President Mori calls for Special Session of Congress to address State of Emergency Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): December 31, 2008 – On Monday, December 29th, President Mori transmitted a letter to The Honorable Isaac Figir, FSM Speaker for Congress, calling to convene a special session from…

President Mori Declares A National Emergency Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): December 30, 2008 – Today, President Manny Mori signed a Presidential Emergency Declaration and officially declared a National State of Disaster for FSM. This declaration is in response to all four of the FSM States declaring…

Anthrax Hoax in FSM Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 29, 2008 – On December 23rd the Governors’ Offices of Yap and Kosrae received letters with a suspicious white powder folded inside a piece of paper that had “WE ARE ALQUAEDA FBI” printed in capital letters. The…

President Mori Meets with Development Partners to Clarify Emergency Situation Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): December 29, 2008 – After calling for the Emergency Task Force to convene on December 22nd, President Mori contacted the Embassies of China, U.S., Japan and Australia to bring them together and…

Health Sector Progress Report – 1999-2008 Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): December 29, 2008 – The Department of Health and Social Affairs has released its 2008 Annual Report which provides an analysis on the progress made in the health sector from 1999 to 2008 and identifies some…

President Calls for Emergency Meeting in Response to State of Emergency Declarations Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): December 23, 2008 – President Mori called together a Task Force this morning to discuss the National Government’s response to the State of Emergency declaration of Pohnpei State and the…

Vice President Alik Pleaded to World Leader’s for Immediate Action to Address Adverse Impacts of Climate Change Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Service): December 23, 2008 – The Honorable Vice President Alik L. Alik attended as Head of Delegation the recently concluded Climate Change Conference under the United…

President Mori calls for a Task Force on Creation of a National Airline Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): December 19, 2008 – In a memo to all Cabinet Members, President Mori communicated his intentions to create a task force to look at the domestic air service needs…

President Mori’s Budget Priorities for FY2010 Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): December 19, 2008 – On December 17th and 18th, members of all Departments, Offices and Agencies of the national government came together for a meeting on budget development for fiscal year 2010 hosted by the Office…

President Mori Completes Visit to Northwest Region of Chuuk State Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Dept. of Foreign Affairs): December 18, 2008 – On December 13, 2008, President Manny Mori completed his official State Visit to the Northwest Islands in Chuuk State. In what is being coined a “historic…