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Legal marijuana proposed
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Guam, Regional
A bill to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes in the Northern Marianas is taking its first step towards becoming law.
Boats designed to combat tuberculosis
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
CAIRNS – Four specially-crafted boats are heading from Australia’s north-east coast to Papua New Guinea as part of an initiative to help stop the spread of tuberculosis in the country.
Muesli bar sends wrong message
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – The company running the Manus Island detention asylum seeker centre in Papua New Guina has refused a large shipment of “Freedom” brand muesli bars because the brand was thought inappropriate to give to asylum seekers who were locked up.
Cyclone developing
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Met Service says a tropical depression near New Caledonia was likely to have developed into a cyclone by today – while torrential rain from a separate weather system has caused surface flooding in Samoa.
More breakfast foods flown to hospitals
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Outer Islands
The Seventh Day Adventist Church has donated Sanitarium breakfast cereals, Anchor milk and So Good milk products to four more hospitals this month.
Catholic youth ready to lead
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Education, National
Only four days into the 2015 new school year and Nukutere College have already appointed their student leaders and are ready to get on with the business of learning.
Everything is Super
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Features, Weekend
The Inside Films (IF) Awards have been termed the peoples choice awards for Australia. If thats the case, the people have chosen Cook Islander Gareth Davies, whose two short films have been nominated for IF Awards. Davies is the son of Sandra Davies and grandson of Mary Harvey, who was the sister of Sir Tom […]