By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: March 3, 2021 HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) The greatest danger the United States faces in the Pacific is the erosion of conventional deterrence with China, said the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, who submitted to Congress an assessment calling for $27.3 billion in spending from fiscal 2022 to 2027 to counter the rising Asian power. Without a convincing deterrent capability, China will be emboldened to take action to supplant the established rules-based international order, Adm. Phil Davidson said Monday in prepared remarks at the AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific Conference. The United States must convince Beijing that the costs to achieve its objectives by military force are simply too high, Davidson said.
Palau upholds gender equality, social inclusion in disaster risk management
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Palau has taken concrete action to leave no one behind in its disaster risk management efforts. Forty-two (42) staff (21 women and 21 men) from the public sector and civil society organisations who engage in national and community disaster risk management in Palau received training to integrate a gender, age, disability and cultural perspective in policies and practices of disaster risk management.
The two-day workshop was opened in the capital Koror on Wednesday 10 February 2021 by Palau’s National Emergency Management Office (NEMO), Bureau of Ageing, Disability and Gender (BADG), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). This was in partnership with Palau Red Cross, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Pacific Community (SPC), and Omekesang Association of Palau, a civil society organisation working for the rights of persons with disabilities.
Adventist Inaugurated President in Palau
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The January 2021 inauguration was a time of celebration, reflection, and prayer.
On November 21, 2020, Adventist Surangel Whipps Jr. won the presidential election in Palau, becoming the 10th president of this beautiful Pacific nation. Whipps was sworn in as president on January 21, 2021, during the inauguration ceremony at the Palau National Capitol.
The pillars of church and family supported the president through the ceremony. His parents both delivered speeches and with his wife Valerie and their three daughters standing at his side, Whipps placed his hand on a Bible held by the couple’s son and took the oath of office.
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