Special Education Expert to Visit the FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 7, 1997 – Patricia Wright and Susan Sygall, two knowledgeable and influential special education and physical disability trainers, will be visiting Pohnpei from November 19 to 24th and will conduct training for consumers both…

Nov. 14, Diabetes Day in FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 4, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena, on October 28, 1997, proclaimed November 14, 1997, as Diabetes Day in the FSM in conjunction with the declaration by the International Diabetes Federation of the same day…

FSM Independence Day with Speeches PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 6, 1997 – The FSM celebrates its 11th Independence anniversary on November 3rd with speeches. President Jacob Nena addressed the participants of the FSM Annual Judiciary Conference at its opening in Pohnpei State Supreme Court while…

President Nena Attends Leaders Summit in Tokyo PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 6, 1997 – President Jacob Nena attended in Tokyo a South Pacific Forum (SPF) and Japan Leaders Economic Summit Meeting held from 13-14 October, 1997. This was the first time that such a summit…

Nena Asks for $20,000 Head Count Money for Pohnpei PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 6, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on October 28, 1997, transmitted to Congress Speaker Jack Fritz, a proposed bill requesting for an appropriation of $20,000 to fund a Head Count and Re-registration…

Nena Informed Congress Organization of JCN PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 6, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena, on October 23, 1997, informed Congress Speaker Jack Fritz that the preparation for negotiation of certain provisions of the treaty between FSM and the United States of America…

Nena Recalls Nomination of Fred Sigrah to FSM SSB PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 30, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena, on October 23, 1997, regretfully informed Congress Speaker Jack Fritz that he is recalling his nomination of Mr. Fred Sigrah to the FSM Social Security…

President Kabua State Visit Postponed PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 30, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on October 28, 1997, informed Congress Speaker Jack Fritz that word was receive from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of the Marshall Islands saying that…

Federated States of Micronesia signs diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Belgium NEW YORK, October 28, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – On Monday, 28 October 1996, a Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and…

Australian Embassy Awarded Grants PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 23, 1997 – The Australian Embassy in Pohnpei announces the awarding of grants for projects for which funding was received during the first part of the fiscal year, according to an Embassy release. The grants were presented…