U.S. Ambassador Dinger Opens Successful Animal Clinic in Pohnpei KOLONIA, Pohnpei (The Kaselehlie Press): April 9, 2002 – United States Ambassador to the FSM Larry Dinger opened the Remote Area Medical (RAM) veterinary clinic at the Pohnpei State Agriculture Building on February 13, 2002. Over five clinic…

Kava/Sakau en Pohnpei and liver failure by Dr. Johnny S. Hedson Surgeon, Pohnpei State Hospital KOLONIA, Pohnpei (The Kaselehlie Press): February 21 – March 6, 2002 – “A Pohnpeian gentleman, in his mid-40’s, was admitted to Pohnpei Hospital recently due to increasing right upper belly pain with…

College Of Micronesia Chuuk Campus Teaches Traditional Skills, Sailing WENO, Chuuk (PINA Nius Online): September 8, 2002 – On Tuesday the Chuuk campus of the College of Micronesia will welcome a new arrival: a traditional outrigger sailing canoe. The canoe is the beginning of the Chuuk Culture…

Chuuk Lauds Palau by Bernadette H. Carreon KOROR, Palau (Palau Horizon/Marianas Variety): August 13, 2002 – Chuuk Gov. Ansito Walter has expressed gratitude for the help extended by Palau to help the state’s landslide victims. In a letter to Vice President Sandra Pierantozzi, Walter acknowledged the contributions…

U.S., Federated States Of Micronesia, Marshall Islands Compact Of Free Association Negotiations Stalled by Susan Roth WASHINGTON, D.C. (Pacific Daily News/Gannett News Service): July 19, 2002 – Concerns about funding and immigration continue to dog negotiations on the Compacts of Free Association, officials from the Federated States…

Chuuk Asks Northern Mariana Islands For Heavy Equipment by Jayvee Vallejera SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan Tribune): July 10, 2002 – Two 20-ton dump trucks, an excavator, a loader, a bulldozer, a backhoe and a steel wheel roller. Besides other priorities, these are the items of equipment…

A Close Look at the Proposed Amendments to the FSM Constitution by John R. Haglelgam PALIKIR, Pohnpei (Micronesian Seminar): April, 2002 – The third FSM Constitutional Convention was convened on November 12, 2001, in the FSM Congress Chamber at the national capital in Palikir. The FSM Congress…

Teen Birth Rate High In Micronesia by Giff Johnson MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Marianas Variety): August 12, 2002 – In the Marshall Islands and in Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, nearly one of every five babies is born to a teenager. The continuing high teen birth…

Guam Memorial Hospital Too Full, Chuuk Chata’an Victims To Be Sent to Hawai’i by Steven Limtiaco HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 19, 2002 – Guam Memorial Hospital has no empty beds, so six people seriously injured during landslides in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, will be…

Japan Sending Aid To Storm-Hit Chuuk TOKYO, Japan (PINA Nius Online): July 10, 2002 – Japan is sending help to the Federated States of Micronesia following the landslide disaster in Chuuk state. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo said the Japanese government is sending immediate emergency…