On Air Highlights
English for the Pacific
23 February 2012
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There are reports that a second logging company has expressed an interest in setting up on Rennell Island in Solomon Islands’ Renbel Province.
23 February 2012
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The Australian men’s U23 football team – the Olyroos – will miss the Olympic football tournament for the first time since 1984 after losing to the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. The women’s team, the Matildas, have also failed to qualify.
22 February 2012
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An Australian researcher says Solomon Islanders who overstay their Australian visas are economic refugees because of fish stock depletion.
22 February 2012
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Papua New Guinea and Australia have signed an agreement on zero tolerance to fraud in Australia’s aid program to PNG.
22 February 2012
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Maketi Ples ( market place) is an annual exhibition organised by the Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission at the Global Gallery in Sydney. It showcases the diversity and creativity of Pacific communities.
22 February 2012
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The Solomon Islands Health Ministry has announced that the Pacific Arts Festival Village in Honiara will be a smoke-free zone.
21 February 2012
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Today marks the first anniversary of the deadly Christchurch earthquake which claimed the lives of 185 people.
21 February 2012
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The Central Magistrates Court in Honiara has today convicted a member of parliament for conversion.
20 February 2012
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A Papua New Guinea based Civil Society group is looking for public support to try and force governments to seriously reconsider the push to exploit potential underwater mineral resources through seabed mining.
20 February 2012
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East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao says he will stand for re-election in June.
