January 2019

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 24, 2019– During its recent Sixth Regular Session, the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia passed measures that remedied an issue on corporate tax; addressed budgetary needs of the National Government; and tackled the manifold needs of the states. The Congress had, through Congressional Act (CA) 20-154, amended Title 54 [Taxation and Customs] of […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January, 2019– The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia held a three-day workshop, from January 7 – 9, to review its Rules of Procedures with legislative procedural expert and consultant George Crawford from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The Rules of Procedures are the regulations that guide the organization of and

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 4, 2019 – Speaker Wesley W. Simina has, through the consensus of a majority of the Members, delayed the convening of the January session of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to January 14, 2019. The Speaker notified the Nation’s leadership of the decision to delay the Sixth Regular Session of