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With legal avenues exhausted, the protectors at Kennedy Point say they ve no choice but to occupy the beach.
Protesters trying to stop construction work they believe could harm little blue penguins at Waiheke’s Kennedy Point say they have been left with “no choice” but to take urgent legal action. Save Kennedy Point campaigners took their fight to the High Court on Monday, when they filed an application for an injunction and judicial review against marina developers Kennedy Point Boat Harbour Limited, Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation.
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Protestors at the site of a controversial marina development on Waiheke Island with model penguins on display.
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TAIPEI/KOROR (The Guardian/Pacnews) â It launched with a presidential escort and the promise of rare international travel to a postcard-perfect tropical island, but the Taiwan-Palau travel bubble has deflated after just a couple weeks, with Taiwanese bookings dwindling to single figures.Â
Travel agents, consumers and health authorities have blamed the high cost of the tours and the Taiwanese governmentâs strict rules for returning travelers.
The âsterile corridorâ of bilateral tourism guaranteed travel between the two archipelagos, which are both otherwise closed to all tourists, on strictly managed, twice-weekly package tours.
The inaugural flight, packed with nearly 100 passengers including Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr., boded well, but last week China Airlines announced it had cancelled an upcoming flight from Taipei after just two people booked tickets. The airline told the Guardian it was constantly assessing the situation but it couldnât g
By DAVE ORNAUER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 10, 2021
6:15 a.m. Sunday, April 18, Japan time: Just when you thought Super Typhoon Surigae couldn t get any stronger . well . it did. It s becoming the fourth super storm to affect the Pacific region in the last 5 1/2 months, joining Super Typhoon Goni in October-November in the Philippines, and Severe Tropical Cyclones Narin and Yasa in the South Pacific, each of which reached Category 5-equivalent intensity. At 3 a.m., Surigae was 943 miles south of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, and 515 miles east-southeast of Metro Manila, moving northwest at 12 mph, packing 190-mph sustained winds and 230-mph gusts at center, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Surigae downgraded to regular typhoon status, remains a dangerous Category 4-equivalent storm; TCWS 2 remains raised for eastern Philippines; long-range forecast calls for passage well southeast of Okinawa.