All national government and state government employees will remain employed during this COVID-19 crisis while government seek remedies for private sector employees. While preparations for handling and mitigating potential cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) are nearly completed, government turns its attention to addressing the impact of the virus on the economy. During the situation briefing yesterday, […]
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Cash-strapped Cook Islands Govt asks for more money
RAROTONGA, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — The Cook Islands Government plans to ask Parliament for more money to get through the rest of the year. Finance minister Mark Brown said his officials were working on a Supplementary Budget for next month’s sitting. The additional money was mainly for the multi-million dollar Rarotonga water […]
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State governments no longer owe a portion of their public land lease revenue to nat’l government
President Tommy Remengesau Jr. has officially signed SB NO. 10-65, SD1, HD1 into law RPPL 10-48, amending the Palau National Code and allowing 100 percent of all revenue derived from State Public Land Authorities to be retained by the States. This law amends Section 217 of Title 35 of the Palau National Code to give […]
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UK’s Boris Johnson shakes up government with Cabinet shuffle
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook up his government on Thursday, firing and appointing ministers to key Cabinet posts. Johnson was aiming to tighten his grip on the government after winning a big parliamentary majority in December’s election. That victory allowed Johnson to take Britain out of the European Union last month, […]
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Call for more dialogue on ban
PORT MORESBY, 23 JANUARY 2020 (THE NATIONAL) — Businesses need more dialogue with the Papua New Guinea Government to discuss specifics of the plastic ban, which comes into effect from 01 Feb 1, says the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Chamber president Rio Fiocco told The National that the Government had refused to […]
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Remengesau urges cooperation within state governments
President Remengesau Jr. urged elected state government elected officials to work together to address state priorities. He said in that his remarks to the states that recently held their inaugurations to come together, identify their state priorities and work cooperatively to address those priorities. “We can see from each state election results that the margins […]