SUVA (AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION) — Australia will further increase its climate financing commitment over the next five years to A$2 billion. This is an A$500 million increase on our existing A$1.5 billion commitment, and a doubling of Australia’s 2015–20 climate finance pledge. In the Pacific, countries are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Intensifying […]
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Posted inPacific News
No plan to bring Afghan evacuees to Guam
HAGATNA, 1 (GUAM DAILY POST) — Military officials in Guam have confirmed that they do not have any plans in place to host Afghanistan refugees on the air force base in Yigo at this time. “There is no plan to host Afghanistan evacuees at Andersen Air Force Base at this time,” says Rear Adm. Benjamin […]
Posted inOpinion
Forum politics fails to dampen regional efforts to fight climate change at COP26
By Pita Ligaiula in Glasgow GLASGOW (PACNEWS) — Despite the fallout, between members of the Micronesian sub region of the Pacific Islands Forum, it seems the region is committed to work in unison in the fight against the impact of climate change at the COP26 meeting underway in Glasgow. Samoan Permanent representative to the United […]
Posted inWomen's Corner
Shame and Contempt
You don’t grow up until someone is more important than you. ~Jordan Peterson I am a story. You are a Story. We are Stories. Our stories are written by God. (Psalms 139:16). Our stories evolve and grow⁰ from waters to rivers with many fires here and there. Sometimes a thunderbolt strikes and life is never […]
Posted inBillboard
Combating cybercrime in the postpandemic era:Taiwan can help
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged much of the globe. In mid-May 2021, the Republic of China (Taiwan) saw a sudden rise in case numbers. When Taiwan needed help the most, partners such as the United States, Japan, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, as well as the COVAX Facility, global allocation mechanism for […]
Posted inWorld News
Higher Food Prices Hit the Poor and Those Who Help Them
By: Nelson D. Schwartz and Coral Murphy Marcos @ 2021 The New York Times Company With food prices surging, many Americans have found their household budgets upended, forcing difficult choices at the supermarket and putting new demands on programs intended to help. Food banks and pantries, too, are struggling with the increase in costs, substituting […]