Building a better Chuuk resounds in state’s leadership summit PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): January 11, 2002 – Building a better Chuuk State for the next 20 years was the overall theme of the summit that gathered the Leadership of Chuuk on Weno from December 3-7, 2001….

FSM President Falcam Vetoes 11 Congressional Acts POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): January 7, 2002 – FSM President Leo A. Falcam vetoed eleven (11) of eighteen (18) Congressional Acts transmitted to his office for approval after the Second Regular Session of the Twelfth FSM Congress held October…

Navy Holds Off On Removing Oil From Yap Shipwreck, Ulithi Atoll Fishermen Must Wait For End Of Storm Season by Scott Radway HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): September 3, 2002 – The Navy will wait out the typhoon season before pumping oil from a World War II-era…

Kosraeans Provide Disaster Relief For Chuuk by Olivier Wortel OKAT, Kosrae (Marianas Variety): July 25, 2002 – Three containers were shipped from Kosrae to Chuuk as part of an effort to help with food, clothing, water, fuel, and medical needs in the wake of tropical storm Chata’an….

Disaster Team Arrives In Chuuk: Victims May Be Transported To Hawai’i by David V. Crisostomo HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 14, 2002 – Three critically injured landslide victims in Chuuk may soon be transported to Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawai’i, according to relief officials yesterday….

Guam Team Of Physicians Visits Chuuk, FSM by David Crisostomo WENO, Chuuk (Pacific Daily News): July 9, 2002 – A team of Guam doctors arrived here yesterday to assist Chuuk surgeons in treating victims of last week’s landslides. The death toll rose to 38 as of yesterday…

Japan May Extend Assistance To Outer FSM Islands KOLONIA, Pohnpei (The Kaselehlie Press): May 30-June 12, 2002 – As part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) effort to expand its programs and services to community-based organizations throughout the FSM, Resident Representative Hiroshi Saito, met with the…

Heavy weather off Chuuk HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): May 15, 2002 – A tropical disturbance near Chuuk may soon turn into a tropical cyclone. Formation of a “significant” tropical cyclone is possible by today, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s Web site said yesterday. But the tropical…

UN Again Warns Pacific Nations About Global Warming BANGKOK, Thailand (Radio Australia): April 30, 2002 – The United Nations has again warned Pacific Island states that low-lying coastal areas face a growing threat from the effects of global warming and rising sea levels. The executive secretary of…

Pacific Islands Leaders Heat up protests on global warming HONOLULU, Hawai’i (East-West Wire): March 22, 2002 – Tuvalu Prime Minister Koloa Talake holds little stock in scientists who say global warming is not causing sea levels to rise. Three islands in his nation of 10,000 people have…