January 2018

FSM Senator Figir Meets with Ambassador Apis and ETG Chairman Deng

Colonia, Yap. January 25, 2018. On January 22, 2018, FSM Ambassador to China, H.E. Carlson D. Apis, and his honor guest, Exhibition Travel Group (ETG) Chairman, Mr. Deng Hong, made a courtesy call visit to the Yap Congressional Delegation. The courtesy visit focused on the ETG’s investment and development plans in the State of Yap, and […]

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FSM Senator Urusemal Hosts US Congressman Suozzi During his Holiday Visit to Yap, FSM

Colonia, Yap. January 25, 2018. FSM Senator Joseph J. Urusemal joined the Yap State Leadership in hosting US Congressman Thomas R. Suozzi of New York and his family to Yap during the past holiday season. US Congressman Suozzi is one of few Members of the US Congress to have visited Yap, but the first Congressman ever

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Panuelo welcomes Epperson of USAID to Congress

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – January 23, 2018.   Chairman David W. Panuelo, on behalf of Speaker Wesley W. Simina, met with and welcomed to the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Deputy Mission Director Clay Epperson of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Deputy Director Epperson was in Chuuk to attend a close-out ceremony on

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Vice Speaker Moses heads Delegation to APPF meeting in Hanoi

HANOI, VIETNAM – Vice Speaker Esmond B. Moses headed a delegation from the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to the 26th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) in Hanoi, Vietnam from January 18-21, 2018. Under the umbrella theme of “Parliamentary Partnership, Peace, Innovation and Sustainable Development” the regional meeting adopted 14 working

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Congress Delays January Session for Committee Works

PALIKIR, POHNPEI – January 09, 2018.  Speaker Wesley W. Simina has delayed the January Session or the Third Regular Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia from January 10th to convene instead on the 29th. Speaker Simina’s letter to President Peter M. Christian explained that the slight delay is to “accommodate the hearing schedules

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