KPress Vol. 07 Iss. 23
Jaynes, Bill (2007-10-17). KPress Vol. 07 Iss. 23 (PDF) (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Kaselehlie Press.
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Abstract: KPress Vol. 07 Iss. 23: NEWS: Pohnpei, FSM—sometime before 7:00 on the evening of Monday, August 27, Gayvy Ann Hallers left the home where she lived with her parents, saying she was going to have sakau with friends; she later ended up riding in the bed of a pickup truck at around 4:00 the next morning in the company of three young men, one of whom she referred to as her boyfriend; at nearly 4:30 that morning, one of the young men woke the sister of Gayvy’s mother with the disturbing news that Gayvy had been involved in an accident and that he did not think she would survive, providing no further information beyond stating that she had been taken to the hospital; the information proved correct in at least one respect, as nineteen-year-old Gayvy died on Tuesday morning, August 28; how she sustained a fatal head wound became the subject of an ongoing investigation, with Acting Attorney General Salomon Saimon stating that authorities had strong reasons to believe a crime had occurred and that the case had not been closed; Saimon also reported that two of the men who were with Gayvy in her final moments had left the jurisdiction, one traveling to China to continue schooling and the other to the United States, and that the circumstantial evidence gathered thus far was insufficient to prevent their departure; Gayvy’s parents, Magdalena and Simon Augustine Hallers, said that when they arrived at the hospital they expected Gayvy’s boyfriend to be present, worried or grieving, but he was not there and had left shortly after bringing her to the emergency room, while the driver of the light-green pickup truck had also already departed; the family later heard from unidentified sources that Gayvy had fallen from the back of the pickup truck and struck the road on the causeway near the vicinity of Senny’s warehouse, circumstances they found troubling and incomplete; OPINION / EDITORIAL: a separate piece reports on concerns long held by many in the FSM regarding the functioning of the Chuuk State Personnel Office, formalized through an inspection by the Office of the National Public Auditor; another editorial item notes that on September 14 Samuel Hand delivered to Pohnpei Senator Ausen T. Lambert, Chairman of the Committee on Health and Social Services, a copy of a letter sent to Winceder David, Director of the Pohnpei Department of Health Services, with Senator Lambert on the same day urging Director David to investigate not only a bounced check but also verbal allegations that Justin David, who was reportedly required to be present at the Pohnpei hospital when patients were there, spent some weekends on neighboring Hawaiian islands, raising concerns about patient care during his absence, and noting that neither Samuel’s letter nor Senator Lambert’s inquiry had received a response.
