Micronesia News Archives

It can't be denied -- here on Guam, the term "Micronesian" has developed into a negative one that specifically references individuals from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Belau, the Marshall Islands, etc.

Guam will play host to the first Forensic Science Symposium next week at Harvest Christian Academy Family Life Center.

The Federated States of Micronesia and the Center for Micronesia Empowerment entered a strategic alliance to help train people for the upcoming military buildup.

BREAKING NEWS 9:16 a.m. - Guam to receive more than $16 million in Compact Impact funds for fiscal 2010 Pacific Daily News * news@guampdn.com * October 27, 2009 Guam will receive more than $16 million in Compact Impact funding, according to a release from the Department of the Interior.

Palau sports officials assured the CNMI and seven other island-nations that the 2010 Micronesian Games will push through as scheduled despite reports that the host is struggling to find funding for the event.

A temporary restraining order halting the state from switching Pacific islanders to a health plan without dialysis or chemotherapy coverage has been extended pending completion of a rule-making process.

Last month, when the state Department of Human Services announced the elimination of certain medical services, such as kidney dialysis and chemotherapy, for about 7,500 Micronesians, Victor Geminiani immediately filed suit to block the cuts.

Tel: +1 713 798 4256; Fax: +1 713 798 6977; E-mail: pbonnen@bcm.edu 9 Current address: Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology , Zurich, Switzerland.

Family Planning A fabulous line-up of New Zealand female musicians will take part in a Safe and Sounda , a concert in support of maternal health in the Pacific at the San Francisco Bathhouse in Wellington on Thursday.

A Micronesian sailor who was killed Saturday night in a fire on a commercial fishing boat had been drinking and cooking, then fell asleep, the boat's captain said yesterday.

Edward James 'Jim' Schlimgen, 65, of Great Falls, died of cancer Wednesday at his home.

From Staff Reports During the 1980s, Navarro College had a large population of students from the South Pacific Islands of Micronesia.

The village warrior stands in his red loincloth and straw hat, tending his hut. Old pots hang loosely from a string near an open window, while bunches of bananas dangle from a cord in the ceiling.

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PALIKIR, Pohnpei a 'A In addition to Public LawA 16-7 that established the FY 2010 budget for the FSM national government, Vice President AlikA Alik signed three other congressional acts into public laws for President Manny Mori during the second regular session of the 16th FSM Congress.

COLONIA, Yap/Palikir, Pohnpei a ' The FSM Association of Chiefs State School Officers, comprising of the four FSM state directors of education, the president of the College of Micronesia-FSM, and the FSM secretary of the Department of Education, met recently to discuss some matters of importance associating to the nationa TMs education system.

Tropical Storm Parma strengthened to a typhoon and two more cyclones developed over the Pacific east of the Philippines, four days after Ketsana left 246 people dead in Luzon and killed 38 in Vietnam yesterday.

Palau, a nation of sparsely populated Pacific islands surrounded by turquoise waters teeming with fish and giant clams, is so obscure most people must scour a map to find it.

Meteorologists in Guam say a potentially dangerous typhoon is inching closer to the Micronesian islands including the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Guam and Rota as Tropical Storm 18W moves toward the southern Marianas.