President Mori calls for Congress Special Session Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): March 18, 2008 – President Manny Mori has formally requested Speaker Isaac V. Figir to convene the 4th Special Session of the 15th Congress from March 24 until April 4, 2008. In his request letter…

Chuuk State employees will benefit from China grant funds as bank loans, life insurance benefits and medical coverage become available again Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Service): March 18, 2008 – Chuuk State Government employees will soon be eligible to make bank loans again and to receive life…

More Congressional Acts signed into law Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Service): March 18, 2008 – President Mori has signed in to law four congressional measures which was passed by the 15th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia during its 3rd Regular Session in February 2008. Congressional…

Visit to the FSM by SPC Director-General, T.H. Jimmie Rodgers, to undertake the FSM-SPC Joint Country Strategy Palikir, POHNPEI (Dept. of Foreign Affairs): March 18, 2008 – On Monday March 3, 2008, President Emanuel Mori and Vice-President Alik L. Alik received the Director-General of the Secretariat of…

FSM Gears up to host the 19th SPREP Meeting Palikir, POHNPEI (Dept. of Foreign Affairs): March 18, 2008 – The Federated States of Micronesia will host the first time the 19th Meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) scheduled for September 4-12, 2008….

Compact Grants Total $81 Million to FSM for FY09 $56.7 million will go toward Education, Health, Private and Environment sectors, while $24.3 million will go toward priority Infrastructure projects. Another $20.2 million contributed into Trust Fund. PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): March 13, 2008 – The US…

Chuuk and Kosrae to receive funding to continue Financial Recovery PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): March 13, 2008 – Continued commitment by State and National leaders to government structural reform and financial sustainability in Chuuk and Kosrae States has attracted significant funding support under the Compact. In…

FSM Receives UNFPA Representative Palikir, Pohnpei, (Dept. of Foreign Affairs): March 11, 2008 – The Honorable Vice President Alik Alik received in Palikir Mr. Najib Assifi, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) based in Suva, Fiji. In welcoming Mr. Assifi, Vice President Alik reaffirmed FSM’s…

Italian Delegation Visits FSM Palikir, Pohnpei (Dept. of Foreign Affairs): March 11, 2008 – A joint delegation from the Government of Italy and the City of Milan arrived in Pohnpei on February 22, 2008. The delegation was headed by Ambassador Claudio Moreno of the Ministry of Foreign…

FSM Receives $1,000,000 from China Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): March 11, 2008 – On March 11, 2008 President Manny Mori received a memo from FSM Secretary of Finance and Administration Mr. Finley S. Perman, , acknowledging the acceptance of $1,000,000 that has been donated by the…