KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 24
Jaynes, Bill (2014-10-27). KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 24 (PDF) (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Kaselehlie Press.
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Abstract: KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 24: NEWS: World Food Dayand Intern ation a Dayof D is aster Ris Reduction celebr at ed inthe FSM; Children fromthe Early Childhood Educ ation program from allover Pohnpei enterta in edwith s on gand danceand sh are d their youngknowledge onthe iss uesof Food Security and D is aster R iskReduction; ‘Approval subject toterms andc on diti ons pf BFSM loanpolicy; Governor solicits Legislature ’ s helpto solve Pohnpei ’ s powercr is is; N athan Fry takesvideo wherevery fewhave everbeen; Japanese Soprano Nao M as aoka givesher firstsolo c on certs in Pohnpei; Third FSM N ation al Women ’ s Council heldin Pohnpei; In September, many Pohnpei Utilities Corpor ation cus to merswere shocked tolearnt h atthe perkilow at th ourprice had incre as edf romthe August priceof 50. 38 centsto 60. 83 cents; L astweek PUC lo were dthe priceto 56. 11 cents; “Electricity price incre as es arenot directlyrel at ed tothe pr iceof fuelthat wesell to PUC. ” the FSMPC circularc on cluded; “S in ce thenthe problemhas notimproved. ” hewrote; The Governor lamb as tedthe ef for ts ofthe PUC Board and Management say in gthat theyhad “completelyfailed ” tores to re theutil ity ’ s powergener ation capacity, despitewhat hecalledth eir “allegedviol ation s andnon - compliancewith certa in prov is i onsof Title 34 ofthe Pohnpei Code inthe irdesper ate and idiosyncra ticways toresolve thepowergenerat i on cri sis. ”; He outl in edfour po in tsthat hewants tov is itregard ing PUC ’ s activities: 1; “C on trary tothe requirem en to f 1 - 101 (2 ) of 8 L - 09 - 12; “Non - payment of PUC ’ s ADB (Asian Development Bank ) loansin spiteof repe at edrequests mayunnecessarily causec as h flowproblem (s ) forthe St atein the n earfut ure. ”; Dur ingan in terv iewin h is office th is morn in g; He saidthat dur in ghis travels hehadb eenlook ingin to possiblesour ces for generat ors; This w as befor e the FSM Congress hadappropri at ed $ 2 milli onfor thepurch as e ofgener at orsfor Pohnpei; OP IN ION / EDI TO RIAL: Pohnpei, FSM — In a series oflett ersto Speaker Fern and o Scaliem ofthe 8 th Pohnpei Legislature; Governor Ehsa ’ s letter to Speaker Scaliem included a copyof an in ternalcircu larfrom FSM Petroleum Corpor ation The circularshowed th at thewholesale price itcharged PUC for a gallon ofdiesel h as steadilydecrea sedeachmo nthfrom May ’ s priceof $ 4. 05 tothe curr entprice of $ 3. 89; InGover nor Ehsa ’ s Oc tober 2 letter heremin ded Speaker Scaliem th at on September 9. 2012; When theletter wentunans were d by Oc tober 13; Inthe Governor ’ s firstletter hewrotet h atthe Board Chairman andsome o the rmembers ofthe Board reported a majoralleged viol ation ofthe PUC lawby themanagement; To apply: Submit a letter of in terest at tach ing a resume to: Ramp & Mida, Martin ’ s Bldg., 2 nd Floor (Across Wal Mart ) orsend byemail to: rampmida @ mail
