Third FSM Surveillance Ship Turn Over Ceremony PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): May 7, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena informed Pohnpei Governor Del Pangelinan that a turn-over ceremony for the new Australian built surveillance vessel will take place on May 31, 1997, in Perth, Australia…

President Olter Donates to COM-FSM Endowment Funds PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – In a brief ceremony held at the College of Micronesia-FSM Central Office’s lobby in the afternoon of April 18, 1997, the FSM First Lady Amalia Olter presented a check for $25,000…

Ambassador Kobayashi of Japan Presents Credentials PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The Ambassador-designate of Japan to the Federated States of Micronesia, His Excellency Jiro Kobayashi, presented his Letter of Credence to FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…

FEMA Team Completes Preliminary Survey PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The FEMA Team, headed by Daryl Wait, who were dispatched to Pohnpei to conduct a preliminary assessment on damages caused by Typhoon Isa and the devastating landslides that took the lives of 19…

Annual Port Authority’s Meeting Held in Pohnpei PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 29, 1997 – The sixth annual FSM Airport Managers conference was on March 17 and 18 1997, at the Central Facilities Building at the FSM Capital in Palikir, Pohnpei, with Akillino H. Susaia, General…

Ambassador-Designate Delfin Colome of Spain to FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 28, 1997 – The Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Spain to the Federated States of Micronesia, His Excellency Delfin Colome, presented to Acting President Jacob Nena his Letter of Credence from King Juan Carlos…

Noket to Handle Affairs of Government for Nena PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 25, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, informed all department, office and agency heads of the FSM National Government that he has designated Attorney General Camillo Noket to handle all routine matters…

Nena Declared Pohnpei Disaster, Asked President Clinton Likewise PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 25, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena formally requested U.S. President William J. Clinton to declare Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, a major disaster area for destruction caused by Typhoon Isa…

Acting President Nena Called New Chuuk Governor Attention to Chuuk Dock JICA Survey PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 25, 1997 – FSM Acting President Jacob Nena in an April 17, 1997, letter to Chuuk Governor Ansito Walter, shared some observations and recommendations made by Japan International…

Landslide Update: Two More Bodies Recovered Wednesday Afternoon, April 23 and Two More on Thursday, April 24 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 25, 1997 – Four more bodies of minors were recovered at the landslide sites, on Wednesday afternoon, April 23, 1997, one identified as Densa…