HAGÅTÑA, Guam (BoG/Media Division) — Bank of Guam is pleased to announce that applications are now available for its 2015 IFIT Scholarship Program, which makes $2,000 available to five (5) graduating high school seniors to attend a U.S. accredited four year college or university. The scholarship … [Read more...]
Chuukese Woman Lifts Family Out of Abusive Situation with Biotech Career
Tracy T. Ludwick Naputi is a Chuukese woman living in San Diego who extricated herself from an abusive marriage and enrolled in biotechnology career to support herself and her children. Read the full article on ATE Central>> ATE Central - Woman Lifts Family Out of Abusive Situation with … [Read more...]
2015 Resolutions for Chuuk Political Status
As we begin this New Year, let us renew our commitment to find the best solution for Chuuk's political status. Perhaps we should pause now and review the facts of a troubling 2014 and work harder in this new year for enlightened solutions. For if we did not work hard to be part of the solutions in … [Read more...]
In Memoriam: Noah Ruben
We are saddened by the tragic news from Chuuk that Acting Director of Education, Mr. Noah Ruben, tragically passed away last night apparently from a heart attack. Formerly the Principal of Berea Christian School, Mr. Ruben had been serving as the Deputy Director of Education since April 2010. He … [Read more...]
Take Action: Write Your Leaders
The Political Status Commission (CPSC) better known as the Chuuk Separatists are proposing to travel yet again to Hawaii, Guam, and other communities outside of Chuuk for another round of "public education" on their proposition to separate Chuuk from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). They … [Read more...]
FSM President Mori Opposes Chuuk Independence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNpeASDdrHc&feature=youtu.be On December 10, 2014, FSM President Manny Mori and a delegation held a meeting with approximately 60 FSM citizens at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Co-sponsored by the Pacific Islander Student Center, Micronesians United - Big … [Read more...]
Attention: Healthcare Access Before Nationhood Talk
Before we plan for nationhood in the future, may we sit down with our people and address the urgent fatal issue about COFA citizens’ Healthcare Access. There are changes coming for our COFA citizens’ public healthcare assistance that is potentially disruptive, especially for our vulnerable … [Read more...]
Chuuk Education Board Fired DOE Director
The Chuuk Board of Education (CBOE) has terminated Gardenia Aisek Macayaon as the Executive Director of the Chuuk Department of Education (CDOE) and appointed the Deputy Director Noah Ruben as Acting Director. In a letter dated December 9, 2014, Mr. Johannes Berdon, Chairman of the CBOE, ended the … [Read more...]
Chuuk High School Navigating Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_eKrTJnFzM#t=378 Sia fokkun ingeiti (kudos) Chuuk High School's Typhoons for giving us the only hope in our State's public education reform efforts when all else seems failing. While the Chuuk Board of Education (CBOE) and the Chuuk Department of Education (CDOE) … [Read more...]
Chuuk Department of Education is Hiring
Anyone interested in working for the Chuuk Department of Education (CDOE) is invited to review the following job descriptions. Representatives from CDOE will be in Hilo on December 15 – 18, 2014, to conduct interviews at the University of Hawaii at Hilo's Pacific Islander Student Center in Campus … [Read more...]