August 2022

Speaker Simina calls for the 5th Regular Session a Week Early

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 26, 2022– Speaker Wesley W. Simina has called for the Fifth Regular Session of the 22nd Congress to convene on Monday – September 5, 2022, for a duration of 20 days. Called to convene a week earlier than the prescribed date set by statute, the Regular Session will finalize the National Government’s budget […]

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Congress Mourns the Passing of Vice President George

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 15, 2022.  It is with great sadness that the Congress learned of the passing of the Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Honorable Yosiwo P. George late Saturday night, August 13th 2022. Speaker Wesley W. Simina remembered Vice President George as a man of integrity. He was an unassuming man

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Congress Appropriates 1million Towards COVID-19 Response Efforts

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 1, 2022– The Congress adjourned its Fifth Special Session on July 18, 2022, with measures that included the appropriation of an emergency fund of $1million to health services across the Federated States of Micronesia in response to the COVID-19 infection, specifically for treatment and testing. Congressional Act (CA) 22-140, appropriated $2, 277,000

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