It was great to see that all the Pacific Islands Nations sent athletes to this years’ Olympic Games. Special congratulations go to the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu teams for their countries’ first appearance in the summer games! Also a mention for the best result for the Pacific Islands: Ele Opeloge narrowly missed out on […]
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Pacific Islands at the 2008 Olympic Games
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Fiji · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu
Remengesau delivers final State of the Republic address
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. gave his last State of the Republic address on Monday. He mentioned amongst other things the success of the Micronesia Challenge, which he initiated in November of 2005. It calls for the conservation 30% of near shore coastal waters and 20% of forest land by 2020. Other countries who signed […]
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