Ambassador Masao Nakayama discussed climate change on ABC News

Congratulations to FSM’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amafel Masao Nakayama for bringing the story of our islands to the global community. He was recently interviewed on the ABC World News Report discussing the plight of Micronesia and other low lying islands with regards to the very real danger of global warming. I wonder how [...]

Rotary Club Installed Solar-powered Water Systems in Outer Islands

By Bill Hagen “Water, water ever where and not a drop to drink,” does not only apply to old sailing ships.  It also applies to the low remote islands of the Pacific.  These islands have no ground water from which to draw their drinking and cooking water.  Their water comes from collecting rain water and [...]

Charity Awards Sixteen Scholarships to Pacific Islanders

By Neil Mellen Students in the small Central Pacific nation of Micronesia face many challenges on their path to college. Public schools in Micronesia, which receive support from the United States government, are often under-resourced. Many struggle with staffing problems. Only a small number of families can afford the modest tuition charged by the handful [...]

Solar Energy for Outer Islands in FSM is the Right Vision for the Future

While intermittent electricity continues to plague the island of Weno and the cost of fossil fuel continues to grow, CRM applauds the effort of the European Union to fund sustainable solar energy initiatives in the FSM. The completion of the “largest solar PV powerplant operational in Yap” can teach our own State of Chuuk on [...]

Chuukese Bruce Roby Ordained a Priest in U.S. Diocese

By Marcelino D. Umwech On the sixteenth of May, 2009, half of the world away at the Atlantic coast in Connecticut, a Micronesian son just made history. Bruce Mikael Roby of the FSM became a diocesan priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Diocese of Bridgeport. Father Roby has come a long way. He was [...]

Mr. Asterio Takesy Named Senior Advisor at SBOC

Palikir, Pohnpei – FSM Information Services (Press Release #0409-31): Mr. Fabian Nimea, the Director for the Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management (SBOC) has hired a new Senior Advisor. Mr. Asterio Takesy has taken on this role as of April 17th, 2009.

Tony Otto Declared Winner In Northwest Region

(Marianas Variety, April 1, 2009) PALIKIR, Pohnpei —Emilio Eperiam, the acting director of the Federated States of Micronesia National Election Office, has announced the results of the recount for two ballot boxes in Election District #5 — the Northwest Islands of Chuuk state.

Missing Chuukese Boys Sighted, Lost Again

Now the Guam-based Coast Guards have reported that the boys from Pollap (actually from Tamatam) have been lost again. Apparently the rescue plane that sighted the 2 boys in their canoe was forced to return to Guam for refueling but dispatched a boat to the site to pick up the kids. They’ve recovered the canoe, [...]

2 Boys Missing from Pollap:Coast Guard Joins Search

The Coast Guard Joint Rescue Sub-Center on Guam will be joining the search for a 14-foot canoe with two boys on board who were last seen departing Pollap Island intending to paddle 5 miles to Tamatam Island in Chuuk.  Read full story on PNC>>

Chuukese in the U.S. Armed Forces

How do fellow Chuukese citizens who were/are in the U.S. military make sense of what appears to be an unjust treatment of non-U.S. citizens in the U.S. Armed Forces. What would you tell a young Chuukese who is considering the life of a U.S. solider. Is it worth the sacrifice?

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