Former FSM Senator Bossy Died September 24, 1997 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 26, 1997 – Former FSM Senator Nick Bossy died in the Chuuk Hospital on Weno, at noon yesterday, September 24, 1997, where he was taken for treatment but was not recovered, according to…

U Municipality Grant Request Turned Down PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 25, 1997 – Vice President Leo A. Falcam, on September 16, 1997, regrettably informed Pohnpei Governor Del Pangelinan that the Embassy of Japan has found it difficult to meet the FSM’s request for Japanese Cultural…

Secretary Takesy Addressed 51st UN General Assembly NEW YORK, September 25, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – The Honorable Asterio R. Takesy, Secretary of External Affairs, addressed the 51st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during its 9th plenary meting in the afternoon of September 25,…

FSM Signs Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty NEW YORK, September 24, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) became one of the first signatories to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (commonly known as the CTBT) when Honorable Asterio R. Takesy, Secretary…

Ambassador of China Hosted Farewell Reception PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Chen Yongcheng hosted a farewell dinner on August 24, 1997, as he prepares to return home after nearly four years as his country’s…

FSM is Hosting SPREP’s 6th Conference PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 24, 1997 – The South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP) based in Apia, Western Samoa, is holding its 6th Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas from September 29th to October 3rd, at the FSM…

Setik Prominent Businessman Passed Away in Honolulu PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – Word has reached Pohnpei from Honolulu on August 25, 1997, informing the untimely passing of prominent businessman Raymond Setik from the State of Chuuk. Setik died at about 8 o’clock Saturday…

FSM Banking Boards’s March 31, 1997 Consolidated Balance Sheet PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 23, 1997 – The Consolidated Balance Sheet for the FSM Commercial Banking System for the Quarter ending March 31, 1997, reflected a decrease in total assets by 9,848,000 or eight percent from…

UH Offers PA Certificate and Masters Degree Programs PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 23, 1997 – The University of Hawai’i at Manoa (UHM) is announcing that the 1998/1999 Certificate and Masters Degree Programs in Public Administration are opened for interested applicants. The deadline for filing application…

FEMA Officials Visited FSM to Close Out FEMA Projects PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 1, 1997 – A team from the Region Nine Pacific Area Office at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, headed by Director William Carwile and two staffers spent nearly a week meeting with officials in…