Micronesia News

Ward H. Goodenough, 94, a longtime University of Pennsylvania professor whose work helped shape anthropology, died Sunday, June 9, of organ failure at the Quadrangle in Haverford.

A delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia Consulate General of Hawaii Office in Honolulu will visit Hilo Saturday to meet with FSM citizens at 4 p.m. in University of Hawaii at Hilo UCB-127.

This is the final two weeks of the Flu Campaign spearheaded by the Department of Health's Immunization Program and everyone is urged to visit any one of the designated sites to receive their free vaccination shots.

For more information about the event and how you can help, contact Koisimy Rudolph at 797-1877 or visit the Federated States of Micronesia Church Leaders Association of Guam website at www.fsmcommunitycare.org/SuiPre.html .

Washington DC President Obama and President Xi concluded their first-ever summit June 8th with two successful outcomes: an agreement to work together to reduce the threat from North Korea, and an agreement to "work together and with other countries through multilateral approaches that include using the expertise and institutions of the Montreal ... (more)

Gov. Eloy S. Inos announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of the Interior released $1.9 million for the CNMI for costs associated with the islands' hosting of migrants from the Freely Associated States-called Compact impact funding-for fiscal year 2013.

So far, so good. The CNMI junior players did well in the morning matches at the opening of the 2013 North Pacific Regional Championships yesterday.

Pressed for cash: Officials at Guam Memorial Hospital are pushing for a bill proposed by Gov. Eddie Calvo and written by Sen. Dennis Rodriguez, which would allow GMH to borrow $13 million from a bank.

As a small, isolated island, the country of Palau has a limited number of income options.

Preparing donations: Students at Agueda J. Johnston Middle School on the last day of school yesterday prepare boxes of books and school supplies being donated to the Ayuda Foundation's third annual Broken Crayon project.

In late May, the University of Guam hosted a training for nurse educators from institutions from across the Pacific.

Atchuo Ueta Palik, 27, of Kailua-Kona died May 17, 2013, at Kona Community Hospital.

The Yap Stone was a fixture of the atrium space in front of the Currency Museum at the Bank of Canada's Wellington Street headquarters.

Keeping the hospital running: The medical staff work in the Emergency Room of the Guam Memorial Hospital in Tamuning on Jan.

It was on a trip to Samoa and Tonga in the early '80s that I heard of the term "Pisikoa" for the U.S. Peace Corps in the Pacific.

TUMON, Guam -The Pacific Asia Travel Association Micronesia Chapter has launched the official Micronesia tourism website at www.micronesiatour.com. PATA Micronesia has launched a fully-featured website that is designed to assist travelers plan a vacation in a region that is renowned for unspoiled landscapes, traditional cultures and the most ... (more)

A 40 Squadron C-130 Hercules delivers a fire truck donated by the New Zealand Fire Service to the island of Weno in Chuuk State, Micronesia.

The U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the U.S. Navy and the motor vessel Zeus Leader, partnered to provide assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia National Police in rescuing five mariners from the Pacific Ocean, 110 nautical miles west of Chuuk Islands.

It's easy to visualize the horror that is human trafficking occurring somewhere else in the world: poor, Third World countries; places where people live in constant desperation; even in bustling U.S. cities with large immigrant populations.

As a legislator, and the president of the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, or APIL, I am working in earnest to ensure that crimes related to human trafficking and gender violence are not only addressed here in Guam, we should take a regional approach regarding this problem.