A bill to authorize temporary relief measures to address the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the private sector and the government of Palau was finally introduced in House of Delegates as SB 10-133-14 and adopted in its first reading on April 18, 2020. The bill, a culmination of the work by the Joint Leadership […]
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Op Ed from United States Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland April 17, 2020
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, generosity, and planning that is unmatched in history. […]
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Pacific Need Not Panic
Disclaimer: Dr Sakul Kundra is an assistant professor in history at the College of Humanities and Education of the Fiji National University. The views expressed are his own and not of this newspaper or his employer. For comments or suggestions, email. dr.sakulkundra@gmail.com Do you feel the panic, apprehension and anxiety about the future of humans […]
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Tired of ‘Frozen?’ Stream these less obvious kids movies
NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks of quarantine with kids have a way of burning through a movie collection. Even with the libraries of streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus and others, there are plenty of households that have already had their fill of “Frozen” and overdosed on “Onward.” In the best of times, the […]
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For meat plant workers, virus makes a hard job perilous
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Kulule Amosa’s husband earns $17.70 an hour at a South Dakota pork plant doing a job so physically demanding it can only be performed in 30-minute increments. After each shift last week, he left exhausted as usual — but he didn’t want to go home. He was scared he would […]
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WHO reviewing impact of US funding withdrawal amid COVID-19 pandemic
GENEVA, 16 APRIL 2020 (UN NEWS CENTRE/BBC NEWS)—The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the importance of international solidarity in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: a “dangerous enemy” to all humanity. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking to journalists one day after the United States announced that it was cutting funding to […]