Vice President to Present $2.0 Million to Yap PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 27, 1997 – FSM Vice President Leo A. Falcam is leading a small delegation from the FSM Executive Branch to Yap State next month to present a check of about $2.0 million to…

First Medals Won by FSM in South Pacific Games PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 27, 1997 – FSM weightlifter Manual Mingifel from Rumung Municipality in the State of Yap, made history by winning first medals that FSM has ever won in the South Pacific Games. Minginfel…

First FSM CPI Published PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 25, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena transmitted to the Four state governors, the first publication of the Pohnpei Consumer Price Index (CPI) Volume No.1, appended to an August 13, 1997, letter. The publication consists of the…

Nena Swore In Members of His Cabinet PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 25, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena administered the oaths of office to the newly confirmed members of his cabinet in a ceremony held in the Central Facility Building at the FSM Capital on…

Nena Requested FEMA Extension of Appeal PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 25, 1997 – President Jacob Nena, on August 6, 1997, requested for an extension of the time allowed for the FSM Government to appeal the denial by U.S. President William Clinton on the request by…

FSM Conducts Agriculture Workshop at COM-FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 1, 1997 – FSM Vice President Leo A. Falcam opened a national Agriculture Extension and Marketing Workshop at the Community College of Micronesia-FSM (COM-FSM) Campus in Palikir, Pohnpei, July 28, 1997. In his opening remarks,…

FSM President Approved Emergency Immunization Regulations PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 31, 1997 – On July 11, 1997, President Jacob Nena issued an emergency regulation requiring all school children to be immunized. The new required immunizations of school children in the FSM reflects up-to-date medical recommendations…

Nena Asks Congress FSM Water Project Financing Agreement PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 12, 1997 – President Jacob Nena transmitted to Congress Speaker Jack Fritz on July 28, 1997, a proposed legislation which seeks three changes to the Water Project financing agreement whereby money is to…

Nena Hold Pohnpei’s Appeal to FEMA Denial on Request for Disaster Declaration, Requests Additional Time Instead PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 12, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena, on August 7, 1997, responded to Pohnpei Governor Del S. Pangelinan’s letter of August 6th. requesting Nena to…

Status of Pohnpei Water Supply and Sanitation Project Per National Planner June 1997 Report PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 31, 1997 – In his June 1997 monthly report, the National Planner stated that the authorizing legislation for the financing agreement has not been introduced in the…