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RexoSwap Promotes Bitcoin Payment Pilot in Tonga, Strengthening Global Compliance Development
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 31, 2025
New York, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, the leading digital asset trading platform RexoSwap announced its formal support for Tonga's Bitcoin payment pilot project, helping the country establish a more modern digital payment...
Tonga Launches its National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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September 4, 2024
26 August 2024, Nuku'alofa Tonga - The Kingdom of Tonga today launched a National Single-Use Plastics Roadmap aimed at phasing out single-use plastics (SUPs) in the country. This strategic roadmap will provide a clear pathway for targeted actions...
Arrival of African Tulip Beetles in Tonga for Natural Enemies - Natural Solutions Programme
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 9, 2024
8 October 2024, Tongatapu, Tonga - The African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) is recognised as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive alien species and ranks among the top 30 terrestrial invasive plants. Initially introduced to many Pacific...
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga.
Solomon Islands Government
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September 1, 2024
MFAET Minister and delegation joins PIF Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka and delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade including the...
How the Kingdom of Tonga is dealing with the scourge of End of Life Vehicles
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 7, 2024
6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The mountain of End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) is an imposing challenge for the Kingdom of Tonga. Statistics show that the main island of Tongatapu has accumulated more than 30,000 ELVs over the years – and with more...
PLANT HEALTH CLINIC FOR NEW ZEALAND CAMP VEGETABLES AND ROOT CROP FARMERS SET FOR TUESDAY NEXT WEEK
Solomon Islands Government
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July 31, 2024
PLANT HEALTH CLINIC FOR NEW ZEALAND CAMP VEGETABLES AND ROOT CROP FARMERS SET FOR TUESDAY NEXT WEEK A Plant Health Clinic PHC session for vegetables, fruit trees and root crop farmers from surrounding communities of the New Zealand camp eastern...
DOH Reports Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Hawaii State Department of Health
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June 28, 2025
Posted on Jun 27, 2025 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of cases reported in Hawai‘i in 2025 to nine (eight on Oʻahu, one on...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
News Release – DOH Confirms Ninth Travel-Related Dengue Virus Case of 2025
Governor of State of Hawaii
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June 28, 2025
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO KENNETH FINK DIRECTOR KA LUNA HOʻOKELE DOH REPORTS NINTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025 25-073 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
Children’s Home Society of North Carolina Launches New Reality Series to Recruit Foster Families
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 1, 2025
Greensboro, NC, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This July, Children’s Home Society of North Carolina (CHS) will debut a first of its kind online reality series following a family through the foster care licensing process. “Real Families, Real...
Ten Businesses You Could Buy to Escape the Apocalypse
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 11, 2025
London, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2025 we live in an increasingly unstable world, where many people are searching for financial and personal security. If you’re looking for a chance to reset and escape somewhere a bit less chaotic,...
DOH REPORTS EIGHTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025
Hawaii State Department of Health
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May 2, 2025
Posted on May 2, 2025 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to eight in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, seven on...
Samoa Legally Protects 30% and Sustainably Manages 100% of its Ocean
EIN Presswire
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June 13, 2025
Samoa becomes one of the first Pacific nations to legally protect 30% of its ocean, ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. APIA, CA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Samoa became one of the first Pacific Island nations to adopt...
DOH UPDATES TESTING CRITERIA FOR DENGUE AS CASES RISE
Hawaii State Department of Health
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April 23, 2025
Posted on Apr 22, 2025 in Newsroom HONOLULU — A sharp rise in dengue around the world and in Hawaiʻi has prompted the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) to update dengue testing criteria to strengthen DOH’s ability to detect local transmission and...
DECLARATION OF DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK FOR SAMOA
Government of Samoa
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April 17, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE – APIA, 17 April 2025] – The Ministry of Health is officially declaring a dengue fever outbreak in Samoa. There has been a significant increase in the number of suspected and confirmed cases, particularly in Upolu, over the past two...
DOH REPORTS SEVENTH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025
Hawaii State Department of Health
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April 17, 2025
Posted on Apr 17, 2025 in Newsroom HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to seven in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, six on...
Rescued Circus Lions’ New Life in South Africa
EIN Presswire
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June 6, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, June 6, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- After more than a decade in a tiny, bare circus cage in France, lions Goliath and Coralie today stepped out into the land of their ancestors at the Animal Defenders International...
TMC and Nauru Announce Updated Sponsorship Agreement for Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI)
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 4, 2025
The Government of Nauru and TMC’s subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), signed a revised Sponsorship Agreement updating the terms of their agreement signed in 2017 The President of Nauru welcomes the new agreement which will ensure that...
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 17, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...
Leveraging WTO rules to tackle malnutrition
World Trade Organization
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January 10, 2025
Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Food trade is not a luxury — it is a must. Over 30 countries would face starvation if...