Articles by Utopia Support

Beer to be sworn into Parliament

Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Published in Politics

James Beer, the declared winner in last month’s by-election in Murienua, is expected to be sworn in next Monday during the first day of the upcoming sitting of Parliament.

Subsidy programme awaits extra funds

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Local

Officials co-ordinating the Government’s subsidised water tank programme are receiving additional budget funds to continue rolling out the scheme, after exceeding installation targets for the financial year.

Parliament session to begin Monday

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Politics

Parliament’s first sitting of 2014 has been scheduled to commence on Monday.

Share O3b bandwidth

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Now Rarotonga has O3b – but what has changed for the generic little business? Telecom is sitting on several 100Mbits/s link, without sharing it.

Internet 'throttle' under development

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A correspondent to your paper yesterday asked why Telecom does not “throttle” internet speeds when customers’ monthly data allowances have been used up.

Disaster insurance on agenda in the Pacific

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Weather

NUKU’ALOFA.— Representatives of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu attended a regional workshop last week in Tonga to discuss the future of Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) in the region.

Digicel seeking Pan-Pacific telco network

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Technology

Digicel’s play at Telecom Cook Islands is as part of a bigger plan by the company to develop a Pan-Pacific network.

Climate change to disrupt food supplies, growth

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Environment

Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature, according to a United Nations report due this week that will put pressure on governments to act.

Kata: High-speed internet

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Kata

Workshop prompts call for awareness

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Outer Islands

Some adults encouraging youth to drink alcohol from an early age was one of the issues brought up during the Mental Health Workshop recently held on Mauke.

Cooks sevens ready in Hong Kong

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in League

A successful pre-Hong Kong camp in Auckland has left the Cook Islands national rugby sevens team in high spirits when they jetted out to Hong Kong on Sunday.

Eels slip through Panthers' grip

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in League

Round two of the club league season kicked off with loads of excitement where lesser teams toppled top sides, a top side sneak in a win and a game was called off.

Small fisheries grant makes big difference

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Local

The Matavera Youth Fishing Project has been kick-started by a small fisheries grant from the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR).

PM named in Demo counter petition

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna has been implicated in the ongoing political saga in Murienua, after the filing of a counter-petition in the High Court late last week.

Internet speed should drop when data cap reached

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Quote from CI News Sat 22/3/14 regarding internet data usage: “In every other country of the world, it’s 100% customer responsibility. Here we have put all these options in place for customers to monitor themselves.”

Salvation not in churches – only in Jesus

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Kia Orana in the name of Jesus. I believed that all who support the LDS and JW are cults organisation.

George slams political reform

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Politics

Independent Member of Parliament from Atiu Norman George says self-interest is driving the ruling government’s push for reforming Parliament.

Digicel on the island

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Technology

Two of Digicel’s top men have been on the ground in Rarotonga last week taking further steps towards a buyout of Telecom Cook Islands.

Cooks agreement for family planning

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands Government has entered into a grant agreement with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific Sub-Regional Office to provide technical assistance and financial support for local activities aimed at improving family planning and sexual and reproductive health services in the Cook Islands.

Cabinet begins new budget discussions

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna along with fellow Cabinet Ministers are scheduled to begin their budget discussions with their respective heads of ministries this week.