FSM Department of Education Sponsors Micronesia Teachers Education Conference Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 27, 2009 – “Bridging Gaps In Writing: The Missing Links from ECE to COM-FSM” is the theme of the first Micronesia Teachers Education Conference (MTEC) sponsored by the FSM Association of Chief…

President Mori Welcomes US Coast Guard Commandant in Palikir Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 24, 2009 – On Monday July 20, 2009, President Mori received a courtesy call from the U.S. Coast Guard’s top ranking official, Admiral Thad W. Allen at the Office of the President…

President Mori Receives Response from Tällberg Foundation Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 24, 2009 – In June, 2009, President Mori travelled to Tällberg, Sweden to give the keynote address at the Tällberg Forum. The President’s trip was sponsored by the Micronesia Challenge and the President’s address…

FSM participated in the Pacific Island Health Ministers Meeting to discuss shared regional health priorities Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 24, 2009 – The 8th meeting of the Pacific Island Health Ministers in Madang, Papua New Guinea, ended on July 9, 2009. The topics of discussion…

FSM Resolved to Continue Foreign Investment Laws and Regulations’ Reform Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 23, 2009 – The FSM Department of Resources and Development will organize on August 4th and 5th, 2009, in Kosrae, the second annual symposium on foreign investment laws and regulations applicable…

Acting USDA RD State Director Pang Ching meets Yap Officials Palikir, Pohnpei (Yap State Department of Youth and Civic Affairs/FSM Information Services): July 23, 2009 – The Acting State Director for the USDA Rural Development (USDARD) Hawaii State Office, Ms. Melissa Leialoha Pang Ching, met with Yap…

Island Nations Lead Charge to Cut Super Greenhouse Gas Under Ozone Treaty Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 22, 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland, July 18, 2009 – A group of vulnerable island States formally announced today that they are co-sponsoring a proposal to phase down “super greenhouse…

FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs receives US Grant on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 22, 2009 – The FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs (DHSA) has been awarded $6,383,030.00 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…

The Eneko Communiqué Contents from the 9th Micronesian Presidents’ Summit Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 21, 2009 – At the end of the 9th Micronesian Presidents’ Summit meeting last week in Majuro, the Presidents from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,…

First Reported case of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 in the Federated States of Micronesia Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): July 21, 2009 – On July 20, 2009, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) National Department of Health and Social Affairs was notified of the country’s first laboratory confirmed…