The former Director of Vanuatu’s National Disaster Management Office, or NDMO, has been reappointed to the post. The Daily Post reported the Minister of Climate Change, Ham Lini, requested Shedrack Welegtabit return to his former position on a temporary basis. Mr Lini said NDMO staff will be able to capitalise on Mr Welegtabit extensive expertise […]
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$US145m power project for PNG’s Highlands region
The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has launched a $US145 million power project for the Highlands region which is funded by China. The Post Courier reported Mr O’Neill and the Chinese Ambassador, Xue Bing, had cut the ribbon to launch the project for transmission lines and substations in the region. A loan from […]
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Cooks Demo confident of being first female PM
RAROTONGA, 07 JUNE 2018 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The leader of the opposition Cook Islands Democratic Party says she’s feeling very positive about next week’s general election and there is a real chance she will become the nation’s first female Prime Minister. Tina Browne said the Democrats were campaigning on issues that mattered to the people, […]
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Fiji President farewells Kiribati High Commissioner
SUVA, 07 JUNE 2018 (FBC NEWS) — Fiji President Major-general (ret’d) Jioji Konrote received a farewell courtesy call from outgoing Kiribati High Commissioner to Fiji Reteta Nikuata-Rimon at Borron house. During their meeting, President Konrote acknowledged the warm relations between Fiji and Kiribati both politically and economically and hopes that the relationship is further strengthened […]
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Microsoft sinks data centre off Scottish archipelago
London (AFP) – US tech giant Microsoft has submerged a data centre off the Orkney archipelago in northern Scotland in a project to save on the energy used to cool the servers on land, the firm said Wednesday. The Northern Isles data centre consists of a 40-foot (12.2 metre) long white cylinder containing 864 servers […]
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S. Korea seeks ‘early’ agreement on ending Korean War
Seoul (AFP) – Seoul is in three-way talks with Pyongyang and Washington for an early agreement on formally ending the decades-old Korean War, it said Thursday ahead of a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in Singapore next week. The 1950-53 conflict ceased with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the […]