Pohnpei Gets $2.6 Million Early Retirement Fund PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 16, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena, on September 5, 1997, advised the FSM Director of Budget to sub-allot to Governor of the State of Pohnpei $2.6 million, its share of the $10 million…

Workshop on Vessel Monitoring System in Nadi, Fiji PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 16, 1997 – The Director of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Victorio Uherbelau announced in a September 1, 1997, letter to the FSM Department of External Affairs that the Monitoring, Control and Surveillance…

Pretrick and Yoma to Attend WHO Conference in Australia PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 16, 1997 – FSM Secretary of Health Services Dr. Eliuel K. Pretrick and the Administrator, Division of Preventive health Services Sizue Yoma are representing the FSM at the 48th session of the…

CFC Loan Restructuring Proposal PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 16, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on September 5, 1997, responded to a letter of May 27, 1997, from Receiver for the Caroline Fisheries Corporation (CFC), Nicholson Solomon, proposing to restructure CFC in the form of recapitalization…

Mangefel and Waguk President’s Disaster Reps PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 16, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on September 10, 1997, designated his staffs John Mangefel and Josaiah Waguk as his authorized representatives in the handling of all FEMA matters for the FSM National Government. Nena…

Comments on “Paradise Lost on Travelogue on Corruption” PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 15, 1997 – In an interview with the FSM Public Auditor, September First regarding the “Paradise Lost on Travelogue on Corruption,” Public Auditor Mr. Rensley Sigrah said that the so-called report was not…

Nena Established Health Study Team PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 12, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on September 8, 1997, informed the four State Governors that a team consisting of the Secretary of Health, representatives from the Office of Administrative Services (OAS), Economic Management Policy Advisory…

PATA Micronesia Chapter 1st Quarter Meeting PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 12, 1997 – The Pohnpei Tourism Office is hosting the Micronesia’s Chapter of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA), which is holding its First Quarter Meeting here in Pohnpei from September 10th to the 12th,…

Pohnpei State Legislature Congratulates Falcam PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 12, 1997 – The Fourth Pohnpei State Legislature, for and on behalf of the people of Pohnpei, acknowledges and congratulates the Honorable Leo A. Falcam, for his successful election to the post of Vice president of…

Third Envoy from PRC Presents Credentials to Nena PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 12, 1997 – The third resident People’s Republic of China Ambassador to the FSM Mr. Xu Jun presented his credentials to President Jacob Nena, yesterday, September 11, 1997, in a brief ceremony held…