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UOG HoveRx project demonstration a great success despite uncooperative weather
By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press
Members of the team did a successful flight from Seinwar Elementary School in Kitti to and from Ahnd Atoll (often spelled “Ant”) on April 1, a distance of over 10 miles. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate on April 2 at the scheduled time for the demonstration. The intention on that day was to fly the large drone to Ahnd Atoll, a distance of over 10 miles, where other members of the team were stationed to receive it. The large drone would make the return trip on the following day.
April 2, 2023 Pohnpei—Representatives of the University of Guam’s Professional Master of Business Administration Cohort XVIII came to Pohnpei for what they called their final “capstone project.” The trip was for a proof-of-concept of the project, which they entitled “HoveRx.” On April 2, the intention was to demonstrate the ability to utilize drones for the delivery of preventative healthcare items to remote areas in the The drone is actually waterproof, so it State of Pohnpei. can fly in the rain, which was definitely Click here for continuation
FSM Congress instructs FSM President to make no changes in diplomatic relations with China
Resolution passed after External Affairs committee canceled its announced hearing on the resolution By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press April 8, 2023 FSM—On April 4, the FSM Congress adopted resolution 22-200 CD1 CD2 regarding FSM’s Diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. The CD numbers represent the changes from the original form of the resolution as it was originally submitted by Senator Ferny S. Perman as covered in the March 29, 2023 issue of The Kaselehlie Press (see article here). The main thrust of the resolution was to reiterate that the One China Policy is the official policy of the FSM and to instruct the President that he should make no changes in the FSM’s diplomatic policy regarding China. The main change was that the finalized resolution that Congress passed did not include a mention of requiring President Panuelo to fully brief Congress on all
foreign affairs matters. Apparently, Congress did not have the power to make that requirement and so removed it from the original resolution. The adoption of the resolution came the day after the Congress Standing Committee on External Affairs canceled its hearing on the matter, which had been scheduled to take place on April 3 at 2:00 in the afternoon. The President, who was off island at the time for a meeting of PRIMO (Pacific Risk Management Ohana) but had spent most of the morning in a Zoom conference with Vice President Palik and cabinet members to prepare for the scheduled hearing. After the hearing was cancelled, President Panuelo wrote a letter to Congress Speaker Senator Wesley Simina providing the talking points he had used for his meeting with the cabinet and the Vice President. He had instructed
the Vice President and cabinet members to use the talking points during the hearing, which ended up having been cancelled. They essentially summarized the accusations against China that the President had made in his now internationally wellknown letter of March 9. That letter to FSM’s top elected officials was intended to have been confidential, but the full text very quickly “leaked” to the media from one or possibly more of the letter’s recipients.
FSM Maritime Officers found weapons aboard a vessel that the captain and crew said were there to defend themselves. The other was “China meeting directly with states to subvert policies, including The talking points shared with the diplomats’ recent trip to Kosrae to tell Speaker added two accusations of notable Governor Palik to go against the letter.” importance. They said that China had brought weapons into the FSM, likely referring to an incident in Yap, in which Click here for continuation