NMI Relief Assistance To Chuuk Flown Out by Ulysses Torres Sabuco SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Marianas Variety): July 23, 2002 – Despite the weather conditions, U.S. military personnel last night transported the CNMI’s relief assistance to Chuuk on a C-130 plane. The flight had been delayed for…

Chuuk Waits For U.S. Assistance by David V. Crisostomo and Steve Limtiaco HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 12, 2002 – A lack of proper paperwork has delayed U.S. relief aid for more than a week in landslide-ravaged Chuuk. Medical, food and other emergency aid is critically…

Disaster Relief Officials Deal With Chuuk Damage by Steve Limtiaco HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 8, 2002 – The latest information about the number of people killed and injured in landslides in Chuuk will not be available until later today, according to the Chuuk State disaster…

Congressperson Mink From Hawai’i Introduces Legislation Pertaining To Education Of Micronesian Children In U.S. WASHINGTON D.C., US (Yokwe Online): June 12, 2002 – Representative Patsy Mink of Hawai’i introduced legislation last month that would allow schools to count Freely Associated States children living in the United States…

Chuuk hospital troubles revealed A Special Report; Facility visits by expert uncover disparity between Chuuk, Pohnpei hospitals by Jayne Flores HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): May 13, 2002 – Of the many differences between the hospitals in Chuuk and Pohnpei, the most noticeable to the non-medically trained…

FSM gets 25-30% more Compact funding than RMI MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands Journal): March 15, 2002 – The RMI has been receiving 25-30 percent less Compact of Free Association grant funding on a per capita basis than the Federated States of Micronesia, according to the RMI…

15th Day of Session PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): October 28, 2002 – Congress discussed, during its session October 28, issues regarding fishing activities in the FSM as reported by the fishing companies during a public hearing conducted by the Committee on Resources and Development right before the…

Rep. Dianne Watson Welcome PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): August 6, 2002 – The FSM Congress on August 5, hosted a dinner reception honoring United States Congresswoman Dianne Watson at the Nantelik Restaurant. Representative Dianne Watson is a member of the U.S. House International Relations Committee and the…

Infections In Chuuk Raise Concerns by Scott Radway HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 23, 2002 – Guam Memorial Hospital nurse Jennifer Rosario was one of the first to fly to Chuuk State to help tend to the injured after landslides killed nearly 50 people, injured dozens…

THE WHITE HOUSE Statement by the Press Secretary WASHINGTON D.C., June 11, 2002 – The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Federated States of Micronesia and ordered Federal aid to supplement national and state recovery efforts in the area struck by Tropical Storm Chata’an,…