TAIPEI, 21 OCTOBER 2019 (AP) — Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has congratulated the Marshall Islands, one of Taiwan’s Pacific allies, on its selection as a new member state of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), while Venezuela also won a contested election for a seat, despite a campaign by more than 50 organizations and […]
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Arizona official arrested in alleged ‘Baby Mill’ adoption fraud scheme from Marshall Islands
LITTLE ROCK, 10 OCTOBER 2019 (NPR) — A public official in Arizona has been arrested in connection with charges that he ran a multimillion-dollar scheme in which he smuggled pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to profit from their new-born babies. Authorities say Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s fraudulent adoption enterprise left a trail of […]
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Marshall Islands declares health emergency over dengue outbreak
MAJURO, 08 AUGUST 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — The Marshall Islands has declared a health emergency after a dengue outbreak was confirmed. President Hilda Heine signed the emergency declaration on Tuesday, freeing up extra resources to fighting the disease. Daily safety broadcasts have begun, as has clearance of mosquito breeding sites. The first case of type […]
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US: FSM, Marshalls likely to have money droughts post-2023
MAJURO, 29 JULY 2019 (MARIANAS VARIETY) —- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed what it and numerous others have reported earlier – both the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia are likely to have years when there is little or no money from their Compact Trust Funds to distribute after Compact grant […]
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Call for U.S to do more to address nuclear legacy in Marshall Islands
AUCKLAND,17 JULY 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — There is a call for the United States to do more to help the Marshall Islands, where it conducted nuclear weapons tests more than 60 years ago. A large-scale investigation has found extremely high levels of radiation still persist in much of the country’s north. The research from the […]