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The National Union Peace Unity Liberty The National Union Peace Unity Liberty AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE AND STATES OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Volume 8 Kolonia, Pohnpei, April 30, 1987 Number 5 for Pohnpei at-larae seat in FSM Congress Falcam wins recount by 18 votes KOLONIA, Pohnpei - Postmaster General Leo A. Falcam was declared April 27 the winner by 18 votes over Vice President Bailey Olter in the Ap- ril 24-26 recount of March 3 votes cast for the Pohnpei at-large seat in the FSM Congress. National Election Commissioner for Pohnpei Heinrick A. Stevenson issued the declaration in an April 27 letter to President Tosiwo Nakayama which in- cluded the vote totals of 4,052 votes for Falcam and 4,034 for Olter, as certified by Recount Committee Chair- man Valerio Hallens. Stevenson certified March 18 totals which gave Falcam a 14-vote margin with 4,045 votes; Olter, 4,031, and Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry, 1,960. CHIEF hXECUTivES AT 11TH CONFERENCE President Tosiwo Nakayama, center, is (See related stories on Pages 5, 6) with the four FSM governors on the FSM Congress grounds during the 11th Chief The FSM Supreme Court Appellate Executives' Conference held April 20-24 in Pohnpei which is expected to be his final Division ordered the recount on April chief executives meeting. From left are Truk Gov. .Gide6n Doone, Kosrae Gov. Yosiwo 21, following an April 20 hearing on George, Nakayama, Pohnpei Gov. Resio Moses and Yap Gov. Petrus Tun who chaired Olter's petition to overturn Steven- the conference. son's April 3 decision denying a re- Chief Executives agree to concentrate Japan aid count. , The outcome will help determine Scheme proposed to end (Continued on Page 3) X——————————————^x 'pork-barrel'project funding inside..... KOLONIA, Pohnpei - The Presi- 24 in the Congress Chamber, reso- dent and four governors agreed to ask lutions which would: the FSM Congress to adopt a sys- -Concentrate Japanese foreign aid Inauguration May 19 tematic scheme for funding state in one state each year on a rotational projects to end "piecemeal, pork-bar- basis, beginning in fiscal 1987 with (See story on Page 3) rel" appropriations in one of six re- Pohnpei. solutions approved during the llth -Have the national government Kosrae gets plant Chief Executives' Conference here. hold 5,000 shares of United Mic- The chief executives also adopted, ronesia Development Association (See story on Page 7) during the conference held April 20- (Continued on Page 4) THE NATIONAL UNION. April 30. 1987. Page 2 FSMTC offers satellite data links Computer communications come to islands KOLONIA, Pohnpei - The time has come for Micronesia to Dial-up computer communications is availabe within each of enter the age of computer communications, according to FSM the state centers and will be improved with overseas direct dist- Telecommunications Corp. General Manager Fred Stout said. ance dialing which is scheduled to be installed later this year in High-speed data communications by telephone voice circuits Pohnpei and Truk, according to Stout. can reduce the cost of sending and receiving messages, compared In addition, FSMTC is now able to provide dedicated 110 baud to the cost of TELEX service, while connecting public and priv- data circuits between each state and these data circuits could be ate offices and private computer users with computers through- utilized in "an FSM interstate data communications network out Micronesia and in other parts of the world, Stout indicated. eliminating interstate government TELEX (messaging) alto- Computer communications is less expensive because the line gether," Stout said. time costs are the same per minute, whether data is transmitted "Conceivably, we could provide the facilities to tie together at the slower teletype rate of approximately 60 words a minute all the Wangs (state and national government mainframe comput- or 600 words a minute and more which may be used in computer ers) to have the same data base and share resources at fairly reas- calls. onable cost," he said, noting that if linked by dedicated circuits Regular telephone lines can be used for connecting computers, or telephone lines, one state could use the payroll or other pro- locally or overseas, with the use of moderns and communi- grams in another state when its computer is not functioning, cations software which allow one computer to dial up another, without having to send someone to the other state. he said. FSMTC established on-line data communications between its Overseas computer connections must be made through over- central office here and its Yap and Truk offices, and the system is seas operators who should be told that they are computer calls, being set up in Kosrae, he said. Dedicated line data com- so the operators will not interrupt the data transmissions by munications also are being used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the cutting in on the calls. FSM Weather Service. First complex program produced during PACBROAD