fsmopa.fm and copies are available at the auditor’s offices in Palikir and Weno. The audit was [...]

Chuuk pays $94,499 to 11 vendors: Who are they? What for?

Is it only me or is there something fishy about the way the FSM Information Services reported on the meeting between Secretary Finley Perman (FSM Department of Finance) and Director Jesse Mori (Chuuk’s Department of Administrative Services)? In the June 23rd Press Release # 0609-42, the last paragraph mentioned that during the 2-day meeting on [...]

Chuuk Governor candidates debate at COM Forum

By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press Weno, Chuuk – On February 16 at the Weno campus of the College of Micronesia, more than a hundred people gathered to hear the views of the three candidates for Chuuk State Governor on issues that will effect the lives of every man, woman, and child in the state [...]

Report FSM Misused US And Foreign Grants

The Marianas Variety reported what we have known for years…that our national and state politicians have for years misused Compact funds. This is the latest in what surely will be coming in years to follow…that if we citizens don’t put our corrupt politicians to shame we will surely sink right along with them in international [...]

Open & Honest Chuuk Government

Chuuk is plagued by a lack of objective way to report on the day-to-day operations of our government.

Make Chuukese politicians accountable

Chuuk State has been disempowered by corrupt, self-serving, ingenuine political leaders. Chuukese citizens are capable of empowering ourselves by voting with our God-given and informed conscience for true leaders who have political agenda worthy of the common good. We must work within our power to keep our leaders accountable. No longer shall we let ourselves [...]