by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jan 23, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
My alma mater, Weipat High School, located on the remote outer island of Onoun in Chuuk State officially made one giant virtual leap toward bridging the huge digital divide. They are now hooked up to the internet via a solar powered satellite dish thanks to Deacon...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jan 7, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article, Social Justice
I was touched today by the following speech by social critic and philosopher, the late Monsignor Ivan Illich. In the speech, which he delivered in 1968 to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASP), he courageously challenged the American youth doing...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jan 1, 2012 | Blog, Featured Article, Politics, Social Justice
FSM Congress has recently appropriated funds (Public Law No. 17-30 on December 29, 2011) to each of the Election Districts in Chuuk. The Northwest Election District #5 (Pafeng, Namonweito, and Pattiw) received a total of $200,000 for what appears to be an exact...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Nov 18, 2011 | Blog, Featured Article, Politics
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report which does not fully support Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) overzealous efforts to curb legal migration of Pacific islanders from the freely associated states (FAS) to the U.S. Using the latest data...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Nov 14, 2011 | Blog, Featured Article
We join the nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in mourning the untimely passing of FSM’s Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Masao Nakayama who passed away last night in Nevada where he has been hospitalized since he suffered a major...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog, Featured Article, Politics, Social Justice
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) is exercising racial discrimination against the legal immigrants from the Pacific island nations of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands. Ironically, Senator Inouye claims on his vimeo site to have been responsible for breaking...
