SUVA, 22 DECEMBER 2017 (TAIWAN NEWS) —– The Taiwan Government this week awarded US$500,000 to Pacific Islands Forum countries to be used in domestic scholarship programmes. To show solidarity with Taiwan’s diplomatic partners in the Pacific, and to support education in key fields necessary for the development of the region, the Taiwanese government awarded US$500,000 […]
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Pacific Forum agency says Australia committed to helping small island states
SYDNEY, 22 DECEMBER 2017 (KANIVA TONGA NEWS) — Australia’s Foreign Policy White Paper shows the South Pacific’s largest economy is committed to helping small island states like Tonga, according to Pacific Trade Invest (PTI). PTI is an agency of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. [restrict] PTI said the Pacer Plus agreement, which was signed in […]
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Samoa journalists association says government undermining media
APIA, 22 DECEMBER 2017(SAMOA OBSERVER) — The acting president of the Journalists Association of Samoa said the criminal libel law enacted this week risks undermining the role of the media in society. [restrict] Rudy Bartley said he’s concerned the legislation will be used to force journalists to expose sources. The government said the Criminal Libel […]
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Roy Moore files lawsSouth Korea’s Moon says 2015 ‘comfort women’ agreement with Japan ‘flawed’uit to block Alabama Senate result
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that a 2015 agreement with Japan over South Korean “comfort women” was seriously flawed and urged follow-up measures to resolve the contentious issue. [restrict] South Korea on Wednesday said the 2015 deal with Japan over “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime military […]
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Survivor of World War II Bataan death march dies at 100
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside American forces during World War II has died. He was 100. Ramon Regalado died Dec. 16 in El Cerrito, California, said Cecilia I. Gaerlan, executive director of […]
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Bali declares ‘garbage emergency’ amid sea of waste
Kuta (Indonesia) (AFP) – Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favourite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage. Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between sunbathers, while surfers bobbing behind the waves dodge waste flushed out from rivers or brought in […]