Foreign Financial Assistance to Protect FSM’s Environment Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 22, 2009 – During the Second Special Session of the 16th Congress, a Resolution (CR No. 16-48) was adopted approving, accepting and ratifying grant assistance from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in the…

New State Court Associate Justice Sworn into Office in Yap Palikir, Pohnpei (Department of Youth and Civic Affairs, Yap State): December 22, 2009 – On Friday, December 18, 2009, the Yap State Court had a special proceeding for the swearing in ceremony of new Associate Justice Laurence…

President Mori Gives Remarks at Copenhagen Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 18, 2009 – On December 16, 2009, President Manny Mori stood before the High Level Plenary at the Climate Change Negotiation Talks in Copenhagen Denmark, and gave his country remarks, asking the leaders present to…

Recently Passed Public Law Allows for Banks to Loan Higher Amounts to Bank Staff and Relatives of Bank Employees Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 18, 2009 – As of December 11, 2009, domestic banks in the FSM can lend up to $25,000 to bank staff or…

Four Nominations Confirmed by Congress Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 17, 2009 – One of the agenda items that was set by President Mori for the Second Special Session of Congress that convened in early December, 2009, was for Congress to consider several nominations for various…

New Public Law Paves the Way for Multiple Corporate Captive Insurance Companies in FSM Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 17, 2009 – President Mori has signed into law Congressional Act No. 16-17 and paved the way for a new type of Captive Insurance Company to come…

Presidential Order Ratifies 2008 Agreement with People’s Republic of China Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 16, 2009 – On December 11, 2009, President Manny Mori signed a Presidential Order to ratify an agreement made on September 6, 2008 executed by the FSM Department of Resources and…

Bill Proposes Extension to Absentee Voting Period Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 16, 2009 – One piece of legislation that went up from the Executive Branch to the 16th FSM Congress during the Second Special Session was a proposed bill to amend the Revised National Election…

Climate Change Negotiation Talks Begin in Copenhagen Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 15, 2009 – From December 7- 18, 2009, the world will come together in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15)….

Outcomes of Chief Executive Summit Meeting in Guam Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): December 15, 2009 – The finalized documents from the 12th Micronesian Chief Executives’ Summit (MCES) held in Guam from December 3-4, 2009 have just been released. These documents contain the official Joint Communiqué, letters…