President Panuelo Visits the White House, Brokers Top-line Deal; FSM Planning to Receive $2.8 Billion Over 20 Years in Compact Sector Grants, $500 Million Injection to Existing $1 Billion Compact Trust Fund Projected to Reach $4 Billion in 20 Years, Removal of Fiscal Cliff, & Continuation of Federal Programs & Services

PALIKIR, Pohnpei—In late January 2023, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—visited Washington, D.C., and high-level officials at the U.S. White House, so as to strengthen diplomatic ties and conclude discussions and make decisions on the Nation’s top-level figures for economic assistance for the next...

Martin Jano Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering & Lukner Weilbacher Found Guilty of Conflict of Interest in Micronesia International Ship Registry Case

PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On January 26th, 2023, the Executive Branch of the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) received the FSM Supreme Court’s Memorandum of Decision regarding Criminal Case No. 2020-501, which memorializes the Court’s decision made from the bench on January 17th, 2023, at the conclusion of trial. Criminal...

The Federated States of Micronesia Signs Joint Communique with the Republic of Nauru & the Republic of Kiribati on Implementing the East Micronesia Cable Project

PALIKIR, Pohnpei—In Honolulu, Hawaii, after a series of discussions between officials from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of Nauru, and the Republic of Kiribati, and representatives from Australia, Japan, and the United States of America, the Honorable Carlson D. Apis—Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Communications, &...