MANILA,18 DECEMBER 2019 (ADB) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest over US$1 billion worth of energy projects in the Pacific from 2019 to 2021 to increase renewable energy generation and improve access to affordable and sustainable electricity in the subregion. ADB’s inaugural Pacific Energy Update 2019 details how the bank is helping its […]
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We must do more than simply offer our thoughts and prayers – Marshall Islands on the world stage at COP25
SPAIN, 13 DECEMBER 2019 (SPREP) — The Republic of the Marshall Islands, the smallest ever country to secure a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, will use that platform to fight for climate and nuclear justice. The Marshall Islands, one of the most vulnerable countries on Planet Earth, was represented during the High Level […]
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U.S federal court ruling gives American Samoans citizenship
UTAH, 13 DECEMBER 2019 – A U.S federal judge has ordered the government to grant birth right citizenship to individuals born in America Samoa. Although American Samoa is a U.S territory, American Samoans have to date been deemed non-citizen nationals. The ruling was handed down in a district court in Utah, where a group of […]
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Shipwrecks and Scars on Seafloor from Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll Revealed by Scientists
MAJURO, 13 DECEMBER 2019 (NEWSWEEK) — New images showing how the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll altered the landscape beneath have been revealed by scientists. The maps show shipwrecks and craters from the bombs, providing “new insights into the forces that shaped the seabed from the blast.” Tests took place at the atoll, a […]
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Measles outbreak: Passengers on Samoa, Auckland and Wellington flights exposed to measles
AUCKLAND, 13 DECEMBER 2019 – Passengers on board a flight from Apia to Auckland and Auckland to Wellington have been exposed to measles, after travelling with someone who did not know they were infected with the illness. The infected passenger took Air New Zealand flight NZ959 from Apia to Auckland, which departed Samoa at 22.17pm […]
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Local cable systems threatened with claims of vigorous competition from Southern Cross
PAGO PAGO, 13 DECEMBER 2019 – Owners of the Southern Cross NEXT undersea fibre optic cable claim in a filing with federal regulators that its cable system will not only “enhance competition” but will “vigorously” compete with other cable systems, such as American Samoa Hawaii cable and Hawaiki cable, on the U.S-South Pacific routes. Pacific […]