Palauan FESTPAC delegate passed away in Guam PDF Print E-mail ( Read more... )

Alingano Maisu arrives in Saipan ahead of schedule ( Read more... )

Islands of the missing: Micronesia's emptying atolls
By Mark Stratton, for CNN
Updated 0137 GMT (0937 HKT) January 18, 2016
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This is troubling news. Ulithi seems to be becoming an inhospitable place. I say this after hearing many details from a hellish 6-month stay there by some Australian yachtie friends, Andrew & Jenny and their two lovely young daughters. They washed ashore on the Ulithi atoll, and tried to refit their sailboat there. While some locals, including ( Read more... )

Friday and Saturday marked the 9th Semi-Annual Chief Executive Summit for Western Micronesia. I helped the Governor of Yap host it in 2006-07 and though I have no official duties here for this one that Palau is hosting, I stopped by Friday afternoon to greet some old friends and colleagues from Yap. Mike Gaan and Andy Tafileicheig were there ( Read more... )

We had our hosts from Falalop, Woleai, over for a pizza dinner last night. Nina and Isaac, and their daughters aged 7 and 3. The youngest is named "Jelly." They were cute, conversation was light, and we sent them off with 3L glass bottles and lots of pizza for their sister's family. I have officially reached my limit on "Winnie-the-Pooh" DVDs ( Read more... )

So on Thursday, somewhere in between a fit of pique and of despair, I learned I was fit enough to ascend de stairs to the peak ( Read more... )

Well, in short, it's been a matter of great pride to Yapese people that the Ambassador to the USA for all of the FSM's existence (some 22 years or something, depending on when start counting) has been an Outer Islander from Yap, Jesse M. from Falalop, Ulithi. In short, auditors uncovered a lot of . . . inconsistencies in his staff's cash-handling ( Read more... )

Tuesday night, we had a nice clean dinner at Jhun’s Oasis. I mean, we were finally showered and clean. Air conditioning, plates, red wine, luxury. Mike and Catherine joined us. Sizzling fish, beef, other dishes ( Read more... )

Battered, beaten, sore, bruised and bloody, I have returned with Danka, Catherine and Mike from Woleai atoll to the main islands of Yap, Micronesia. I doubt I'll have time to properly write all the things that happened down in the next few days, as I still have a monster appellate brief to finish by Saturday and have just read an e-mail that tells ( Read more... )