KPress Vol. 17 Iss. 14
Jaynes, Bill (2017-06-19). KPress Vol. 17 Iss. 14 (PDF) (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Kaselehlie Press.
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Abstract: KPress Vol. 17 Iss. 14: NEWS: Local attorney files for release of Nepalese refugees, with the Department of Justice declining to comment on the matter in accordance with the wishes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) but granting an opportunity for an unaccompanied meeting with the refugees; environmental reporting documents unprecedented coral mortality in Kosrae linked to ocean warming, explaining that corals are animals living in partnership with microscopic plants embedded in their tissues and noting that a strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific weakened cooling ocean currents traveling east to west along the equator, resulting in elevated sea-surface temperatures; recent surveys around Kosrae found extensive coral bleaching and mortality, with less than 15 percent living coral remaining in some locations on the eastern side of the island, continuing a pattern of declining coral cover observed over several years in response to repeated ocean-warming events, and showing rapid growth of turf and macroalgae on dead coral skeletons, alongside images of herbivorous surgeonfish on Malem reefs; infrastructure coverage notes groundbreaking for the Kolonia–China Friendship Center, largely funded by China; legal reporting details a ruling by FSM Associate Justice Larry Wentworth, issued June 8, 2017, denying a motion for a temporary restraining order sought to halt impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dennis K. Rodriguez, following arguments presented on June 3 regarding subject-matter jurisdiction, with the Pohnpei State Legislature asserting that the impeachment process is grounded solely in state constitutional provisions and that related civil and criminal cases arise under Pohnpei State law rather than FSM national law, while the court considered arguments concerning Rodriguez’s status as a criminal defendant and the Legislature’s investigatory authority; a brief notice concludes with Kaselehlie Press seeking dedicated correspondents in Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, and Kosrae.
