SDA Tops Pohnpei State Annual Debate Held May 8, 1997 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – Pohnpei Seventh Day Adventist School (SDA) won by a decision by the designated debate judges, the Pohnpei State Annual Debate held on May 8, 1997, at the FSM…

Changes to FSM Health Insurance Plan PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – Two changes are being made to the FSM Health Plan, which are necessary for the survival of the program, in view of the implementation of salary reduction and financial adjustments for all…

Pohnpei Governor Requested Assistance of FSM National Government PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 07, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena directed Bermin Weilbacher, Director of the Office of Planning and Statistics (OPS) and Chutomu Nimwes, Special Assistant to the President on Disaster and Special Programs…

Nena Conveyed Condolences to Coleman PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena send through diplomatic channel on May 1, 1997, to Madam Lora Coleman his sincere condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the people of the Federated…

FSM Day Declared PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – The FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, in a May 1, 1997, memorandum to all department, office and agency heads of the FSM National Government declared that May 10, 1997, is FSM Day, a National Holiday…

Third FSM Surveillance Ship Turn Over Ceremony PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena informed Pohnpei Governor Del Pangelinan that a turn-over ceremony for the new Australian built surveillance vessel will take place on May 31, 1997, in Perth, Australia…

President Olter Donates to COM-FSM Endowment Funds PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – In a brief ceremony held at the College of Micronesia-FSM Central Office’s lobby in the afternoon of April 18, 1997, the FSM First Lady Amalia Olter presented a check for $25,000…

Ambassador Kobayashi of Japan Presents Credentials PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The Ambassador-designate of Japan to the Federated States of Micronesia, His Excellency Jiro Kobayashi, presented his Letter of Credence to FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…

FEMA Team Completes Preliminary Survey PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The FEMA Team, headed by Daryl Wait, who were dispatched to Pohnpei to conduct a preliminary assessment on damages caused by Typhoon Isa and the devastating landslides that took the lives of 19…

Annual Port Authority’s Meeting Held in Pohnpei PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The sixth annual FSM Airport Managers conference was on March 17 and 18 1997, at the Central Facilities Building at the FSM Capital in Palikir, Pohnpei, with Akillino H. Susaia, General…