HONIARA, 16 OCTOBER 2017 (SOLOMON STAR)— Work to slot Bloody Ridge into the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status list is currently underway. The Solomon Scouts and Coastwatcher’s Trust Board member Dr Continue Reading »
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APIA, 13 OCTOBER 2017 (COMSEC) — senior electoral officials from Commonwealth Pacific Election Management Bodies (EMBs) will be participating in a workshop to be held in Apia. The workshop, part Continue Reading »
NADI,16 OCTOBER 2017 (ADB)– The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will more than double the level of climate financing it will mobilise for its Pacific developing member countries to over US$500 Continue Reading »
WASHINGTON, 16 OCTOBER 2017 (US GOVT/MARIANAS VARIETY)–— U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Doug Domenech has announced the payment of US$30,819,840 to the Compact Trust Fund Continue Reading »
HAGÅTÑA,11 OCTOBER 2017 (ISLAND TIMES) — Palau had misgivings at the time it was charting its future as a sovereign state, uncertain about its ability to stand on its own, Continue Reading »
PARIS, 11 OCTOBER 2017 (AFP) —- The world had 10 times as many obese children and teenagers last year than in 1975, but underweight kids still outnumbered them, a study Continue Reading »
HAMILTON, 12 OCTOBER 2017 (RADIO 531PI) — The impact of climate change on Small Island States was the focus of a Pacific Symposium, held at the University of Waikato in Continue Reading »
GENEVA, 11 OCTOBER 2017 (UN NEWS CENTRE) — The United Nations health agency today announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify innovative ways Continue Reading »
SUVA, 06 OCTOBER 2017 (ABC) — The 77 Chinese nationals deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, Background Briefing has been told, in a challenge Continue Reading »
NEW YORK, 06 OCTOBER 2017 (THE GUAM DAILY POST) — More than a dozen island residents testified before the United Nation’s Fourth Committee during the General Assembly in New York Continue Reading »