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Pacific
Pacific officials attend Paris Agreements Article 13 training
Climate Change Cook Islands hosted a sub-regional workshop last week focusing on the Paris Agreement Article 13 focusing on the digital tools Pacific Island countries are required to report on.
Author Tom Neale’s Suwarrow journals donated to National Library of NZ
The Cook Islands High Commission in New Zealand was delighted to attend the handover of renowned author Tom Neale’s journals to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington over a week ago.
pacific BRIEFS stark warning over ILLEGAL fishing
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s fisheries minister is calling on Pacific countries to make more effort to end illegal fishing in the region.
Pacific youth confront corruption
NADI – Youth leaders from 15 Pacific island countries are speaking out against the “corrosive” effects of corruption.
Connecting dots the key to Pacific development
A regional approach to development challenges facing island nations writes Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President.
Fiji PM praises China's support
SUVA – Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama has praised China for its support of his country after 2006.
Cambodia refugee deal signed
Canberra – There has been a significant step forward in Australia’s asylum seeker resettlement deal with Cambodia, with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) signing up to facilitate the transfer of refugees from Nauru.
Australia hit by twin cyclones
TOWNSVILLE – The Australian Defence Force says it could send thousands more soldiers to Central Queensland, if needed, in areas devastated by Cyclone Marcia.
Fiji newspaper chastised
SUVA – Fiji’s opposition party has welcomed a finding by the Fiji Media Industry Development Authority against the Fiji Sun newspaper.
Mascara to fund eye operations
AUCKLAND – A young New Zealand entrepreneur is hoping to fund cataract operations in the Pacific by selling organic mascara.
Disney searches the Pacific for voice of Moana
AUCKLAND – Disney’s hunt to find its first Polynesian princess has left New Zealand to continue in other parts of the Pacific.
Man dies in Papua New Guinea police cell
BANZ – Police in Papua New Guinea are again facing civil unrest after an arrested man was found dead in a police cell on Sunday morning.
Mysterious death
PORT MORESBY – The family of a doctor killed during the weekend at Ensisi Valley in Moresby Northwest is calling on police to begin investigations.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: pm blames parents for child obesity
Samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has blamed parents’ laziness for obesity among Samoa’s young.
Samoa rugby union makes a fresh start
APIA – The new chief executive officer of the Samoa Rugby Union (SRU), Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea’i, has apologised to the country for the incidents that have caused much heartache to a nation that holds the sport of rugby in high regard.
Resignations accepted with sadness
APIA – The Chairman of Samoa Rugby Union and Prime Minster, Tuila‘epa Sa‘ilele Malielegaoi, accepted the resignations from two top officials of the Samoa Rugby Union last week “with much sadness.”
Fiji Sevens eye Olympic qualification
LAS VEGAS – Fiji are a step closer to Olympic qualification following their dominant victory at the Las Vegas Sevens.
McCully on visit to 'closest neighbour'
NUKU‘ALOFA – New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully is visiting Tonga this week to meet with Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva and his government.
Focus on women with disabilities
NADI – Strengthening partnership and action towards an inclusive Pacific for women with disabilities will be the emphasis of the Pacific Regional Women Conference on Disability 2015.
'Take the drugs or die'
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sounded a simple message to tuberculosis (TB) patients – complete your medication or die.
Malcolm Fraser slams asylum seeker policy
canberra – Former prime minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser has hit out at the current asylum seeker policy of offshore detention on Papua New Guinea and Nauru, saying the past two governments have chosen a policy it knows will harm people.
Dozens of Fiji communities need to be relocated due to climate change
SUVA – Forty five communities in Fiji are projected to be relocated in the next five to 10 years because of climate change.
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