WASHINGTON, DC — Following a series of meetings with U.S. Government officials in Washington D.C. that have expanded upon the substance discussed during the High-Level Defense Talks in July 2021, including the negotiations for the Compact of Free Association, on April 19th, 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of...
COVID-19 Vaccine Second Booster Dose Available Across FSM
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—The second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The second booster dose is available across the States of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae. The primary goal of the COVID-19 booster dose is in the prevention of severe disease and...
President Panuelo Appeals to Prime Minister Sogavare to Respectfully Reject & Give
Deepest Consideration to Longer-range Consequences from Solomon Islands’ Proposed
Security Agreement with the People’s Republic of China
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 30th, 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—wrote to the Honorable Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, regarding the latter’s proposed security agreement with the People’s Republic of China. It is the view of the FSM National Government that such...
President Panuelo Appeals for President Xi’s Support to Call for Russia’s Withdrawal & Cessation of Hostilities in Ukraine, & to Put World on a Path to Peace
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 28 , 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of theFederated States of Micronesia (FSM)—wrote a letter to His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China (China), soliciting China’s support to call for the Russian Federation’s withdrawal from, and cessation of hostilities in, Ukraine, and...
FSM Resumes Repatriation in April & Beyond; Quarantine in Guam Reduced to Five Days
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—The COVID-19 Task Force of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has suggested the following dates for repatriation flights in the month of April, which have been approved by His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the FSM.For the State of Yap, the next repatriation flight will occur on...
Arthur Albert & Robert Nakasone Jr. Appointed as Chair & Vice Chair of the President’s National Advisory Council for Children
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—The President’s National Advisory Council for Children (PNACC), which was re-established on June 17th, 2021, has recently met, and appointed its officers. The Acting Secretary of the Department of Education, Mr. Arthur Albert, has been appointed as the Chair of the PNACC; Mr. Robert Nakasone Jr. of the Department...
During Committee to Wait on the President, H.E. David W. Panuelo Advocates for Dennis
Belcourt as Chief Justice of the FSM Supreme Court, Proposes Opening Borders in August
2022, & Names Mid-October as Proposed Date of the Micronesian Islands Forum
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 21st, 2022, the 22nd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) began its 4th Special Session. After the opening session, His Excellency David W. Panuelo virtually received the Committee to Wait on the President. Chaired by the Honorable Esmond B. Moses, Vice Speaker of the FSM...
President Panuelo Endorses Ambassador Cantor’s Nomination to Serve as Assistant
Secretary of Insular & International Affairs at U.S. Department of Interior; “She is the real
deal,” President Panuelo Said
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—Following the announcement by His Excellency Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America, that he has nominated Her Excellency Carmen G. Cantor, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Insular &...
97.8% of FSM Adults Aged 45+ Fully Vaccinated, 19% Boosted; 41% of FSM Adolescents
Aged 12-17 Fully Vaccinated; 27.7% of FSM Children Aged 5-11 Fully Vaccinated
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—Although progress during the period of mandatory vaccination across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) remains less than ideal, as of March 16th, 2022, the FSM has nearly reached several of its total vaccination goals.For adults aged 45 years and up, 97.8% of FSM adults are fully vaccinated (i.e....
Governor Sigrah, President Panuelo, & Ted Waitt Sign Declaration of Commitment to Blue Prosperity Micronesia
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 15th, 2022, His Excellency David W. Panuelo—President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—joined the Honorable Carson K. Sigrah, Governor of the State of Kosrae, in a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of the FSM, the State of Kosrae, and Blue...