October 2017

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – October 27, 2017. In accordance with Presidential authorities under the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, President Peter M. Christian has called for a five-day special session of the Congress in Palikir to begin on October 30, 2017. The President’s stated reason for the Call was for a “few important matters […]

St. Petersburg, Russia. On October 16, 2017, Wesley W. Simina, Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) addressed the world’s parliamentarians gathered at the 137th Inter Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU) in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, on the assembly’s theme of “promoting cultural pluralism and peace through inter-faith and inter-ethnic dialogue”. Speaker Simina,

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. On October 09, 2017, Senator David W. Panuelo received, on behalf of Speaker Wesley W. Simina, the United States of America Ambassador Robert Riley and the new U.S. Pacific Command Representative, Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield. Rear Admiral Chatfield took over command from Rear Adm. Babette “Bette” Bolivar as the U.S. Pacific Command representative to Guam,

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – October 8, 2017.  The 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned its Second Regular Session on September 29th with the passage of measures for a new national budget and a new national department, among many others.  As convened on September 14, the 2nd Regular Session was to foremost pass the fiscal year 2018 operations

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – October 6, 2017. The Second Regular Session of the Twentieth Congress adjourned on September 29 with the adoption of resolutions on various nomination and the various programs and services facilitated by the National Government, among others.  On the nominations, the Congress adopted Congressional Resolution (CR) 20-22 to confirm Sihna Neth Lawrence as the Nation’s