Task Force established for tuna headquarters PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): February 21, 2003 – A Tuna Commission Task Force has been created in the Federated States of Micronesia to administer and coordinate the establishment of the Headquarter for the Tuna Commission in Pohnpei. In November 2002,…

Oceanic authority addresses plight of FSM turtles PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): February 21, 2003 – The National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) has launched a project to address the interaction impact between commercial long-line fishing operations and sea turtles in the Federated States of Micronesia. The…

Japan to complete Pohnpei road PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): January 7, 2003 – A signing ceremony was recently held in Palikir to initialize the process of the Pohnpei Circumferential Road project under the Japan Grand Aid assistance. Representatives of the Government of the Federated States of…

Korea donates surplus vessels to FSM KOREA (FSM Embassy in Japan/FSMIS): January 7, 2003 – The Government of the Republic of Korea recently donated seven surplus fishing vessels to the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed last month in Seoul…

Special Session called for measures pending with Congress PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): January 7, 2003 – The Twelfth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia will convene at 10 a.m. tomorrow, for its Fourth Special Session for an expected duration of three days. In his letter…

FSM Congress News, October 14, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): October 14, 2003 – Speaker Peter Christian called October 13, for a halt on domestic terrorism in the FSM and said that people of the FSM should join in with the United States, Australia and the Indonesian…

2nd Special Session to Convene PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): August 5, 2003 – Speaker Peter M. Christian has called the Congress to convene in a special session on the 25th of August. This will be the Second Special Session of the 13th Congress. The session will last…

Chuuk Says Compact Not Enough, To Lay Off Teachers by Gemma Q.Casas ROTA, CNMI (Marianas Variety): June 30, 2003 – Students from Chuuk will experience more overcrowding in classrooms when classes resume in August as the state government plans to lay off several teachers and other workers…

FSM Congress News, May 16, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): May 16, 2003 – Congress unanimously adopted its first resolution of the 13th Congress, which expresses the gratitude of the people of the Federated States of Micronesia to the Honorable Jack Fritz for his many years of…

FSM Congress News, January 28, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): January 28, 2003 – Most of the members of the 12th Congress are out campaigning for the up coming congressional election. In the State of Chuuk, the most hotly contested March 4th race, is between two of…