Regional News February 2009

ADB Commissions 2nd Water Security Outlook
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has commissioned a second edition of its Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) in the run up to the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in 2010. AWDO 2010 will focus on how countries in the region are coping with a wide range of water security issues that pose critical challenges to ADB's mission to boost inclusive economic growth, reduce poverty, and bring about environmental change in the Asia-Pacific region.... more
Proposal for Human Rights Body for Pacific
There has been a call from a human rights activist for the establishment of a human rights body for the region. According to Fijilive, the human rights activist from Fiji, Imrana Jalal, made the proposal at the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, which is holding an 'Inquiry into Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific'. The parliamentary committee is tasked with looking at possible mechanisms which could be... more
Pacific Art Gaining Popularity
Art from the various cultures of the region, referred to as Oceanic Art, is gaining popularity, attracting more attention especially in the U. S. According to the Los Angeles Times, the 'art of Pacific Island cultures from the 18th to early 20th century is finding renewed resonance in museums across the U.S., including a new exhibition in San Diego'. "Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form," is an exhibition of about 100 objects from the collection of Los... more
ADB to Help Raise Public Awareness on Climate Change
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant to raise awareness through the media on the serious threat that climate change poses to hundreds of millions of people in the region. A grant of US$450,000 from ADB's Climate Change Fund, together with $271,000 provided by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), will go towards providing technical training and improving knowledge of broadcast journalists... more
Digicel Builds Green Power Mobile Network in Vanuatu
Digicel has chosen Vanuatu as the site of its green power mobile network in which the power will be generated from a combination of wind and solar power. According to a press release last week by the Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA), Digicel, supported by the GSMA Development Fund, has completed the second phase of its green power network implementation and is using wind and solar energy solutions to power 25 base stations on the... more
Carteret Islands Residents to Become Climate Refugees Before Year-End
Fiji Police Commissioner's Comments Deemed Racist
ADB to Help PNG Improve Power Supply
Women's Centre Reveals Girls Sold as Wives in Rural Fiji
Amnesty International Calls on PNG to Stop Sorcery Deaths
Kiribati Seeks Relocation as Climate Change Sets In
Study to Probe Impact of Health Spending on Asia
Fiji Women's Centre Blames Political Instability for Rise in Violence
PNG Court Punishes Sorcery-Related Killer
Sea Turtle Reseach Database for the Pacific to be Released
Attack on Another Vanuatu Journalist
An Ocean of Garbage, Quite Literally
Another Sorcery-Related Killing in PNG
Vanuatu Publisher's Attackers to Appear in Court
Fiji Rugby Sacks Serevi
Opinions All Opinions
Letters to the Editor All Letters
Voter registration
By STEVE BANI Vura Heights, East Honiara
Call to Reduce Common Nuisance in Honiara.
By GEOFFREY MAURIASI USP, Lacuala Campus, Fiji
Anti Corruption Bill
By CHARLES KOULI Gizo, Western Province

Regional News February 2009 Archive

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007