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Nature finance: what’s being done and is it working? Make Change Happen podcast episode 34
International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)
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[Music] Simon Cullen [00:06] Hello and welcome to the Make Change Happen podcast from the International Institute for Environment and Development. I'm Simon Cullen. Reading the news, you'll see lots of stories about climate finance and the need...
Calls to close gender gap in Pacific Island employment
Otago Daily Times
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June 17, 2025
Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the World Bank said in a new report on Tuesday, and said closing the gender gap could boost economic growth. The World Bank...
Slowing growth faces Pacific, need for more inclusive workforce highlighted
Solomon Star
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June 17, 2025
HONIARA — Economic growth is slowing across the Pacific as countries face weak global growth, natural hazards and climate related shocks. The World Bank’s flagship Pacific Economic Update, released on Tuesday in Honiara, projects regional growth...
PNG's Tisa Pays Big Bonus Amid Shift Toward Banking Future
One Papua New Guinea
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June 9, 2025
After a profitable year, the Tisa Teachers’ Savings and Loan Society is distributing K22.4 million in bonus interest to its 80,000 members across PNG. The society announced that a seven per cent bonus would be paid directly into members’ Yumi...
Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan Among 36 Nations in Line for US Travel Bans: Report
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
Cambodia and Kyrgyzstan are among the 36 additional countries whose citizens could be banned from entering the United States under a proposed expansion of the Trump administration’s travel ban. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a...
Vanuatu says it has no plans to revoke Andrew Tate’s golden passport after review
The Independent
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June 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Vanuatu Citizenship Office hits back at Tate report
RNZ
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June 5, 2025
Photo: 123rf The Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission has hit back at a report from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project on its golden passport scheme. The OCCRP report focused on citizenship granted to self-described...
36 more countries may be added to Trump’s travel ban
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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June 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering expanding President Donald Trump’s new travel ban to as many as 36 additional countries, most of which are in Africa, according to a June 14 cable reviewed by The New York Times. This month,...
Vanuatu seeks to cancel Andrew Tate’s ‘golden passport’ citizenship
South China Morning Post
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June 4, 2025
Vanuatu has vowed to close loopholes in its “golden passport” scheme and take steps to nullify citizenship granted to influencer Andrew Tate, who reportedly bought the island nation’s travel document before he was arrested in Romania on charges of...
Vanuatu to look at stripping Andrew Tate's 'golden passport'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 3, 2025
Vanuatu says it is looking to revoke citizenship granted to misogynist influencer Andrew Tate after it was revealed he allegedly received a Vanuatu passport around the time of his arrest in Romania on charges of rape, human trafficking and forming...
Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid
The Guardian
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June 3, 2025
Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the Cop31 summit with Pacific nations. The...
US May Ban Entry to Citizens of 36 More States: Rubio Memo
Asia Financial
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June 16, 2025
The Trump administration is considering scaling up its travel restrictions and could potentially ban citizens from 36 more countries from entering the United States – including two more from Asia: Cambodia and Bhutan. Earlier this month, the...
Tiueti leads contingency for Tonga’s disaster finance plan
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 6, 2025
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has appointed former Finance Minister Tiofilusi Tiueti to lead development of Tonga’s national contingency plan, funded by GSSP and Frankfurt School. Tiueti will design a structured blueprint...
How A 48-Country Travel Ban Could Suppress U.S. Tourism In A World Cup Year
Forbes
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors...
Kaltak moves to Perth, set to launch football academy
RNZ
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June 17, 2025
Brian Kaltak in action for his former club, the Central Coast Mariners, in the A-League. Photo: Facebook / Brian Kaltak Football Academy Vanuatu national men's football team captain Brian Kaltak has signed a multi-year deal with Perth Glory, the...
Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as America vacates the lane
The Interpreter
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June 17, 2025
Something interesting is happening in how Australians think about their own country’s influence in the Pacific. According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 poll, 39 per cent of Australians now see Australia as the most influential power in the Pacific...
Solomons Joins Regional Initiative to Safeguard Financial Lifelines as Pacific Banking Project Goes Live
Solomon Star
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June 5, 2025
Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific region. Solomon Islands joins Fiji, Kiribati,...
Saving the Sea Cows of Vanuatu
Atlas Obscura
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June 5, 2025
Encountering a dugong in the ocean is something you won’t soon forget. These large aquatic cousins of the manatee have fluked tails, thought to be the origin of mermaid lore, and downturned mouths that give the illusion of a perpetual sly smile....
Solomon Islands joins regional initiative to safeguard financial lifelines as Pacific Banking Project goes live
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 5, 2025
Solomon Islands will maintain uninterrupted access to the global financial system through its participation in a World Bank project to strengthen correspondent banking relationships in the Pacific region. Solomon Islands joins Fiji, Kiribati,...
More teachers may strike in Vanuatu
RNZ
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June 5, 2025
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly The Vanuatu government's decision to appeal the Supreme Court's ruling on the legality of the nationwide teachers' strike is being welcomed by the country's teachers union. The Supreme Court...