ENVIRONMENT: Global warming will hit agriculture in tropics, studies show POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 9, 2001 – Harvests of some of the world’s most important food crops could fall by as much as a third in the tropics as a result of climate change, scientists…

Third FSM Constitutional Convention POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 8, 2001 – Changing the length of Congressional terms has become the first proposal introduced in the 3rd FSM Constitutional Convention. Introduced by Delegate Harry Saymour of Kosrae, who is the Convention Vice President, Delegate Proposal No….

Edward heads national election office POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 5, 2001 – On October 31 2001, Bernell Wiriel Edward was sworn into office as the new National Election Director for the Federated States of Micronesia. Witness to the ceremony in the President’s Cabinet meeting room…

Pioneer of Pacific Weather Services dies in Honolulu POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 5, 2001 – Richard “Dick” Hagemeyer, 77, former director of the National Weather Service for the Pacific Region, passed away on October 25 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A statement from the National Ocean…

President Falcam’s State of the Union Address POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 5, 2001 -President Leo A. Falcam delivered his second State of the Union message on October 29. Broadcast live throughout the Federated States of Micronesia, it focused on the current economic status. The President…

FSM And Australia Signed Memorandum of Understanding PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Palikir ensured that the Federated State of Micronesia will continue to benefit from AusAID, Australia’s leading Foreign Aid program. On August 24, FSM Acting…

FSM Prioritizes CRC Strategy PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – On September 5 2001, FSM Health Education and Social Affairs (HESA) in co-ordination with the President’s National Advisory Council on Children (PNACC) hosted and coordinated a meeting with UNICEF. The purpose of the meeting…

FSM Report on Compact Negotiations POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – The Joint Compact Negotiating Committee has submitted a progress report pertaining to the negotiations over the expiring provisions of the Compact of Free Association, a treaty between the FSM and the U.S. In…

Pohnpei joins the South Pacific Pageant in Apia PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 26, 2001 – Pohnpei State, for the first time, is sending a representative to Apia Samoa to participate in the 15th Annual Miss South Pacific Beauty Pageant scheduled for October 26. The representative,…

Anthrax alert reaches FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 26, 2001 – The effects of the terrorist chemical warfare crusade against the United States with the biological toxin, Anthrax, has rippled across to the Pacific islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. At the beginning of…