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EUROPEAN UNION FREEZES BILATERAL AID TO FIJI PENDING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/13/2001 - 00:00 RULING SUVA, Fiji Islands (December 12, 2001 - Oceania Flash/SPC) -A troika of European Union representatives based in Suva on Tuesday reiterated the EU s position that a total of over US$ 20 million worth of bilateral aid to Fiji would remain frozen pending a Court ruling in February regarding the constitutionality of the current government. The delegation, which consisted of European Commission Pacific delegation head Frans Baan, British High Commissioner Michael Price (representing the current Chair country of Europe) and French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, called on the State House and was received by Fiji s Vice President Ratu Jope Seniloli. ....
CHOLERA OUTBREAK ON POHNPEI PROMPTS COLLEGE OF MICRONESIA-FSM TO END SEMESTER Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/15/2000 - 00:00 EARLY PALIKIR, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (May 12, 2000 - FSM Information Service -The College of Micronesia-FSM national campus in Palikir has ended the semester early because of the island’s cholera outbreak. The closure is a precautionary measure. The move affects almost 800 students, who have been told that their semester grade will be determined based on what it is at this point. There will be no final exams for this semester. Students staying in dormitories will remain on campus because health officials have deemed the Palikir water system safe. Almost 200 students live in the dorms. ....
BULA! VAKAVITI - THE FIJIAN WAY Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/05/2000 - 00:00 Why should the Brits be allowed to wash their hands and meanwhile moralize about playing the game? FOCUS page from the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 4, 2000 - Post-Courier/PINA Nius Online) -Someone once said - I imagine it must have been Bill Shakespeare - the evil men do lives after them, or something like that. Well, in the case of Fiji, up with your hand Mr. Blair, because Britain was certainly responsible for this one. She didn t even conquer or settle the Fijian islands. They were handed over to the British Queen by the King of Fiji, Cakobau, for safekeeping! ....
NEW WWII DUMP SITE DEVELOPMENTS IN GUAM Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/24/1999 - 00:00 HAGÃ TÃA, Guam (August 23, 1999 Â KUAM Island News) -Since the removal of metal canisters from the Santos Family ranch in Maite, the responsibility of the investigation and subsequent removal of more war-time remnants in the area has been handed from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the Army Corps of Engineers. This week, the process of determining whether there are in fact more remnants buried in Guam will begin. The Governor s Base Realignment and Closure Steering Committee has said the discovery of the contaminated canisters of chemical weapons has merely skimmed the surface of a much bigger problem of military dumping, demanding that the United States Navy take full responsibility for cleaning up not only the recently discovered dump site in Maite, but dump sites islandwide. ....
TONGA APPROVED TO BECOME UN’S 188TH MEMBER Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/30/1999 - 00:00 UNITED NATIONS, New York (July 29, 1999 Â Radio Australia) -The full United Nations Security Council has approved the admission of the Kingdom of Tonga as the world organization’s 188th member. The Security Council s President, Malaysian Ambassador Agam Hasmy, has congratulated the Kingdom of Tonga on its inclusion in the UN. The move is expected to be formally ratified by the General Assembly together with two other Pacific states, Nauru and Kiribati, later this year. For additional reports from Radio Australia, go to PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT News/Information Links: Radio/TV News/Radio Australia. ....