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Rotary Clubs of Hilo, Hawai’i donate school supplies to classroom in Chuuk Details Written by Bill Jaynes Rotary Clubs of Hilo The global pandemic has made the past year difficult for schools, teachers, and students for a host of reasons. In Chuuk, teacher Ankiambom Chia stepped in to cover third and seventh grade classes due to teacher shortages at her charter school on the island of Weno in Chuuk State. Rotary Club members, Tim Hansen of Rotary Club Hilo Bay and Charlene Iboshi of Rotary Club South Hilo heard about Chia’s school and her work with students. Hansen mobilise...

Pacific Fisheries surveillance operation a success Details Written by Bill Jaynes HONIARA, 25 March, 2021 – The first Forum Fisheries Agency coordinated fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance operation of 2021, Operation Rai Balang concluded last week after two weeks of increased surveillance effort in eight Pacific nations.                  National organisations in Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have been working together to conduct surveillance, supported by the...

US Secretary of State speaks on US Climate Change policy US Secretary of State speaks on US Climate Change policy Details Written by Bill Jaynes This afternoon, the U.S Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken gave a speech on U.S. climate change policies under President Joe Biden's administration. It clearly showed that the United States government has made a marked and encouraging turnabout in its policies in the 89 days that President Biden has been in in office.  The text of the lengthy speech follows: SPEECH APRIL 19, 2021 SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone...

FSM’s first Green Climate Fund project begins Details Written by Bill Jaynes   PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 19th, 2021, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—gave an address on the occasion of the signing of the Nation’s first single-country project with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The FSM Climate Resilient Food Security Project, the result of diligent effort on behalf of Micronesia Conservation Trust and the GCF National Designated Authority Office in Palikir, with support from the Departments of Resources & Development...

Talk Story with President Panuelo and Nicole Yamase Articles Archived Details Written by Bill Jaynes Blue Prosperity Micronesia Facebook March 30th Nicole grew up on the islands of Palau, Saipan, Pohnpei, and Chuuk, and was passionate about science and the environment from a young age. She graduated from Chaminade University of Honolulu with a Bachelors of Arts in Biology and Bachelors of Science in Environmental Studies. She received the Bill Raynor Micronesia Challenge scholarship from Micronesia Conservation Trust to continue her PhD in the Marine Biology Graduate Program at the...