Dear Editor, It is painful to watch leadership blur the line between public service and private interest. When a president appears to have a hand in everything, from cleaning a government buildings to steering major construction contracts toward their own companies, people begin to ask a simple question: who does government really serve? In Palau […]
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Frederick Granillo named director of Pacific Islands SBDC
The School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Guam announces the appointment of Frederick Granillo as the director of the Pacific Islands Small Business Development Center Network. Granillo comes to the center with more than 31 years of industry experience, particularly in the areas of accounting, finance, and income taxation. Granillo was […]
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UNICEF supports Pacific Island countries to protect communities against COVID-19 pandemicPacific Island countries prepare to combat outbreaks
Suva, 30 March 2020 – UNICEF is supporting Pacific Island governments to help communities across the region prepare and respond to the threat faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, UNICEF working together with the World Health Organization (WHO), has provided more than 170,000 essential medical and laboratory items, as well as other supplies, to support COVID-19 […]
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt Convenes 2020 Interagency Group on Insular Areas and Presents $29.5 Million in Grant Funding to the Territories
WASHINGTON – Yesterday at the White House, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and White House Deputy Assistant to the President & Director, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Douglas Hoelscher co-chaired the 2020 Senior Plenary Session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) with territorial governors, lieutenant governors, and members of Congress. Secretary […]
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Islands Business Pacific Person of the Year: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is Islands Businesses’ 2019 Pacific Person of the Year. Just over two years since she took office, events in New Zealand and in her own personal life have catapulted her on to the global stage. One among a new wave of young leaders who were swept to power (Canada’s […]
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Pacific Islands Forum chair urges Pacific Islanders to support fundraising efforts to help victims of Australian bushfires
Pacific Islands countries are deeply saddened by the on-going devastation of bush-fires in Australia, destroying livelihoods, ecosystems, homes and cost lives across the country. Issuing a statement on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuvalu Prime Minister, Kausea Natano sent deep condolences of every Pacific Islander to their counterparts in Australia for their losses. “My […]