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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Island to get first post office
HIU ISLAND – In Vanuatu, the people of the remote Torres group of islands are to finally get a Post Office branch and Western Union link.
Unexploded bomb closes US army facility
PAGO PAGO – The US Army Reserve Centre in American Samoa remains closed after the discovery of unexploded ordnance believed to date from the 1950s. It was unearthed during excavation work at the Tafuna site last week. Captain Wong Mageo of the American Samoa Army Reserve says the US Army Reserve headquarters in Honolulu has been asked to send experts to the territory to assess and dispose of the ordnance. It is believed to have been among supplies that were shipped from the local US Marine Base to Vietnam in the 1950s. - RNZI
South Korea offers to build solar plant
SAIPAN – South Korea’s Energy Solutions Co Ltd says it is interested in constructing a 10-megawatt solar power plant on Saipan.
Opposition offers support to pass budget
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s opposition says it is prepared to support the prime minister Sato Kilman to pass a budget for 2016.
Concerns for pregnant asylum seeker
YAREN – Doctors hold serious concerns about the health of a diabetic Kurdish asylum seeker on Nauru, who is 40 weeks pregnant and facing a difficult birth.
Governor decries global politics
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s Governor Lolo Moliga says he believes the territory is a victim of US global politics as its canneries face an uncertain future.
Beckham visits Papua New Guinea
MOUNT HAGEN – British soccer star David Beckham has taken to the pitch in Papua New Guinea’s highlands for an exhibition match in front of villagers – some of whom have never heard of him.
Violence against women neglected
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea government is failing to protect victims of family violence, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
Protection of albacore urged
PACIFIC – Pacific island countries have called on major global fishing countries to help them protect one of the world’s few remaining uncontrolled tuna species stocks.
Fiji military defied arrest of officer
SUVA – The Fiji military is yet to say if it defied the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions which two weeks ago had ordered the arrest of a military officer wanted in a high profile abuse case.
Starkist faces uncertain future
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s largest private sector employer, Starkist Samoa is to stop hiring new staff and is looking at shifting some of its production offshore.
Samoa gun amnesty
APIA – Police in Samoa have received more than 20 guns in three days as part of a gun amnesty that runs until the end of the year.
Won't be home for Christmas
YAREN – Nauru opposition MP has rejected the justice minister’s testimony to the United Nations. Roland Kun had his passport cancelled in June following a protest outside parliament.
Island children hard hit by drought
TANNA ISLAND – Young children have been the most affected in an El Nino-driven drought that is compounding the destruction caused by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.
Kyrgyzstan the new Nauru?
CANBERRA – Australia’s government is refusing to comment on reports that it is considering resettling refugees detained in Nauru and Papua New Guinea in the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.
Australia to end British honours
CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared Monday that his government will no longer recognize “knights” and “dames.”
PNG makes major cuts to budget
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s government facing up to a huge drop in its revenue and has announced major funding cuts in this year’s supplementary budget and its 2016 budget
El Niño impact felt across the Pacific
PORT MORESBY – The United Nations and other international bodies are being asked to step up their assistance as the impact of frosts and a severe drought continue to impact on large areas of Papua New Guinea.
Cacao could boost Pacific economies
WELLINGTON – A New Zealand chocolate maker says Pacific nations have the potential to compete with Central and South America as producers of high grade cocoa beans.
Fiji vows 30% emissions cut
FIJI – Fiji’s prime minister says his country will cut its green house gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
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