Nena’s First SNLC Met PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 13 1997 – The first State National Leadership Conference (SNLC) in the new FSM President Jacob Nena’s term of Presidency convened on May 13, 1997, at the Central Facility Building in Palikir, FSM Capital, by Temporary Chairman…

Nena Sworn into FSM Presidency PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – FSM Vice President Jacob Nena was sworn in as the fourth FSM President in a brief ceremony that was held in front of the President’s Office Building at the Capital in Palikir at…

RMI and FSM Sign Air Transport Agreement PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – The Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) executed a bilateral Air Transport Agreement on May 5, 1997, at Palikir, Pohnpei. Signing…

SDA Tops Pohnpei State Annual Debate Held May 8, 1997 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – Pohnpei Seventh Day Adventist School (SDA) won by a decision by the designated debate judges, the Pohnpei State Annual Debate held on May 8, 1997, at the FSM…

FSM Law Day, July 12, Declared Holiday PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – Acting President Jacob Nena declared July 12, 1997, as Micronesian Law Day, a legal holiday, and urged all citizens, residents and government of the FSM to celebrate this day in a…

Japan Donates Hospital Equipment to FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 12, 1997 – The First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan based in Pohnpei, Susumu Nakazawa, presented on May 7, 1997, equipment for Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) to Secretary Eliuel K. Pretrick who received…

Changes to FSM Health Insurance Plan PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – Two changes are being made to the FSM Health Plan, which are necessary for the survival of the program, in view of the implementation of salary reduction and financial adjustments for all…

Pohnpei Governor Requested Assistance of FSM National Government PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 07, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena directed Bermin Weilbacher, Director of the Office of Planning and Statistics (OPS) and Chutomu Nimwes, Special Assistant to the President on Disaster and Special Programs…

Nena Conveyed Condolences to Coleman PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena send through diplomatic channel on May 1, 1997, to Madam Lora Coleman his sincere condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the people of the Federated…

FSM Day Declared PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – The FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, in a May 1, 1997, memorandum to all department, office and agency heads of the FSM National Government declared that May 10, 1997, is FSM Day, a National Holiday…