Strong external headwinds may set back policy efforts geared towards tackling development challenges Bangkok, 22 January – Given persistently high trade tensions and policy uncertainty, the growth outlook of East and South Asia has weakened, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020, which was launched today in Bangkok. The Report states […]
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Call for more dialogue on ban
PORT MORESBY, 23 JANUARY 2020 (THE NATIONAL) — Businesses need more dialogue with the Papua New Guinea Government to discuss specifics of the plastic ban, which comes into effect from 01 Feb 1, says the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Chamber president Rio Fiocco told The National that the Government had refused to […]
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Sunia: Let them float between islands in a canoe
PAGO PAGO, 20 JANUARY 2020 (TALANEI NEWS) —- American Samoa Associate Justice Fiti Sunia says if over stayers from Samoa are refused by their government when deported, they can float between islands in a canoe. Samoa News reports the judge made the comments during sentencing of a Samoan national who was convicted of second degree […]
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Samoan fruit bats will be featured on quarters released by the US Mint next month
WASHINGTON, 20 JANAURY 2020 (CNN) — The United States Mint has released the final designs for the America the Beautiful Quarters programme, and one of the designs depicts a Samoan fruit bat hanging in a tree with her pup. The quarter was designed by Richard Masters, and Phebe Hemphill was the sculptor, according to the […]
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Airline asks woman to take pregnancy test before boarding flight to Saipan
SAIPAN, 20 JANAURY 2020 (FOX NEWS) — A Japanese citizen was reportedly asked to take a pregnancy test to prove she was not pregnant before boarding a Hong Kong Express Airways flight to Saipan, a U.S. island part of the Northern Marian Islands in the Pacific. Midori Nishida was reportedly flying from Hong Kong to […]
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David Attenborough calls Australia’s bushfires ‘the moment of crisis’ to address climate change
SYDNEY, 20 JANUARY 2020 (THE GUARDIAN) — Sir David Attenborough has said it is “palpable nonsense” to suggest that Australia’s bushfire crisis has nothing to do with climate change as he warned “the moment of crisis” has arrived. The 93-year-old British naturalist made the direct link between the ongoing bushfires and climate change during an […]