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PM 'proud' on eve of Pacific Games
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has lauded the work of Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games organisers, saying he appreciated their efforts to build venues quickly and efficiently.
Ui Ariki mark their special day
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Local
Tomorrow marks the fourth public holiday celebrating Ui Ariki Day, and the traditional leaders of the Cook Islands.
George critic misses the target
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The writer of the anonymous letter published in CI News on June 27 assures readers that most repeat offenders know their rights, thereby implying that Mr George's representation of them is a waste of his legal skills and his willingness to give of his time voluntarily and without charge.
Lawyers enter Miss CI fray
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The newly-formed Miss Cook Islands Association under the leadership of a new executive needs to take heed that its activities to host a Miss Cook Islands beauty contest may come to an abrupt end.
Dodgy transportation
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Government has entered into a contract with Pacific Schooners Ltd to transport dance groups back to their home islands after the 2015 Maeva Nui, using Pacific Schooners’ boat, the ‘Tiare Taporo’.
SMOKE SIGNALS: So much to do, so little time
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
This ui ariki Day is great for the people of the Cook Islands, but with 50th anniversary celebrations the CICC uipaanga maata, Matavera Sunday School Hall opening, thousands of visitors to host and cater for, the kaumatua could surely have suspended this annual event for now.
Flash new cars come with catch
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Politics
Twenty new Hyundai cars will be available for sale soon – but there’s a catch.
Baton arrives as Games set to start
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The cream of the Pacific’s sporting talent are arriving in Port Moresby as athletes prepare to compete for gold, silver and bronze in the much anticipated 2015 Pacific Games which the Duke of York Prince Andrew will open on Saturday local time.
Climate talks too late for Kiribati
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW YORK – The President of Kiribati Anote Tong says whatever action the world decides to take at climate change talks in Paris – it comes too late for low-lying island nations like his own.
Boy shot during riot in Madang
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MADANG – In Papua New Guinea, a peaceful protest march in the town of Madang turned violent this week, leaving a boy dead, scores wounded and business destroyed by looters.
Officials absent during cyclone
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The decision by Vanuatu’s president and senior disaster officials to leave the country and fly to a conference in Japan as Cyclone Pam bore down on the Pacific nation in March made response efforts more difficult, aid group Save the Children says.
New laws have a 'chilling effect'
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Lawyers and asylum seeker advocates say they are concerned about new laws applying to some people working in detention centres.
It's dark at that end of the tunnel
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister, supported by Finance Minister Mark Brown and other ministers in Parliament have gone down a long dark tunnel on the issue of independence.
CIFA chief stories contested
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with dismay and concern with the two articles in your paper by reporter Rashneel Kumar on Friday May 26 and Saturday May 27 with the headlined ‘CIFA chief under probe’ and ‘FIFA grants to CIFA under investigation’
Football refs update skills
Wednesday 1 July 2015 | Published in Football
TWENTY-three football referees on Rarotonga participated in a FIFA refereeing course last week, organised by FIFA/Oceania Football Confederation fitness instructor Mark Hester.
Mother and baby survive
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
BUKA – A mother and her baby have survived by clinging to the wreckage of a small boat after drifting for more than 24 hours in the sea off Bougainville at the weekend.
Mining gets behind reef monitoring tool
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – The Queensland government will use new real-time water quality monitoring to take action against industrial and agricultural polluters of the Great Barrier Reef, the state environment minister said.
Sun-fuelled flight to Hawai'i underway
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – A solar-powered plane has passed the “point of no return” in its second bid at making a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean.
Asylum seeker 'hush up' law criticised
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – An Australian paediatrician has spoken up about a new law in Australia banning people from speaking out about what they see on Nauru.
Detainees made suicide pacts
Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Desperate and dispirited asylum seekers at the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru formed “suicide pacts”, according to accounts by two social workers who worked at the centre.
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