President Urusemal signs FSM’s first insurance law Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Service): June 30, 2006 – President Joseph J. Urusemal has signed into law seven Congressional measures, among which includes the first Insurance Law of the Federated States of Micronesia. Public Law 14-66, enacts a new Title…

Mi-Care opens enrollment for July Palikir, POHNPEI (Mi-CARE/FSM Information Service): June 30, 2006 – MiCare, formerly known as the FSM Health Insurance Plan, announces that from July 1-30, the Administration will be accepting applications for new enrollments or changes to existing plans. The Administration announces that new…

Alfons of Pohnpei clinches gold in Micro All-around Palikir, POHNPEI (Micro Games/FSM Information Service): June 30, 2006 – Eugene Alfons of Pohnpei State has been declared the winner of the Micro All-Around, the signature competition of the Micronesian Games currently underway in the Northern Marianas Islands from…

Court grants President Urusemal’s ‘Motion to Dismiss’ Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): June 23, 2006 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia has granted President Joseph J. Urusemal’s “Motion to Dismiss.” The Motion to Dismiss was granted on June 22,…

JCM Tackles Ongoing Issues Palikir, POHNPEI (Dept. of Foreign Affairs): June 20, 2006 – The Joint Committee Meeting, better known as JCM, recently held a two-day meeting from 7 to 8 June 2006 in the State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The Honorable Sebastian L….

Meeting of the FSM Medical Licensing Board Palikir, POHNPEI (Dept. of Health, Education and Social Affairs): June 20, 2006 – The FSM Medical Licensing Board met on May 12, 2006 in office of the Secretary of the FSM Department of Health, Education and Social Affairs (HESA) at…

Chuuk’s Kono wins 2006 national environment speech contest Kolonia, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): June 13, 2006 – The State of Chuuk representative, Roxanne Kono, has won the National Environment Day Speech Contest sponsored by the Department of Economic Affairs. Since 2001, the Government of the Federated States…

Asher and Johnson-Asher newest members of FSM Bar Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Supreme Court/FSM Information Service): June 13, 2006 – The Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia has admitted two new members to the FSM Bar: Johnson Asher from Kosrae and Lorrie Johnson-Asher from Pohnpei. On…

FSM Public Auditors to host APIPA 2006 Conference Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Public Auditors/FSM Information Service): June 13, 2006 – The Office of the Federated States of Micronesia Public Auditor announces that it will host the annual Public Auditors Conference in Pohnpei. The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the…

FSM expresses support for US’s stand on Iran’s nuclear program Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services – June 2, 2006): June 2, 2006 – President Joseph J. Urusemal said today that the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia joins the international community in urging Iran to fully…