Regional News March 2010

Fiji Intercepts Vessel Infested with Snails
A cargo vessel that was heavily infested with live Giant African Snails was intercepted by authorities at Fiji's main wharf. According to Fiji Times Online, the vessel, which arrived at the Suva Wharf on Friday, was said to have arrived at the wharf earlier last month 'where biosecurity officers intercepted a live Giant African Snail from the vessel'. According to the report, an officer from the country's Quarantine Division said that the "vessel was... more
Nauru wants Positive Results from Cairns Compact
PRESS RELEASE - 29th March 2010 - The Government of the Republic of Nauru wants "positive results out of the Cairns Compact Peer Review process." "Given the energy behind the Cairns Compact when Forum Leaders endorsed it last year and what we have been doing on Nauru in terms of developing our planning and aid management systems, we see this as an opportunity to take this energy and translate it into improvements to our planning and other connected... more
NGOs in Nauru Appreciate the Cairns Compact Peer Review Process
PRESS RELEASE - 26th March 2010 - Several non-government organizations and private sector representatives in Nauru have expressed appreciation for the Cairns Compact Peer Review process which is underway in the country this week.Nauru has volunteered to undergo the Peer Review process, one of the deliverables in the Cairns Compact which Pacific Islands Forum Leaders endorsed in August last year. Nauru invited the Cook Islands, Tonga and the United... more
Website Seeks Savings for Pacific Islanders Remitting Money Home
The Honorable John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and the Honorable Georgina te Heuheu, Pacific Island Affairs Minister, visited the Send Money Pacific Stand during Pasifika Festival, Western Springs Park on 13th March 2010, to learn how Pacific Islanders can save when sending money home to their families. Pacific people can use more
Cairns Compact Peer Review Underway in Nauru
PRESS STATEMENT - Yaren, Nauru, 24 March 2010 - There has been further progress in the implementation of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Pacific with the commencement of the Peer Review process in the Republic of Nauru this week. The key objective of the Compact, endorsed by Forum Leaders last August, is to have more effective coordination of available development resources from both Forum Island Countries (FICs) and all development... more
Samoa Voyaging Society to be Environment Ambassadors
China-PIFS Scholarships 2010/2011 Intake
Promoting Economic Opportunities for Women in the Pacific
American Students Learn about Pacific Environmental Issues at SPREP
Update 3: Fiji Begins Recovery Operations in Cyclone Aftermath
Update 2: Fiji Tropical Cyclone
Update: Fiji Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Tomas Batters Fiji
WTO Workshop for FIC Officials
ADB, AFD Work to Promote Growth, Reduce Poverty and Protect Environment
Pacific Women Continue to Face Challenges
Level of Violence against Women in Pacific among Highest in the World
EU and RAO Sign 10th EDF Regional Projects
Pacific Economies to Perform Slightly Better in 2010, says ADB
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UNESCO: the hundredth anniversary of the death of Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
By MARTIN SCHÄFFER Germany
Laparoscopic (Key-Hole) surgery arrives at Gizo in time for Easter
By DR GARY MCKAY Australia
Book launch - 'Redeeming Moti
By DR SUSAN MERRELL Australia

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