FSM Games Awards Medals to Athletes TOFOL, Kosrae (FSM Information Service): July 18, 1997 – As of yesterday, July 17, 1997, the FSM games have awarded 31 medals to athletes from the four states competing in Kosrae. The medals awarded include 18 for Pohnpei, 10 for Kosrae,…

Second FSM Games Begins in Kosrae TOFOL, Kosrae (FSM Information Service): July 17, 1997 – Medals were awarded in the second day of the Second Federated States of Micronesia Games as seven runners from three states–Yap didn’t compete, took to the Tofol Sports Complex track to run…

Ilon Nominated as Secretary of External Affairs PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 16, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena nominated Epel K. Ilon for the position of the Secretary of the Department of External Affairs and urged Congress to give its consent to his nomination. The…

Public Sector Reform Cleared for Yap State PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 16, 1997 – On July 10, 1997, FSM President Jacob Nena notified Governor Vincent Figir of the State of Yap that the FSM Secretary of Finance has been informed that the Public Sector Reform…

Efforts to Implement Project in Chuuk PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 4, 1997 – On July 7, 1997, Vice President Leo A. Falcam communicated to Chuuk Governor Ansito Walter July 7, 1997, notifying him that because of the excellent progress Chuuk State Government has made in…

10th Congress Adopted Congress resolution No. 10-38, Special Ed Funding PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 16, 1997 -Congress Speaker Jack Fritz transmitted to President Jacob Nena a copy of Congress Resolution No. 10-38, approving an application submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for the purpose…

Second FSM Games Starts Today, July 15, in Kosrae State PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 16, 1997 – FSM President Jacob Nena left Pohnpei for the State of Kosrae to officially open the Second FSM games today, July 15, 1997. Before leaving Pohnpei, he directed all…

Japan Rotarians Contributed to COM-FSM Endowment Fund PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 14, 1997 – In an effort to help young adults of Pohnpei and to show cooperation among clubs, a delegation of Japanese Rotarians traveled May 28 to Pohnpei to donate through the Pohnpei club…

World Population Day Proclaimed PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 10, 1997 – On July 10, 1997, President Jacob Nena declared and proclaimed July 11, 1997, as the World Population Day in the FSM, consistent with proclamation by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in response to…

Official Special Election Results in Pohnpei PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 10, 1997 – Candidate Resio S. Moses has been declared winner of the Congressional Special Election held on July 2,1997, in Pohnpei State, to fill an At-Large vacant seat for Pohnpei. The declaration was made…