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Governor Ehsa signs unique contract with Chinese company |
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Written by Bill Jaynes
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Governor Ehsa signs unique contract with Chinese company for operation of the Nan Pil Power Plant
Pohnpei, FSM - In the 30’s, the Japanese built the Nan Pil Hydro Electric Power Plant during the time of Japanese occupation of what was then called Ponape. Later the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rehabilitated the plant and put it to use. A New Zealand company was hired by Pohnpei Utilities Corporation to study what it would cost to put the plant back on line. Now a Chinese corporation will take its turn to put the 80 year old plant through its paces.
On Friday, January 8, Pohnpei’s Governor John Ehsa signed a unique contract with the Universal Power Alliance Company, Limited, a company from Beijing, China represented on that day by its General Manager, William Lin. UPAC has agreed to rehabilitate the generators at the Nan Pil Hydro Electric Plant and to operate the plant fifteen years. UPAC’s initial investment will be repaid over the course of the contract. In the mean time UPAC will sell the power they produce to Pohnpei Utilities Corporation.
A representative of the Pohnpei State Attorney General’s office intimately familiar with the details of the contract said that for the first five years UPAC will sell the power they produce at the set price of 26 cents per kilowatt hour. During years 6-15 they will sell generated power to PUC at the set price of 22 cents per kilowatt hour. PUC currently charges its customers 34 cents per kilowatt hour a price that fluctuates based on the price of diesel.
Mr. Lin said that the plant should begin producing power by this time next year.
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New technical secondary school to open on property of the former PATS campus |
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Written by Bill Jaynes
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Pohnpei, FSM – “This is not a smart business investment at all,” said Dr. Ei-ho Kim on Friday afternoon, January 15, in the boardroom of the former Pohnpei Agricultural and Trade School. Dr. Kim went on to explain what he meant. “I know that missionary work is not by our own power but through the blessing of God!”
Dr. Kim, whose organization, Pacific Resource Development Company made a proposal in August of last year to open a new agricultural and technical school on the former PATS campus, gave a passionate speech in front of a small group of local participants that included the Nahnmwarki of Madolenihmw, His Majesty Kerpet Ehpel and his wife. Dr. Kim was on island to sign a lease in order to open a new technical secondary school on the former PATS campus.
Estephan Santiago, a member of the Task Force to Revive PATS and an alumnus of the former school said that when he asked Father Graigorio, the director of PATS why they were closing the school, the director said, “Products of PATS (PATS educated students) are no longer needed.”
Since that time, the Task Force to Revive PATS on which Santiago serves has been actively working to revive the school in Madolenihmw where several of the FSM’s highest achievers attended during the 40 years that it was open.
What with FSM infrastructure projects in progress, and the United States Government announcing their intentions to move a major military base from Okinawa to Guam, the timing of the closure of PATS couldn’t have been much worse.
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Hospital Medical Libraries Populate the Micronesian Region |
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Written by Arlene Cohen
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by: Arlene Cohen,
Pacific Islands Library Consultant
Pohnpei State Department of Health Services celebrates the grand opening of the first Pohnpei State Medical Library on November 20, 2009 located at the public health facility in Nett. Dignitaries present were, Congressman Hon. Dohsis Halbert, Senator PSL, Fernando Scaliem, representing Ayuda Foundation, Acting Director of Health Services, Dr. Johnny Hedson, Chief of Primary Care Services, Dr. Rally Jim, several members of Pacific Island Archives and Libraries Association as well as several health services staff. Mrs. Arlene Cohen, a library consultant and the main person responsible for making this project possible was there saying, “This is a developmental milestone for health in the State of Pohnpei. This project promotes an environment of updated learning, research, as well as providing staff and clients with reliable medical information.”
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Policy on passport validity requirement for FSM Citizens to travel to the United States |
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Written by FSM Information Services
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Palikir, Pohnpei – January 13, 2010 - According to the website of the Department of Homeland Security on US Citizenship and Immigration, citizens of the FSM by birth and those citizens of the former TTPI who acquired FSM citizenship in 1986 are entitled under the Compact to travel and apply for admission to the United States as non-immigrants without visas. However, admission is not guaranteed. Most grounds of inadmissibility under U.S. immigration laws, such as criminal convictions, are applicable.
If determined admissible under the Compact, an FSM citizen may live, study and work in the United States. The United States has the right to set terms and conditions on the non-immigrant stay of FSM citizens. At the present time, they are granted an unlimited length of stay, and their I-94 noted as “CFA/FSM” (Compact of Free Association/Federated States of Micronesia).
In order to seek admission to the United States under the amended Compact, a citizen of the FSM must possess an unexpired FSM passport that has at least 6 months validity. This is a new requirement, which did not apply under the original Compact. An FSM citizen applying for admission under the Compact does not need a U.S. visa, or any other travel documentation.
This requirement is also enforced by Continental Micronesia when they screen travel documents at the airport, so it is important for FSM citizens to make sure their FSM passport is valid for at least 6 months before they plan on travelling to the United States. Continental Micronesia will not let anyone with a non-US passport travel to the United States unless they meet this requirement.
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First Pohnpei campus graduate of revived Agriculture and Food Technology |
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Written by College of Micronesia
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Chipen is first Pohnpei campus graduate of revived Agriculture and Food Technology Certificate Programme
Valentine Chipen became the first graduate from the revamped Agriculture and Food Technology Certificate of Achievement program since it started in the fall 2008 in Pohnpei. Valentine is the son of Michael and Micheala Satowan of Chuuk State.
During the fall semester 2008, the College reestablished the agriculture certificate program and started offering it at Pohnpei campus in addition to Kosrae campus. According to the college, lack of interest in the program contributed to the low enrollment and eventually to the discontinuation of the offering of the program at Pohnpei campus.
In fall 2008 a total of 10 students from Pohnpei Campus enrolled in the Agriculture and Food Technology Certificate of Achievement Program. In 2009 the number increased to 34 fulltime students. Valentine is the first of the 2008 cohort to graduate.
The agriculture and food technology certificate of achievement program is operated through assistance from the FSM office of Economic Affairs; Pohnpei State Department of Agriculture; and the College’s Cooperative Research and Extension (CRE) Program, which provides much of the teaching needed and external funding through the CariPac program. The CariPac program is received by the College through the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Bill.
The CariPac fund is for educational programs in Agriculture and Natural Sciences and Food related sciences. The acronym refers to the US affiliated areas in the Caribbean and the Pacific regions. The institutions involved are: University of the Virgin Islands; University of Puerto Rico; University of Guam; American Samoa Community College; Northern Marianas College; Palau Community College; and College of the Marshall Islands and College of Micronesia - FSM.
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Welcome to Kaselehlie Press |
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Written by Bill Jaynes
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