POHNPEI, 13 APRIL 2020 (SUNDAY STAR TIMES/STUFF NZ) —On a sweltering but calm afternoon, EritaraAatiKaierua left the island of Pohnpei, Micronesia on his final journey. Aboard a rusting Taiwanese fishing vessel he sailed south-east, leaving behind mangrove swamps on the shore line, and passing low coral atolls, beyond the breakwater before reaching the deep-blue of […]
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Winning team announced for Micronesia’s first-ever Startup Weekend
Team to receive $5,000 seed funding to carry out business pitch A team of budding entrepreneurs from Pohnpei with their business pitch Drop & Drop has been announced the overall winner of this year’s Startup Weekend Micronesia, a three-day entrepreneurial event associated with Google Techstars Startup Weekend. Organized by Professional Master of Business Administration students […]
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New MC Young Champions Internships Awarded by Micronesia Challenge Regional Office
The 2019-2020 Micronesia Challenge Young Champions are: Shuri Chibana from the Republic of Palau who will be interning at the Micronesia Challenge Regional Office. Berlando Hadley from Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia will be interning at the Conservation Society of Pohnpei. David Aiseia from the Republic of Marshall Islands will be interning at the […]
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Region-wide Startup Weekend to be launched
Bring your business ideas in and be part of the region-wide Startup Weekend Micronesia to be launched by the University of Guam (UOG) graduate students simultaneously in seven Micronesian Islands including Palau. Startup Weekend Micronesia (SW Micronesia) is a three-day entrepreneurial event that will simultaneously run from November 7 to 9 in Palau, Guam, Chuuk, […]
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Micronesian workers complain about meat plant mistreatment
IOWA, 03 OCTOBER 2019 (AP) — The island nation of Micronesia is raising concerns about how some of its citizens working at an Iowa pork processing plant are being treated. Micronesia sent a formal letter to the U.S. State Department Friday asking U.S. officials to investigate possible misconduct at the Seaboard Triumph Foods plant, including […]
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September 13 declared as ‘Micronesia cleanup day’
Keeping up with the 24th Micronesian Forum held in the month of July, the President Remengesau has declared 13th of September as Micronesia cleanup day. “I call on all People of Palau to join this mass effort to clean up our homes and communities, our land, and our sea,” President Remengesau said in the proclamation. […]