YAREN, 20 FEBRUARY 2017 (COMMONWEALTH GAMES) —The head of Nauru’s newly established electoral commission has hailed the Commonwealth for strengthening the country’s democracy. The Pacific island nation is the smallest Commonwealth member state with a population of just over 10,000. [restrict] The Electoral Commissioner, Joseph Cain, said he was grateful to the Commonwealth Secretariat for […]
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US diplomat hopes US Government continues climate change support to Kiribati
TARAWA,20 FEBRUARY 2017 (RADIO KIRIBATI)— US deputy chief of mission Doug Sonnek says it is too early to depict the US Government’s current stance on climate change after President Trump promised to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement. Sonnek made the statement on his recent visit to Kiribati when asked whether or not […]
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A new soldier was on sentry du…
A new soldier was on sentry duty at the main gate. His orders were clear – no car was to enter unless it had a special sticker on the windshield. A big Army car came up with a general seated in the back. The sentry said, “Halt, who goes there?” The chauffeur, a corporal, says, […]
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Global heat melts Arctic and Antarctic sea ice to record lows – UN agency
GENEVA, 20 FEBRUARY 2017 (UN NEWS CENTRE) —It should be winter on the Arctic pole – the northern most point in the world – but the equivalent of heatwaves have passed over the region this season melting the sea ice volume to a record low in January, the United Nations meteorological agency said. [restrict] “Temperatures […]
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Dominican journalists shot dead during live radio broadcast
Santo Domingo (AFP) – Two journalists were shot dead during a live radio broadcast in the Dominican Republic, police and media said. Unidentified attackers burst into the 103.5 FM studio as presenter Luis Manuel Medina was reading the news on air on Tuesday and shot him dead, station employees were quoted as saying by local […]
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ADB, Vanuatu sign agreement to help improve urban development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional US$2.87 million assistance for the Port Vila Urban Development Project to further help Vanuatu achieve sustainable urban development through improved access to sanitation, drainage facilities, and roads. A grant agreement for the additional financing was signed in a ceremony in Port Vila today, attended by Jean […]