2012

PALIKIR, POHNPEI.  November 28, 2012 – The Office of the National Elections Director has notified Speaker Isaac V. Figir of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia that 21 candidates will be on the ballots for the National General Elections of March 5, 2013. National Elections Director Albert T. Welly transmitted a listing of […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI.  October 1, 2012 – The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia today mourn the passing of late Senator Claude H. Phillip who died on September 30, 2012, in the State of Kosrae after a long period of extended illness. He was 64. Congressional Resolution 17-183, adopted today, conveys condolences from Members who mourn

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 26, 2012 – The Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia this morning passed Congressional Act for a national government budget of $40,491,992 for the fiscal year 2013. Chairman Dohsis Halbert, of the Congressional Standing Committee on Ways and Means, reported to Congress this morning that after consolidation of the proposed national

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 18, 2012 – The Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia this morning confirmed President Emanuel ‘Manny’ Mori’s nominations for the FSM National Government Departments of Finance and Justice. On day nine of its Fifth Regular Session, the 17th Congress confirmed in a vote of 12/2, Congressional Resolution (CR) 17-145 the nomination

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 29, 2012 – The Kosrae State Legislature will be hosting this year’s Micronesian Legislative Conference (MLC) from September 4 – 6 in Tofol. The Conference will review the state legislatures progress on the ‘Call For Action’ that was issued during last year’s MLC in Palikir. During the 2011 MLC in November, the nation’s

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 24, 2012 – Speaker Isaac V. Figir of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has authored three legislative measures to explore alternatives for the future of the nation. The first measure is a revision of a bill introduced during the 16th Congress to create four additional seats for women in

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 9, 2012 – Speaker Isaac V. Figir of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia recently met with a high level delegation from the United States government headed by Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt M. Campbell. On August 3rd, Speaker Figir along with certain Congress Members met

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 8, 2012 – The Fourth Regular Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened yesterday to address among other issues, President Emanuel Mori’s proposed national budget of 57,079,288 for fiscal year 2013. President Mori submitted the proposed budget for the National Government on April 1 detailing the following: a.

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. April 5, 2012 – The Third Special Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine-die on April 2nd  with adoption of various national policies and passage of the FSM Revenue Administration Act of 2012, Congressional Act (CA) 17-49. The Revenue Administration Act (RAA) is the 2nd of the tax

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. March 5, 2012 – The Seventeenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its third Regular Session with passage of the Human Trafficking Act along with the United Nation’s Convention Against Corruption and two protocols under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Speaker Isaac V. Figir introduced Congressional Bill 17-78 to