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Papua New Guinea Ranked 10th Most Disaster-Prone Country

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:43

 

Significant steps are being taken towards developing a long-term strategy to reduce disaster risk in the country. That is according to a UN statement. A global disaster risk study carried out by the United Nations University ranked PNG as the 10th most disaster-prone country in the world. PNG is exposed to hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, coastal inundation, inland flooding, landslides, cyclones, drought, frost and outbreak of diseases.

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Public Debt Reaches 50% Of Tonga's Gross Domestic Product

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:49

 

Tonga’s public debt at the end of the current 2017 fiscal year is estimated to be equivalent to half of our Gross Domestic Product GDP (about TOP$444.7m), according to an updated version of the Asian Development Outlook ADO 2017, published by the Asian Development Bank at the end of September. Government operating expenditures during the FY2017 Fiscal Year are expected to be at a low of 0.4% of our GDP.

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Three Micronesian Students Visit The Arctic For 'Coral And Ice Exchange'

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:57

 

Three students from the Micronesia region recently returned from the arctic where they participated in an innovative program known as the Coral and Ice Exchange. Chloe Arnold of Chuuk, Karen Ehmes of Pohnpei, and Dylan Tellei of Palau applied for the program and were selected to attend after the application and interviews. The program was envisioned and developed by the Canadian organization, the “Students on Ice Foundation” and the Micronesian organization, Island Research and Education Initiative (iREi). 

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Samoa's Iconic Aggie Grey's Hotel Reportedly Up For Sale

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 13:19

 

Negotiations are underway about the sale of one of Samoa’s most iconic hotels, Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel and Bungalows on Beach Rd, to a foreign investment group. The Samoa Observer understands the Grey Family has been in negotiations with a New Zealand-based Asian investment group to purchase the hotel.

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Australia To Replace Two Solomon Islands Police Patrol Boats

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 13:37

 

The Australian Government has announced its plan to help replace police patrol boats “Auki” and “Lata.” Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Roderick Brazier said the replacement boats will have improved capabilities and technology. Mr Brazier said this will be a joint effort of the Australian Government and the Solomon Islands Government and will allow the Maritime unit of the police force to carry out its duties more effectively.

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PNG Villagers Block Highlands Highway At Kainantu; Demand Compensation

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 13:42

 

The Government has reminded villagers blocking the Highlands Highway at Kainantu in Eastern Highlands that their action is illegal and police will arrest them.  Works Secretary David Wereh told The National yesterday that the people needed to understand that national roads belonged to the public and not to any clan or tribe even though the roads ran through their traditional land.

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Former Fiji Prime Minister Calls For Calm After Sedition Convictions

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 13:52

The leader of the opposition SODELPA party in Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has called on the relatives of people convicted of sedition to stay calm and maintain respect for the rule of law. Last week, 14 chiefs and elders in Ra were jailed for conspiring to form a breakaway Christian state. They have been jailed for up to three years but their lawyer said they maintained their innocence and he said he would launch an appeal.

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New Caledonia Begins Second Month Without Government

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 13:57

 

New Caledonia has entered a second month without a properly constituted government. An attempt to convene a meeting this week to elect a new president won't be made in part because of the caretaker president and only candidate for the position Philippe Germain is in New York. Mr Germain has joined other anti-independence politicians to attend the UN decolonisation committee meeting.

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Dual Citizenship For Cook Islanders Muted As Solution To UN Membership Question

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 14:02

 

The Cook Islands minister of finance Mark Brown says dual citizenship could be the solution to his government's desire to join the United Nations. All Cook Islanders are entitled to hold New Zealand passports under the special constitutional relationship between the two countries.

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Calvo: Fighting For Vote On Guam's Political Status

Submitted by PIR Editor on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 14:06

 

Hafa adai friends, family, and my fellow Guamanians. I am headed to the United Nations where I will reiterate our intent as a people to vote on our political status — as well as the challenges that we face in that regard. I have made no secret over the years that my personal preference on political status but even more than that … my desire is that we, the people of Guam, I taotao Guahan, … are raised out of our current status as an unincorporated territory … and brought into a status of our own choosing. 

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