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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:20 |
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Controversial “carbon traders” James Kond and Robert Kirks claim they have signed up 92 projects in Papua New Guinea (PNG) worth K20 million to be traded on the carbon market. Both men were speaking in Port Moresby on Tuesday to villagers who had travelled from different parts of the country for a public forum on carbon trading.
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PACIFIC BLUE ADDS EXTRA COOK ISLANDS FLIGHT |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:52 |
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Day Date November 2009:
Pacific Blue has added a fourth flight from Auckland to Rarotonga for the holiday season. The Thursday non-stop service departs Auckland at 6.30pm and arrives in Rarotonga at 11.25pm (previous day). The return flight leaves Rarotonga just after 1.00am, arriving into Auckland at 4.30am (the following day.)
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APEC eyes trans-Pacific free-trade zone |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:08 |
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10:42 am GMT+12, 13/11/2009,
Thailand Foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group Asia-Pacific economies has pledged to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. Foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve the long-term vision for a “Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific” or FTAAP.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:29 |
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Economic tsunami Looms for the Pacific |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 15:39 |
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The Pacific is faced with an economic tsunami in the form of the global economic and financial crisis. More households will find themselves sliding into poverty, while others will find it increasingly hard to make ends meet. The urban poor, small scale and subsistence farmers, low skilled workers, internal-migrants and immigrants will find themselves facing more hardship as a result of the crisis.
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SPIN cable system could be an option for Cook Islands |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 14:44 |
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2:09 pm GMT+12, 13/11/2009,
Cook Islands submarine fibre-optic cableThe high cost of connectivity for the country’s telecommunications services at present could be reduced by taking advantage of new technologies on offer. According to Forum Secretariat economic infrastructure advisor John Budden, it makes sense for government to consider new technologies that can reduce the cost
of ‘connecting with the rest of the world.’
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