September 2020

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 28, 2020 – At the end of Week-Two of its 5th Regular Session, the 21st Congress passed a National Government Budget for Fiscal Year 2021. The Congress have been holding virtual sessions, hearings and meetings online since the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020.  Following months of virtual public hearings and online oversights, the Congress of the […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. September 18, 2020 – A supplemental budget, funding for fire relief efforts in the United States and a ceiling resolution were the measured passed at the end of Week One of the Fifth Regular Session of the 21st Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia. The 5th Regular Session had convened on Monday to address the

Palikir Pohnpei. September 14, 2020.  The Fifth Regular Session of the 21st Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened today as set by Speaker Wesley W. Simina to wrap up its review and work on the FY 2021 budget: revisit the President’s Public Health Emergency Declaration among other urgent matters. Following the formalities to open and

Palikir, Pohnpei. September 10, 2020.  Speaker Wesley W. Simina calls for the 5th Regular Congressional Session to take place on September 14 on Monday, in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedure of Congress and pursuant to and under Article IX, section 16 of the Constitution of the Federated States