AUCKLAND, 14 NOVEMBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — A prominent gay rights group has thrown its support behind a boycott of the Cook Islands that is gaining momentum. The move has an academic certain the country’s tourism industry and economy will be impacted negatively in response to its recent expansion of anti-gay laws. InsideOUT managing […]
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American Samoa declares health emergency over measles
PAGOPAGO, 14 NOVEMBER 2109 (RNZ PACIFIC) — American Samoa has declared a public health emergency following measles outbreaks in Pacific countries like Samoa and Tonga. Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga said the declaration covered the entire territory. Lolo said effective immediately, all visitors entering American Samoa through Samoa or Tonga must provide proof of MMR immunisation, […]
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80 construction workers to leave Saipan
SAIPAN, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — Eighty construction workers at Imperial Pacific International (IPI) in Saipan will leave the island starting today, Monday, after agreeing to resign last week. Over 150 construction workers from Taiwan and 12 from Thailand were asked to resign prior to the January 2020 expiration of their H2-B visas. Ching […]
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Cook Islands Prime Minister in Australia this week, at the invitation of PM Scott Morrison
RAROTONGA, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (COOK ISLANDS GOVT) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has accepted the invitation of Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to visit Australia from 11-15 November as a Guest of the Australian Government. It is the first official visit by Prime Minister Puna to Australia and follows multiple high level engagements […]
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Dengue continues spreading in Marshall Islands
MAJURO, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (MARIANAS VARIERTY) — Dengue cases in the Marshall Islands passed the 1,000 mark last week as the government extended its national state of health emergency for another month in an effort to control the outbreak. Ebeye Island, where the outbreak started in July, has gone over two weeks without any new […]
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EU removes Belize from tax-haven blacklist, five Pacific countries remain on the list
BRUSSELS, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (AFP) — The European Union (EU) removed the Central American country of Belize from its blacklist of tax havens, a statement said. Belize, whose head of state is Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is now on the EU’s so-called grey list of countries deemed as having inadequate tax rules, but actively committed […]