A forensic examiner with the FBI on Wednesday testified that a condom found at the Ypao Hotel had former Guam police officer Paul John Santos’ DNA on the inside, and the DNA of his alleged rape victim on the outside. Santos, 49, was indicted in 2014, after a woman told the FBI that a Guam […]
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Japan sends troops to fight massive fire
A rapidly-spreading fire engulfed more than 100 buildings and sparked evacuations in a northern Japanese city on Thursday, leaving two people injured and forcing authorities to mobilise the military. Aerial footage broadcast live on Japanese TV showed massive orange flames and thick grey smoke spewing out of buildings throughout much of the day in the […]
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Trump immigration plan could cost US billions, report says
President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to overturn President Barack Obama’s executive order, which provides temporary protection from deportation for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children, could cost the country billions of dollars, a report revealed. [restrict] If Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is repealed, 645,145 people would lose the legal right […]
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Fiji Health Ministry embarks on Operation Kakana
Fiji’s Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government has embarked on an operation to address food safety issues. This is to protect the general consumers from food borne illness and diseases especially during this festive and cyclone season. [restrict] Called the ‘Operation Kakana’, the Ministry of Health will liaise with respective […]
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Women must remain a priority: UNICEF
Child mortality, maternal health care, the empowerment of women, education access, and child protection are still issues of dire concern in Papua New Guinea. Along with diseases like malaria and TB, malnutrition is still the underlying cause of death in children under the age of five. And a recent trip by UNICEF’s Assistance General Secretary […]
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Japan funds upgraded water system for Tonga Village
The village’s main pipe system had initially been upgraded in a Japanese funded project in 2006 NUKU‘ALOFA, Tonga (Matangi Tonga, December 21, 2016) – An upgraded water supply system was handed to Nukuleka village on eastern Tongatapu on Tuesday, December 20 enabling its 250 residents to access a reliable water supply system. [restrict] Th system […]