Archive - Dec 18, 2011

Australia's fruit and vegetable growers will be able to employ seasonal workers from the Pacific region and East Timor from the middle of 2012.

But they will have to show they can't find local workers at harvest time before accessing a $21.7 million program.

The program, announced today by the federal government, follows a successful pilot scheme.

The government will also conduct a small-scale, three-year trial with the tourism industry.

A change in legislation will allow the Cook Islands to extend its borders and in turn benefit from a larger source of seabed minerals.

The Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Amendment Bill will enable more accurate mapping of the country’s slice of ocean, with the use of better technology.

It has been estimated that the country’s exclusive economic zone, which spans about two million square kilometres of ocean, could receive an additional 400,000 square kilometres as a result.

Papua New Guinea’s parliament resumes today, amid the crisis which still sees 2 men claiming to be Prime Minister.

Peter O’Neill has declared that his government, backed by 75 MPs, has seized control of official offices as well as the police hierarchy.

His rival, Sir Michael Somare, maintains he is the Prime Minister, and has issued court documents seeking for his candidate to be named the police commissioner.

O le alii lea na tuuaia e le malo i lona susunuinaina lea o le pusa lavalava a lona toalua i le vaiaso na te’a nei, ma mafua ai ona aafia le soifua maloloina o aiga tuai i le asu mai le tafuna’i sa ia susunuina, sa ia faailoa i le faamasinoga maualuga i le taeao ananafi lona matua teena o lea tuuaiga mai le malo.

O se vevesi na tulai mai i le va o le alii lea ma lona toalua na mafua ai loa ona tulai mai lea faalavelave, e pei ona taua i faamaumauga a le faamasinoga.

O se va’aiga fo’i i le sao o le Autalavou Metotisi mai Malaeloa na fa’afiafia ai i le fa’aaliga muamua a le Blue Sky o le latou auaunaga o la 4G i le falelaumei i Utulei, ma sa maimoaina ai e le mamalu o sui mamalu o le Malo fa’atasi ma le ‘au faipisinisi a le atunu’u.

O le mataupu lea na fesiligia ai e Senatoa Velega Savali Jr le Pulega a le Faalapotopotoga o le Eletise ma le Suavai, i lo latou le tausisia lea o a latou folafolaga sa faia, i le ono maua lea o se faamama avega mo le pili eletise a le atunuu, pe afai ae maea ona totogi le latou aitalafu e $2.8 miliona, ona lagalaga ai nisi o finagalo o le atunuu ma o latou fesiligia ai le faamaoni o le ASPA i ana folafolaga ua maea ona tuuina atu i le Fono.

O le aso ananafi na tatalaina ai faitoto’a o le Maota fou o le Auaunaga a le Malo i ona tagatanu’u ua fa’asauaina ma ua le saogalemu ai le soifua o Tina ma fanau, po’o nisi ua mu o latou fale ma ua leai se nofoaga e tau ina mapu i ai ae saili se fale e fa’amautu i ai, ae maise fo’i aiga ua a’afia i tete’aga matua, ma ua le saogalemu fo’i le ola o se tasi o matua ma le fanau.

Ua faaulu le tagi a le aufaipese lauiloa o le Tiamaa mai Toamua e faasaga i le pulega ma le faili a le RSA mo le tapueina o a latou pese ma faatau atu i le atunuu lautele.

Mai Niu Ioka ua fa’ailoa mai ai se tina ua maliu i totonu o le eleveta o le Faletele o Ofisa i Madison Square, e tusa ai o se fa’aaliga aloaia mai le vasega o Leoleo Su’esu’e i le fa’alavelave ma le au Tinei Afi.

Ua fa’amauina o lea fa’alavelave lava e tasi ua fa’amanu’alia ai le to’alua o nisi tagata, i totonu o le Eleveta o lea fale tele, e 26 ona fogafale, maa na tupu lea fa’alavelave i le ta tonu o le 10 i le taeao. O lea lava fale ua leva ona nofoia e le Y&R po’o le Young & Rubicam.