MAJURO, 05 MARCH 2018 (SBS) — Read any backpacker’s guide to the Marshall Islands and it’ll tell you time is a loose concept in that part of the Pacific. Dinner at 7 will probably be served at 10. Your return flight may not turn up until the next day. “Things happen when they happen, and […]
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Fishermen adrift at sea rescued south of Tuvalu
FUNAFUTI, 05 MARCH 2018 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Three fishermen adrift at sea for 24 hours have been rescued south of Tuvalu over the weekend. The Nadi Rescue Coordination Centre said the men set off a distress signal around 4pm on Saturday about 144 kilometres south of Funafuti. [restrict] A New Zealand PC3 Orion located the […]
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President Trump OKs disaster declaration in American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, 05 MARCH 2018 (AP) — U.S President Donald Trump has ordered federal assistance for American Samoa in the wake of damage caused by tropical storm Gita last month. The White House announced Friday that Trump approved the disaster declaration for the U.S. territory in order to free up funding. [restrict] The assistance can […]
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Fiji poll race
SUVA, 05 MARCH 2018 (FIJI TIMES) — Some political parties in Fiji say they are confident of securing the support of undecided voters ahead of the 2018 polls. Responding to the results of the latest Tebbutt-Times Poll on voting intentions, the National Federation Party (NFP), Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), Fiji Labour Party (FLP) and […]
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Samoa banana export plan welcomed by New Zealand
APIA, 05 MARCH 2018 (SAMOA GOVT) — The Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in collaboration with the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries through its’ Bilateral Quarantine Agreement Meetings, finally have some good news for local bananas (Musa spp.) and plantains (Musa paradisiaca) farmers. It is now official, that we can export bananas and […]
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Trump Mocks Kushner At Gridiron Dinner: ‘Jared Could Not Get Through Security’
President Donald Trump pulled no punches in his gibe-filled remarks at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday, joking about his top aides and opponents alike to the journalists and lawmakers in attendance. Even son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was not spared a roasting. The president opened his comments by mocking the recent […]