APIA, 07 SEPTEMBER 2017 (WORLD BANK) — The World Bank today laid out a series of options to accelerate economic growth in the Pacific region to create more than 500,000 new jobs and increase incomes by more than 40 percent for people in most Pacific Island countries by 2040. [restrict] The report, Pacific Possible, was […]
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Protect Our Oceans: from the ground in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
By Carlotta Leon Guerrero HAGATNA, 06 SEPTEMBER 2017 (SOUTHERN FRIED SCIENCE) — In April 2017, President Donald Trump ordered Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke to examine 27 protected areas established by Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama using the 1906 Antiquities Act. [restrict] Included in the list were four marine monuments in […]
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CNMI tells residents to stay indoors in case of nuclear attack
SAIPAN, 07 SEPTEMBER 2017 (RNZI)- The Northern Marianas Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has told residents of the islands to seek shelter indoors in case of a nuclear attack. Saipan in the Northern Marianas. [restrict] Its planner and grants manager BJ Nicolas said his office was monitoring the North Korea situation with the […]
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Tuvalu to use Nauru rock boulders in coastal adaptation project
APIA, 07 SEPTEMBER 2017 (LOOP NAURU) — Nauru could be sending rock boulders to Tuvalu within a month after the leaders of the two governments signed a sales agreement in Samoa today. [restrict] The agreement was signed by Nauru President Baron Waqa and Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga at a side event at the 48th […]
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Kiribati supports the Marshall Islands on nuclear contamination compensation
APIA, 07 SEPTEMBER 2017 (RADIO KIRIBATI)-Kiribati has strongly supported the issue of nuclear contamination compensation raised by the Marshall Islands. “I gave my support on that together with my other colleagues knowing very well that although the Marshall Islands and probably the French Territories are facing this challenge, it’s not only their challenge, it is […]
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Hurricane Irma lashes Caribbean islands; Florida braces for hit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, howled past Puerto Rico on Wednesday after thrashing several smaller Caribbean islands with tree-snapping winds, drenching rains and pounding surf on a collision course with Florida. At least four people were reported killed on four different islands […]