2024

Chairwoman Abello-Alfonso Highlight FSM’s Progress at UN Population and Development Conference

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 15, 2024- Chairwoman Merlynn Abello-Alfonso of the Congressional Special Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, was recently in New York for the United Nations 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and as a featured speaker on a Pacific Islands panel discussion. Chairwoman Abello-Alfonso represented the Congress of […]

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Chairwoman Konman Highlight FSM’s Population Challenges at Oslo Conference

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – May 01, 2024. Chairwoman of the Congressional Committee on Health and Social Affairs, Senator Perpetua S. Konman was recently in Norway as a panelist for the International Parliamentarian’s Conference on the Implementation of the International Conference on Population Development (IPCI/ICPD) Programme of Action. The three-day IPCI/ICPD conference was hosted in Oslo from

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Congress Extends Emergency Declaration, Confirms Justice Chang and more

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. April 15, 2024 – Congress adjourned Sine-Die its Second Special Session on April 11, 2024, and adopted the following resolutions which began with extension of the Emergency Declaration on the prolonged drought, along with resolutions on nominations and grants, among others. To address the ongoing drought within the Federated States of Micronesia, the Twenty Third Congress adopted Congressional Resolution (CR) 23-138, and

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Congress Mourns the Passing of Congressman Harper

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 12, 2024– With heartfelt condolences to the family, the Office of the Speaker announces the passing of Chuuk State Senator Florencio Singkoro Harper who had represented the Mortlocks region in the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia since 2011. The late Senator Harper passed in the early morning hours of January

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