An informant helped police nab a 21-year-old man accused of selling methamphetamine, through controlled drug deals that happened in the past two months, according to a magistrate’s complaint filed in Superior Court of Guam Wednesday. Donovan Shane Agustin Taitague is alleged to have sold methamphetamine to an informant three different times. [restrict] The informant called […]
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Climate change and disaster risk finance assessment underway in Solomon Islands
Improved ability to access climate change finance is a priority for the Solomon Islands, and this week representatives from government ministries, non-governmental organisations and the private sector are meeting in Honiara to contribute to the Solomon Islands Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance Assessment. [restrict] The assessment will focus on the practical application of options […]
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PNG tribe wins K10m suit
A court in Papua New Guinea has ordered the State to pay more than K10 million (US$3.5 million) to a tribe whose properties were damaged in a police raid 16 years ago. Justice David Cannings made the ruling in the Waigani National Court last week. [restrict] He ordered the State to pay K10,029,215 to 1687 […]
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Death toll rises to seven in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains fires
(Reuters) – The death toll from wildfires blazing in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to seven on Wednesday even as drenching rains helped firefighters suppress flames that have left whole neighborhoods in ruins. [restrict] The tally of documented property losses from the fires also climbed to more than 700 […]
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Big Mac creator dies at 98
(Reuters) – The man behind one of the most recognizable fast-food sandwiches, McDonald’s Big Mac, died this week at age 98. Michael James Delligatti invented the Big Mac – two beef patties on a hamburger bun – which debuted at a McDonald’s restaurant in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1967. [restrict]] McDonald’s tweeted a message on Wednesday […]
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Horoscope
Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19) Your passions have been stirring like a caged animal for the past several days, Aries. Now is the time to let them out. Some of what you express may elicit surprise or disapproval, but that’s no reason to stay silent. If you don’t express yourself, illness may result. Your goal should […]