President Panuelo Launches the FSM Strategic Climate-Oriented Road Enhancements(SCORE) Project; World Bank Funds Road Projects in Every FSM State, Also AddressesDiscarded Vehicles & Materials Testing PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On August 25th, 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—launched the FSM Strategic Climate-Oriented Road Enhancements (SCORE) Project....
Joint Committee on Compact Review & Planning
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the United States of America recently concluded two days of discussion on extending U.S. economic assistance, and other assistance, to the FSM after Fiscal Year 2023, when much of the U.S. Government’s current annual assistance under the Compact of Free...
In Memoriam: The Honorable Yosiwo P. George
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On August 14th, 2022, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced, with great sadness, that the Honorable Yosiwo Palikkun George, Vice President of the FSM, passed away.Born in Kosrae on July 24th, 1941, Yosiwo Palikkun George began his education at Malem Elementary School. In 1957 he...
COVID-19 SitRep for August 9th & Updates for August 10th, 2022
President David W. Panuelo has signed new guidelines for the implementation of the Healthy Border Protection Act. The effect is that mandatory requirements for the vaccination of children aged under five years old are waived for travel to any FSM State; ALL PERSONS traveling to states with community transmission of...
Covid-19 Update Report for July 31, 2022
Below are additional updates for today, July 31st, 2022. Officials at the Office of the President describe that Vice President Yosiwo P. George, while released from hospital and negative for COVID-19, is showing signs of being weaker today than in previous days. President David W. Panuelo has signed a decree on social...
Address by David W. Panuelo – Regarding Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the Federated States of Micronesia
My dear fellow FSM Citizens, I come to you today, my dear citizens, to address you on a very important and urgent topic. While on my return from the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Suva, Fiji, I learned that, on July 19th, 2022, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)...
Community Transmission of COVID-19 Detected in States of Kosrae & Pohnpei
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On July 19th, 2022, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) became aware of multiple cases of COVID-19 in the communities of the State of Kosrae and the State of Pohnpei. In the State of Pohnpei, the FSM Government is aware of seven (7) cases of COVID-19....
In Memoriam: The Honorable Jacob Nena
PRESIDENTIAL-PROCLAMATION-for-Late-President-Jacob-Nena-signedDownload PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On July 7th, 2022, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced that the Honorable Jacob Nena, former President of the FSM, passed away. The former President was in Sacramento, California, at the time of his passing. Born on October 10th, 1941, in Lelu, Kosrae, President...
Continuing Compact Negotiations Between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia in San Francisco
Pictured from left to right: U.S. Ambassador Karen B. Stewart, DAS Keone Nakoa, U.S. Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor, Special Presidential Envoy Ambassador Joseph Yun, FSM Senator Aren B. Palik, FSM Chief Negotiator Leo A. Falcam, Jr., JRCP Chairman Asterio Takesy, FSM ViceSpeaker Esmond B. Moses, FSM Ambassador Akillino H. Susaia,...