training KOLONIA, Pohnpei - State Broadcasting Station WSZD staff August in Kosrae and Pohnpei and October in Truk and Yap. He al- members produced their first complex radio program with sound ef- so is scheduled to go to Tonga and Palau between FSM visits. fects and a Pohnpeian narrative dubbed over an interview in Eng- Hogan first came to Pohnpei in May, 1984, to serve as the broad- lish, during a radio production training workshop conducted here cast instructor in the three-week Micronesian Area Media Training April 3-16 by Tom Hogan, a senior broadcast consultant from Workshop sponsored by the South Pacific Commission and the Australia. U.S. Interior Department. He returned to the FSM in 1986 to con- The workshop was sponsored by PACBROAD, the Pacific Broad- duct on-site training workshops in radio news writing in the four cast and Training Development scheme funded by the Fredrik Ebert state broadcast stations. Stiftung West German foundation and the U.N. Educational, Social "One thing I have witnessed since last year is the acquisition of and Cultural Commission (UNESCO) and headquartered in Fiji. sufficient equipment to enable production by all of the four states, Hogan, a resident of Bathurst, New South Wales, also conducted so I have noticed progress," Hogan said. March 27-April 3 training in radio programming for the State Broad- WSZD purchased two reel-to-reel recorders and two mixers, PAC- cast Station WTFL staff in Kosrae as part of a five-week Pacific BROADdonatedoneportablereel-to-reelrecorderandbroadcasttech- tour which also included Fiji and Kiribati. nician Michel Ferand of France, who was sent by the UNESCO He is scheduled to conduct on-site workshops beginning May 12 headquarters in Paris in March to meet with state and national broad- in Truk and May 22 in Yap and to return for follow-up programs in cast personnel here on equipment and maintenance needs, hooked up the equipment to make a production studio. The four WSZD staff members who participated in the training were Wihden Manuel, Daniel Johnny, Emiko Boaz and Paulino Pablo. Marialice Eperiam, press secretary to Gov. Resio Moses, as- sisted in the training. They produced the eight-minute program on "Treatment of Water to Make It Safe to Drink," which was selected from issues raised in the Pohnpei State Development Plan, by planning, researching, re- cording interviews with State Health Services Director Itor Harris and state hospital physicians and editing the interviews with sound effects to emphasis the importance of providing clean and safe drink- ing to the health of Pohnpei residents, Hogan said. In Kosrae, 11 staff members completed the training in program- ming which includes determining what goes on the air and when it is scheduled. They are Lisina George, McDonald Ittu, Keitson Johnas, Merian Kilafwakun, Nena Shrew, Maiyomina Berghard, Filmore Timothy, Kester Joel, Austion Esau, Carmelina Tilfas and Kun Olter. Under an agreement with the South Pacific Commission, PAC- PLANNING RADIO PROGRAM - PACBROAD instructor Tom Hogan, BROAD is concentrating on training broadcast station personnel, left, is training WSZD Radio personnel in radio program production while the SPC Regional Media Centre in Suva is providing train- with the assistance of Marialice Eperiam, second from right, Press ing for people outside of broadcast who use radio to communicate, Secretary to Gov. Resio Moses. From left are Hogan, Wihden according to Hogan. The SPC center also provides video and print Manual, Daniel Johnny, Eperiam and Emiko Boaz. graphics training. THE NATIONAL UNION. April 30. 1987. Page 3 May 19 Inauguration set for President, Veep KOLONIA, Pohnpei - An inauguration is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 19 at the Administration Field in Kolonia for the new FSM President and Vice President, according to FSM Education Administrator Daro Weital who is the Overall Inuguration Committee Chairman. The Fifth FSM Congress will elect the President and Vice President from among its four at-large members, John Haglelgam of Yap, Leo Falcam of Pohnpei, Hiroshi Ismael of Kosrae and Redley Killion of Truk, after its First Regular Session is convened on May 11. VOTE RECOUNT UNDERWAY - Pohnpei's National Election Com- Invitations were mailed to more than 600 individuals missioner Heinrick A. Stevenson, standing in center, is supervising including foreign dignitaries and state public and private April 21 the recount of March 3 ballots which gave Leo A. Falcam a 14- vote leade over Baih. y Olter for the state's FSM Congress at-large officials. seat. The recount ended April 23 with Falcam winning by 18 votes. FSM Health Services Administrator Eliuel Pretrick is the From left are Akilino Susaia, an Olter observer; Yasuo Yamada, a Overall Vice Chairman; Personnel Officer Kohne Ramon, Falcam observer; Election Board Chairman Albert Iriarte; Stevenson; Overal Secretary; Budget Officer Del Pangelinan, Overall official tabulators Dusty Fredrick and Phillipus Oliver, and Herbert Treasurer, and lufert Hainrick, Overall Assistant Secretary.
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