Are you ready to vote for your favorite FSM Congressional Candidate? The FSM National Election Commission website has published the appropriate forms and timeline for FSM citizens to vote in the FSM Congressional Elections on March 5, 2019. Please click on the links below to download and print the … [Read more...]
Chuuk AG Questions Voting Rights for Chuukese Citizens Abroad
Mr. Sabino Asor, Chuuk State Attorney General and Chairman of the Public Hearing initiative of the Chuuk Political Status Commission (CPSC) released his findings on the recent public hearings held in Honolulu and Hilo. In the memo to the CPSC, Mr. Asor made eight key findings and recommendations to … [Read more...]
Rev. Julio Angkel Appointed Coadjutor Bishop
Congratulations to Fr. Julio Angkel who was officially appointed by Pope Francis to serve as the new Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of the Caroline Islands effective today. The Diocese includes the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. As coadjutor, Bishop Angkel will succeed … [Read more...]
Sign Petition Against Chuuk Secession
The Chuuk Reform Movement's online petition on change.org, which had garnered over 1,000 signers in 2014, has been re-opened, updated in 2017 to re-engage Chuukese citizens against the Chuuk Political Status Commission (CPSC), Governor Johnson Elimo and members of the Chuuk State Legislatures who … [Read more...]
Compact Implications of Chuuk Secession
Jim Stovall, legal counsel to the FSM Government and foremost expert on the Compact of Free Association (COFA), has issued the following memorandum to President Mori. In it he laid out eight facts to help the average Chuukese voter understand the implications of Chuuk State seceding from … [Read more...]
Chuuk is Hiring Teachers
The Chuuk Department of Education (CDOE) is currently recruiting college graduates for over 50 teaching positions in public elementary and secondary schools across each of Chuuk Stateʻs five regions. A team from CDOE will be in Honolulu (June 22 - 25, 2016) and Guam (June 26 - 30, 2016) to meet with … [Read more...]
Richard Kansou Inspires Micronesian Unity
On May 1, 2016, Chuukese youth leader and educator Richard Kansou, an alumnus of Xavier High School and University of Guam from Sapuk, Weno delivered the following speech to the Guam-based Micronesian youth members of One Unity. One Unity comprises of Micronesian youth from all the local high … [Read more...]
$2.1 Million for Chuuk Congressional Delegation for 2016
Exactly how are the members of the Chuuk delegation in the FSM Congress actively preparing our state and nation for the year 2023 when the economic provisions of the Compact ends? According to Public Law 19-54 signed by President Peter Christian on February 8, 2016, each member of Congress was … [Read more...]
Who controls the Northwest funding for land purchase?
If you are from the Northwest region (Election District #5) of Chuuk State, FSM you might wonder about the funding priorities for our region as reported in my recent post entitled, "FSM Congress Allocates Millions for Projects." But do you know why the same congressional bill (C.B. No. 19-131) … [Read more...]
FSM Congress Allocates Millions for Projects
During the 3rd Regular Session (January 26 - February 14, 2016) of the 19th FSM Congress, Senator Victor Gouland of Chuuk State's Election District #2 introduced Congressional Bill No. 19-131 appropriating over $3 million dollars at $250,000.00 each member of Congress "to fund public projects and … [Read more...]