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Tonga sued for millions of dollars because of Pacific Games withdrawal

NUKU’ALOFA, 23 MAY 2018 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The Pacific Games Council and Tonga’s Olympic Committee, TASANOC, have lodged a claim for millions of dollars of damages against the government for their late withdrawal from hosting the 2019 event. The government pulled out of their hosting agreement last year, citing financial difficulties. The Supreme Court has […]

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Interior announces US$247,405 in funding support for power utilities and lineman training in US-affiliated Pacific Islands

WASHINGTON, 22 MAY 2018 (MARIANAS VARIETY)— — Doug Domenech, assistant secretary of the Interior for insular and international affairs, has announced US$230,000 to support the 2018 Pacific Lineman Training programme for linesmen from American Samoa, Guam, Ebeye, Majuro, Palau, Pohnpei, and Yap. An additional US$17,405 will support participation in workshops and meetings sponsored by the […]

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Witty and Cool Funny sayings

Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?If love is blind, then marriage is its spectacles.The shortest horror story: Monday.Stupidity knows no boundaries, but it knows a lot of people. What would you, as an uninvolved party, say on the topic of intelligence? How to win the heart of a woman? Kiss her, love her, […]

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Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19)     Chances are that there will be an emotional bite to the day that might put something of a hostile tone on anything you encounter, Aries. The key is to not get so fixed in your ways that you turn away from new experiences. You’ll find that interaction with others is exactly […]

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Emotional Rollercoaster

The one who betrayed us and abandoned and abused us the most was ourselves. That is how the emotional defense system that is Codependence works.  The battle cry of Codependence is “I’ll show you – I’ll get me.””  – Robert Burney, Author of “The Dance of Wounded Souls.” “Happiness is an inside job.” John Powell […]

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US to help Pacific islands access Green Climate Fund

The United States says it’s working to improve access to the UN Green Climate Fund for Pacific Islands. Pacific island climate change campaigners hold a traditional Fijian sevusevu and offer tapa to a community impacted by a massive coal mine in Germany. Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama had said stringent criteria around access to the […]

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