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Tonga’s Public Service Association Calls For Deferment Of New Salary Structure

Submitted by PIR Editor on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 16:16

 

A new call by the Public Service Association to defer tomorrow’s rollout of a new salary structure until 2017 has been criticized by Tonga’s Remuneration Authority who stated today that claims, made by the PSA Secretary General, Mele ‘Amanaki that they had overlooked employee concerns, are misleading.

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Vanuatu Government Workers Told To Stop Accessing Social Media Sites

Submitted by PIR Editor on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 16:18

 

The Public Service Commission has given an instruction to all Public Servants throughout the country to stop accessing social media sites. But a public servant who asked to remain anonymous said public servants do contribute directly and also indirectly to the Government of the day policies via comments and queries.

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U.S. Military To Conduct Training Exercises In Fiji, Tonga

Submitted by PIR Editor on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 16:20

 

About 200 marine, sailors and Coast Guards from the US will be conducting training exercises in Fiji and Tonga this month. The exercise, known as Koa Moana, meaning ocean warrior, is designed to improve interoperability and enhance military-to-military relations.

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Bougainville President ‘Furious’ At Rio Tinto Decision To Distribute Panguna Shares

Submitted by PIR Editor on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 16:22

 

Bougainville President John Momis is furious at Rio Tinto’s "unilateral" decision to transfer its 53.8 per cent stake in Bougainville Copper Ltd to an independent trustee and involving Waigani as an equal majority shareholder. The trustee Equity Trustees Limited will distribute the shares between the National Government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government so that both will have 36.4 per cent shares each in the Panguna mine. The National Government already has a 19 per cent stake.

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