“A completely inflexible Immigration New Zealand seems hell-bent on disrupting New Zealand’s food supply chain,” says ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government .
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:13 am
Officers of the Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) within
the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) are
currently investigating an alleged Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle
(Oryctes Rhinoceros) attack on Noni plant at Baunasaitonga
Noni Farm in East Guadalcanal.
Following reports of
the incursion, BSI Surveillance officers yesterday
(Wednesday 17th February) quickly responded to see the
damage and collected samples/specimens for diagnostic
work.
“At the moment we suspect the beetle to be
Xylotrupes gideon, and not the quarantine pest, Coconut
Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) as previously alluded by some
people,” Chief Surveillance officer, Crispus Fanai
said.
He said, according to records, Xylotrupes gideon
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 7:28 am
Wednesday 17th February, 2021, Forum HQ, Suva, FIJI
The Pacific Islands Forum will have an independent review of
the 2012 Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration and
host a Pacific Women Leaders event in 2021.
Announcing
the news in her opening comments to a Gender-Responsive
Budgeting Training for Fiji civil society leaders at the
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva this week
,Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor says the review “is an
opportunity to take stock of our commitments and how we have
tracked” on the commitments made.
“More
importantly, it is an opportunity to review what has worked
and what has not worked as well, in order to refocus our
SEVENTEEN medical personnel of the Fiji Corrections Service have completed an online training on Healthcare in Detention, jointly organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. The Fijian .
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 7:42 pm
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) last
Friday 5th February officially handed over a brand new
backhoe to Sape Farm management to provide greater
opportunity for Sape farm to maximise on
productivity.
Purchased from George Wu Company, the
backhoe cost MAL $618,000.00. The money ($618 K) is from the
savings Sape farm management made from the 2.7 million
funding support agreement MAL and Sape farm signed in
2020.
The backhoe will assist the farm with the
establishment of proper drainage system to avoid flood
waters from coming into the farm during rainy seasons,
assist with the removal of large boulders from the farm as