Pacific Islands news and development

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6 January 2017

Learn the drill: Sounding the alarm on Fiji's tsunami sirens

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Fiji's Tsunami Early Warning System is clear: sirens will be activated for WARNING only. Fiji's National Tsunami Response Pla...
30 November 2016

The Pacific Way (Ep.4, 2016)

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Published on 30 Nov 2016 1. Pacific Community (SPC) and FNU's collaboration on Disaster Risk Management course at the Fiji National U...
14 November 2016

How can the SDGs help Pacific Islands countries combat non-communicable diseases?

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Extract from TRANSITIONING FROM THE MDGs TO THE SDGs , joint report from UNDP and the World Bank. This chapter addresses action required to ...
31 July 2016

Pacdev tweets of the week to 31 July 2016

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[ View the story "Pacdev: tweets of the week" on Storify ]
26 July 2016

RELEASE: USP launches free online course in Pacific Studies

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The University of the South Pacific (USP) is pleased to announce a Pacific Studies MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The free six-week ...
22 July 2016

Pacdev tweets of the week to 22 July 2016

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15 July 2016

Pacdev: tweets of the week to 15 July 2016

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Collecting our most notable tweets and retweets for the week ending Friday, 11 July 2016. [ View the story "Pacdev: tweets of the wee...
14 April 2016

Nauru's adventures in international finance: World Bank comes as Westpac leaves

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On Wednesday, the Republic of Nauru—est. population 10,500—became the 189th full member of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fu...
18 February 2016

The Pacdev Podcast: Joel Negin on aid cuts to health in PNG, and preparing for the next great pandemic

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In our first Pacdev Podcast we interview  Joel Negin , Associate Professor of International Health and Acting Head of School, School of Pub...
1 February 2016

Bye bye "Secretariat", hello "Pacific Community"

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The region's oldest intergovernmental body is rebranding , dropping the ' Secretariat of ' to call itself the ' Pacific Co...
1 December 2015

COP21 Paris: Australia fails on real increase in support for most climate-vulnerable neighbours—Edmund Rice Centre

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Paris, December 1  —   Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Australia will contribute AUD$1 billion over the next five years, but thi...
27 October 2015

UN food agencies flag response to drought-ravaged PNG

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With the release of a dire impact assessment from CARE of the drought on the Pacific and especially PNG, The UN has been prominent in ca...
6 September 2015

PIFS puts 5 issues on Leaders' agenda at Pacific Islands Forum

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At the Civil Society Organisations Forum ahead of this week's Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Port Moresby, PIFS Secretary General Meg ...
22 July 2015

PIFS special committee on regionalism decides on priorities... but won't tell

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PIF Leaders gathered in Majuro, Marshall Islands in 2014. Photo - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. AFTER spending three days poring ov...
9 June 2015

UTS public health development centre to lead WHO's global research network

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Australia is taking a leadership role in public health research with Sydney's World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for N...