Pacific Development

Pacific Islands news, business and human development. Retweets ≠ endorsement. Editor/Curator @hutak

[Pacific Development @pacdev]

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[Pacific Development @pacdev]

Workers from Pacific Islands paying hundreds to live in cramped quarters in regional Australia https://t.co/PbOdPRedns

[Natalie Whiting @Nat_Whiting]

Former #PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill arrested over allegations of misappropriation and corruption: https://t.co/8GNWZj9oBh

[Jamie Tahana @JamieTahana]

Big news. Former PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill arrested in Port Moresby. He was greeted by officers at the airport when he returned to the country this afternoon.

[Pacific Development @pacdev]

"The Pacific bubble takes shape..."
https://t.co/qngvExho1M

[Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) @anudpa]

(6/6) This 2016 In Brief by @kerryn_baker looks at the significance of @Senator_Heine's (#MarshallIslands’ 🇲🇭 first #female president) achievement in the context of the study of #Pacific #women in #politics.
#Gender #WeeklyPicks
https://t.co/MfTkQFmlQs

[TVWAN Online @tvwanonline]

Prime Minister #JamesMarape announced five new #COVID19 cases in #PNG this afternoon.

https://t.co/sBKj9EbM6e

[The Fiji Times @fijitimes]

G20 agrees debt freeze for world’s poorest countries https://t.co/NFJxk3ra10 #FijiTimesOnline #FijiTimesWorldNews #FijiTimesNews #G20

[UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳 @UN_SDG]

In the Pacific Islands, @WHO & @UNICEF are providing vital supplies to stem the spread of the #COVID19 pandemic, & keep children & their families safe.

The @UN family🇺🇳 & its local partners #LeaveNoOneBehind, particularly our most vulnerable groups.
➡️https://t.co/spbaBDLqlU

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.

[peter gluckman @PeterGluckman]

An outstanding guide to the limitations and caveats on numbers, data & modelling of Covid 19 from two global experts on statistics and risk: @srichardson962 & @d_spiegel: https://t.co/oqszebM9FV

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

China displays Pacific ambitions in Great Game with Australia and US
https://t.co/uBlorumarr

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

From @michellegrattan: Shorten proposes development finance for the Pacific, and Morrison takes a tumble in the polls https://t.co/fx14OMvhWR

[David Capie @davidcapie]

Interesting development out of Canberra... "Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has flagged the creation of a government-backed infrastructure investment bank to help meet the immense development needs of the Pacific and cement Australia's role in the region." https://t.co/nvBSbMtWGQ

[Dr Wesley Morgan @wtmpacific]

Noble words: "We will engage with the Pacific not through the intricacies of geopolitics – but in its own right. Our goal will not be the strategic denial of others but rather the economic betterment of the ten million people of the Pacific." @PACNEWS1
https://t.co/xPxN1fCUlh

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

Is China's Belt and Road working? A progress report from eight countries

[Keith Jackson AM @PNGAttitude]

As APEC nears, so #PNG's law & order problems intensify. There is high security for the forum but what happens after, when the high expectations promoted by the government hit the reality of increasing poverty & crime? https://t.co/6hBZlSsckx

[Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission -UNESCO @IocUnesco]

We're bringing the #OceanDecade straight to your screen. Today from the Intl High Level Conference on #Ocean, #Climate and #Biodiversity at @UNESCO, watch the #FacebookLive with @Cameron_Diver: 12h15 (#Paris time) thru our FB account: https://t.co/S3zWLHOapp

[ANUBellSchool @ANUBellSchool]

Pacific islands new diplomatic battleground for China and the West - @anudpa's @GraemeKSmith speaks with the South China Morning Post https://t.co/OBLSYwWcrM via @SCMPNews

[Dan McGarry @VanuatuDan]

Asked to comment on the fact that Maryse Payne failed to mention climate change at all in this morning's speech, Dame Meg Taylor observes that some countries are moving forward, some back. If they wait too long to move, she says, 'It may be too late.' #SOTP2018