Joint Statement of Pacific Island Forum Leaders and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (FSM Information Services): September 7, 2011 – Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders and the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) met on 7 September 2011 during the 42nd Pacific…

FSM Climate Change and Health Action Plan Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): September 6, 2011 – Over twenty five representatives of various agencies gathered at the FSM Congress Library on August 18 in a symposium that is part of the on-going work on formulating a national action…

Twelve years of Minginfel golden dominance in Olympic style weightlifting at Pacific Games Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): September 6, 2011 – Manuel Minginfel, from Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, set Pacific Games records by winning 3 gold medals in the men’s 62 kilogram (KG) men’s weightlifting…

President Mori expressed “serious concern” over JEMCO draft resolutions Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): September 6, 2011 – In a August 31 letter to Mr. Nikolao I. Pula, chairman of the 5-member Joint Economic Management Committee (JEMCO), President Manny Mori expressed “serious concern” over two draft JEMCO…

Village-wide tobacco ban in Enpein Powe: First of its kind in the FSM Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): September 6, 2011 – On August 16, amid lush vegetation on the rainiest island in Micronesian, over 200 residents of Enpein Powe Village in Kitti Municipality, Pohnpei gathered to…

Honorable He Qinglong, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association Met President Mori Palikir, Pohnpei (Department of Foreign Affairs): August 30, 2011 – The Chinese Martial Arts (Wushu) delegation, headed by the Honorable He Qinglong, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association called on President Emanuel Mori…

The Micronesian Shipping Commission Annual Meeting in RMI, Majuro Majuro, Marshall Islands (FSM Information Services): August 25, 2011 – The Micronesian Shipping Commission concluded its annual meeting in Majuro on Friday, August 19, 2011, after a week-long consultation amongst the three participating governments of the Republic of…

History making Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference starts in Pohnpei Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): August 25, 2011 – The 40th annual Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference started in a blaze of colour and cultural ceremony in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia on Monday night…

Operation Big Eye 2011 Continues Success Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): August 19, 2011 – The FSM’s National Police Maritime Wing patrol boats FSS PALIKIR and FSS MICRONESIA have just returned to Pohnpei following a successful joint fisheries surveillance operation, together with patrol boats from the Republic…

President Mori received Congressional Resolution 17-15 Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): August 16, 2011 – Congressional Resolution 17-15, acceding to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (TIP), was received by President Mori on August 11, after Congress unanimously voted in favor…