SAIPAN, 02 MARCH 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — CNMI Lieutenant Governor Arnold I. Palacios on Friday issued a continued declaration of significant emergency with a new directive that includes travelers from South Korea and Japan in the mandatory health screening, among other Covid-19 containment measures. Executive Order 2020-02 states that the recent rise of confirmed cases […]
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Bloomberg campaign rolled out in American Samoa
PAGOPAGO,02 MARCH 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC)—The U.S billionaire and Democratic Party presidential hopeful, Michael Bloomberg, has sent representatives to American Samoa to drum-up support in the party’s territorial caucus. The caucus is in Pago Pago. To ensure Bloomberg is visible to local members of the party, his campaigners have erected mid-size billboards at several locations on […]
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Marshall Islands gets ready for coronavirus
MAJURO, 02 MARCH 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — While escalating efforts to prevent contact with people from coronavirus hot-spots globally, the Marshall Islands is fast-tracking quarantine facilities and safety supplies for health workers to prepare for what health authorities believe is an inevitable arrival of the illness. “The World Health Organisation is telling us it’s great […]
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Dismay over plans to scrap French nuclear monitoring commission
PAPE’ETE, 02 MARCH 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC)—Nuclear test veterans groups in French Polynesia have reacted with dismay at reports that Paris wants to abolish the National Commission for Monitoring the Consequences of Nuclear Tests. Last week, the French publication Canard Enchaine reported that as part of administrative changes and cost-cutting measures, dozens of commissions would be […]
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Chuuk Independence vote postponed as China-U.S. Pacific contest builds
CHUUK, 28 FEBRUARY 2020 (REUTERS)—A closely watched independence vote in the Pacific state of Chuuk, part of the U.S.-aligned Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), scheduled for next month has been postponed until 2022, the island told Reuters. Chuuk’s proximity to Guam, an American territory with air force and naval bases, and strategic location in the […]
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Solomon Islands Government reject US$100 billion loan deal report
HONIARA, 27 FEBRUARY 2020 (SOLOMON STAR) —Solomon Islands Ministry of Finance and Treasury has rejected media reports linked to the US$100 billion financing introduced by the promoter of the financing proposal Terry Wong. In an issued statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said what has transpired and the intention of the correspondences between Harry Kuma and […]