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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kyle Evans |Agnes Tupou
Guam lawmakers are calling on the US government to provide more infrastructure to protect civilians, as geopolitical tensions heighten the threat of regional conflict. A recent public hearing at the Guam Legislature highlighted the need for air raid shelters, food stockpiles and evacuation drills to protect civilians in the event of an attack.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Agnes Tupou
Loyalist and pro-independence groups will sit down together this week to discuss New Caledonia's political future. It will mark the first meeting between the two sides since 2021, and comes on the heels of a visit from French Minister for Overseas, Manuel Valls. Mr Valls arrived in the country on Saturday and announced an extension to unemployment benefits to help the country recover from last year's deadly riots.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Agnes Tupou
UNICEF in collaboration with the Pacific Island Forum will gather on the 24-26 February to dialogue on the strengths, challenges, and opportunities within Pacific Island countries to ensure that all children are protected from all forms of abuse. "There is a need to talanoa more, around what practical steps we can do while at the same time, recognise there are already people doing the good work," says UNICEF Pacific's Child Protection Specialist Talei Cama.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Nick Sas |Agnes Tupou |Adel Fruean
Jane Kanas was a little nervous approaching the immigration desk. She had heard the rumours, but she wasn't sure if they were true. As she handed over her Vanuatu passport to the officer at the airport, it soon became apparent. "My name was on a handwritten piece of paper," she told the ABC. "I wasn't allowed to leave."Her alleged crime? "They didn't say … I'm just a judge."Ms Kanas was part of the Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant held last weekend.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Nick Sas |Agnes Tupou
A judge at the centre of a voting controversy at the Miss Pacific Islands pageant is being held in the host country Solomon Islands while organisers complete an investigation into accusations of vote rigging. Miss Pacific Islands head judge Jerry Brunt confirmed to the ABC he is "not allowed" to leave the country after attempting to fly out of its capital Honiara to his home country Samoa on Monday.
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