Compact Negotiations PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): January 10, 2003 – Senator Isaac V. Figir is not happy with the negotiations of the compact. During the 2nd day of the 4th Special Session of the 12th Congress January 10, he made the following remarks: “Mr. Speaker and Esteemed…

Tropical Storm Brewing South Of Yap HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News): July 18, 2003 – A tropical depression 280 miles southeast of Yap yesterday was expected to turn into a tropical storm last night, and into a typhoon today. National Weather Service meteorologist Chip Guard said Tropical…

FSM Congress News, May 14, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): May 14, 2003 – Congress sat today and announced that it will be conducting a meeting tomorrow with the JCN, the Departments of Finance and Administration and Justice, and other relevant departments and offices to discuss the…

Convening Day PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): January 8, 2003 – Congress convened today and deferred action on four Standing Committee Reports, which were up for action on its first day of the 3-day special session. The four reports were deferred before the November 12, adjournment of the…

FSM Congress News, December 1, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): December 1, 2003 – Speaker Peter Christian is currently heading a Delegation from the FSM Congress to attend the 70th APPU Council Meeting and the 36th General Assembly. Both conferences will be held at the Hotel New…

FSM Congress News, June 5, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): June 5, 2003 – Congress got busier than usual the last week of May to June and adjourned sine-die on June 4. It passed on 2nd and Final Reading ten bills, three resolutions and deferred action on…

U.S., Federated States Sign 20-Year Compact HONOLULU, Hawai’i (Pacific Island Report): May 14, 2003 – Negotiators for the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia have signed a $1.8 billion compact aimed at economic self-sufficiency in the fledgling island nation. The amended document, initialed yesterday in…

FSM Congress News, March 18, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): March 18, 2003 – Members expressed thanks and appreciation to Speaker Jack Fritz for the many years he served as a public servant to the people of the nation as a member of Congress and as Speaker….

FSM Congress News, May 13, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): May 13, 2003 – Today Speaker Peter M. Christian declared the vacant positions after President Joseph J. Urusemal and Vice President Redley Killion left to begin their rolls in their new offices at the Executive Branch. Within…

FSM Congress News, March 13, 2003 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Congress): March 13, 2003 – Congress amends Public Law No. 10-11 in a bill passed First Reading today to allow non Congress members to be on the Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations (JCN). The bill was originally…