An estimated 43 per cent – or 249 million – of children under five in low- and middle-income countries are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme poverty and stunting, according to a new United Nations-supported series from The Lancet. [restrict] “Investing in young children is a moral, economic, and social imperative. […]
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Autopsy reveals 5 girls died of asphyxia in Yigo fire
Dr. Espinola ruled the girls’ death an accident. Guam – Medical Examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola has ruled the death of five young girls in last week’s Yigo house fire to be accidental. Espinola says all five girls died of asphyxia due to smoke and soot inhalation. [restrict] The fire broke out in Yigo on a […]
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Guam Delegate: Lawsuit May Be Only Way To Resolve Foreign Labor Challenges
Businesses have sued Federal Government for ‘unlawfully changing immigration policies’ HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Pacific Daily News, Oct. 6, 2016) – Guam Del. Madeleine Bordallo said it’s unfortunate Guam businesses had to sue the federal government to resolve problems with access to foreign labor, but she said it may be necessary to solve the current impasse with […]
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Sharks and Rays get CITES Protection in landslide votes
Silky sharks, all three species of thresher sharks and all nine species of mobula rays (devil rays) will be listed on Appendix II of CITES after a series of landslide votes at the 17th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Johannesburg, South Africa. “The listing of these species, […]
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Vanuatu, Solomon Islands To Sign Landmark Maritime Border Treaty
Treaty comes after 33 years of negotiations PORT VILA, Vanuatu (Vanuatu Daily Post, Oct. 5, 2016) – The Vanuatu Government will sign a landmark Maritime Boundary Treaty with the Government of the Solomon Islands, demarcating a mutual boundary line in the North of Vanuatu and South of the Solomon Islands, bordering the Torba and Temotu […]
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Hurricane Matthew kills 39 as Haiti death toll rises
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 39 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 35, local officials said, as the storm headed northward on Thursday battering the Bahamas en route to Florida. [restrict] Haiti´s civil protection service put the toll in the impoverished Caribbean nation at 23 dead, many […]