Piis-Emwar Island Church Group Visited Congress PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): November 5, 2002 – A Piis-Emwar Island church group visited the Congress during its 23rd day of the on going 4th Regular Session November 5, 2002. The group was introduced and was allowed to sing two songs…

Four Acts Vetoed PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): August 8, 2002 – Congress received four more acts, which were vetoed by President Leo A. Falcam on August 5, 2002. The subject of the act, Congressional Act No. 12-51, C.B. No. 12-117 CD 1, was the use of a…

Infection Concerns Mount In Chuuk Following Tropical Storm Chata’an by Mark-Alexander Pieper HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 28, 2002 – The medical situation in Chuuk is worsening, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor. Infections and contagious diseases are now a big…

U.S. President Bush Authorizes Chuuk Aid by David V. Crisostomo HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 16, 2002 – A Federal Emergency Management Agency team arrived in Chuuk yesterday and transported four critically injured landslide victims to Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawai’i. The FEMA team is…

Chuuk Limps Toward Recovery: 46 Confirmed Dead WENO, Chuuk (Pacific Daily News): July 10, 2002 – There is so much death Forty-six people have been confirmed dead a week after then-Tropical Storm Chata’an dumped torrential rain over Chuuk and triggered more than 30 landslides throughout the islands…

Tropical storm moving toward Yap by Theresa Merto AGANA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): March 1, 2002 – Guam residents can expect more rain and gusty winds today as a storm approaches nearby islands. As of 7 p.m., Tropical Storm 02W was located at 7.1 degrees north and…

ENVIRONMENT: Climate change already affecting islanders, says report by Jan Sinclair APIA, Independent State of Samoa (PINA Nius Online): January 11, 2002 – Pacific islands communities are already being forced to move their villages inland, as sea levels rise and storms become more savage. Participants at a…

Spain Opens Aid Programs In North Pacific Nations MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Marianas Variety/PINA Nius Online): November 5, 2002 – Spain is expanding its aid programs to North Pacific nations, Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja Marquez told Marshall Islands President Kessai Note. The main focus of this new aid program…

Bank Of Hawaii To Shut Down FSM And Marshall Islands Branches November 29 by Masaleen P. Sehpin KOLONIA, Pohnpei (The Kaselehlie Press): September 5, 2002 – As previously announced last February, the Bank of Hawaii will be closing down its FSM branches – Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap…

Korean Airline In Pohnpei? by Delihna I. Manuel KOLONIA, Pohnpei, (The Kaselehlie Press): August 8-12, 2002 – In September, Korean Air will be sending representatives from Korea to conduct a feasibility study on Pohnpei. According to Akillino Susaia, FSM Transportation Communications and Infrastructure Secretary, the study, which…