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A digital copy of the report is available for public review online at www.fsmopa.fm and printed copies are available at the ONPA’s offices in Palikir, Pohnpei and Weno, Chuuk. The audit was conducted in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards issued by the comptroller gener…

“The government has presented sufficient evidence” for all 10 criminal counts alleged to go to trial, Plasman said. Kedi through his attorney Witten Philippo pleaded not guilty to all charges that range from grand larceny to misconduct in public office. During his preliminary hearing last month, Ke…

Samoa will skip Dec. 30 this year, taking it a day into the future to closer align itself with its biggest trading partners Australia and New Zealand, as well as Asia. The plan was initially met with skepticism by many islanders, who labeled the shift “pointless,” as well as many tourism operators …

But Yap Speaker Charles S. Chieng  was advised there is a new and burdensome change now that FSM students can only apply for U.S. Social Security if they are physically in the U.S. or its territories for at least 10 day and in that way they can apply starting the 11th day. In reaction to this new r…

The two-court sports facility was built as part of a Japanese government grant for public school improvements in the mid-1990s. But the gym has been infested with termites for several years. Public Works budget manager Ray Sunga said Thursday that it will take Public Works engineers about a week to…

The purpose of the Law Day when it was first organized and held in 1991 was to involve high school students and the general public in discussion of issues important to the Federated States of Micronesia as a developing nation. The FSM National Lay Day has become an important activity of the court. …

The committee has invited key witnesses from the government to attend the public hearing scheduled at 10 a.m. in the legislative chamber. The committee will discuss Resolution 8-29 which is requesting the Federated States of Micronesia Petroleum Corp. to consider oil exploration in the FSM. The gov…

In the wake of multiple theft and fraud charges against Ministry of Finance and Health workers for the theft of more than $500,000 the hearings will send an important accountability message to government departments, committee chairman Senator Frederick Muller said Tuesday. Next month’s oversight h…

The annual consultations are a requirement under the Amended Compact and a critical step in the timeline of activities that lead up to the annual Joint Economic Management Committee meeting and ultimately the finalized Compact-funded budgets for the next fiscal year. During the course of the consul…

It is the first significant set-back to prosecution that since last November has charged 12 people with stealing more than $500,000 in U.S. federal funding from the Ministry of Health. Lin, who owns Home Special Supply and Special Supply, two Majuro retail operations, is the first of 12 people char…