Saipan Food Poisoning POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): July 2000 – Cholera was not the cause of the food poisoning episode that affected 100 people in Saipan two weeks ago, according to a Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands government official. In a memo dated June 30 to…

Banking Board report shows banks have excess lending capacity POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – The balance sheet of the FSM commercial banking system increased $1.6 million, or 1.1 percent, in the first quarter of calendar year 2000, due to an increase in foreign assets…

FSM Supreme Court issues injunction POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – A FSM Supreme Court decision has ordered the FSM, and the FSM Department of Finance and Administration to stop disbursing any unobligated funds appropriated for Chuuk Election District number 4 that remain under Public…

New attorney joins FSM Department of Justice POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – An attorney with more than nine years of experience with the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has joined the ranks of the FSM Department of Justice. Robert Anthony Welch has joined the…

United Nations Development Programme offers fellowship POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – The United Nations Development Programme has announced it is now accepting applications for the 15th Hamilton Shirley Ameransinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea. To qualify, a candidate must have a degree…

Development competition to be held in Tokyo POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – A Japanese sponsored organization is offering almost $500,000 in award and travel money to winners of a development project competition to be held in Tokyo this December, according to a bulletin from…

U.S. offers $2 million to improve state hospitals POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – President Leo A. Falcam has quickly responded to a U.S. Department of Interior $2 million proposal in improve the four state hospitals in the FSM. Ferdinand Aranza, director of the Office…

FSM president responds to Chuuk oil spill POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – President Leo A. Falcam, yesterday, ordered several FSM departments to assist the mayor of Kuttu Municipality, Chuuk, in stopping an oil leak from a grounded cargo ship outside of Kuttu Island. Responding…

EPIC meeting produces economic resolutions POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – The first Economic Policy Implementation Council meeting, held in Palikir June 19-20, ended today producing four resolutions aimed at promoting economic policy coordination and improving economic management in the FSM. The Council is made…

U.S. Embassy in Pohnpei padlocks Rural Development office POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): June 2000 – The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development office in Pohnpei has temporarily suspended operations, according to a U.S. Embassy news release. The suspension of operations has been deemed necessary by…