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July 27, 2020
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey to a bluer Pacific as we navigate through covid-19, we’ve all experienced the impact of covid-19 one way or another, our region has not been spared the adverse effects of covid-19. ... <a title="Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/eco-tourism-is-the-way-of-the-post-covid-future-for-the-blue-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District – the highest reported so far in a day since the outbreak, reports NBC News. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala announced the new cases in a statement last night following a meeting with Controller David ... <a title="PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/png-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-record-23-as-total-now-tops-62/" aria-label="Read more about PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby As Papua New Guinea’s capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases recorded on Friday, another crisis is looming at the National Referral Hospital. Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Ward (PomGen) is currently under immense stress as covid-19 tests take place there. ... <a title="Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/port-moresby-emergency-ward-chaos-as-medics-refuse-untested-patients/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Aika Rey in Manila Most Filipinos remain stressed due to the coronavirus pandemic, pollster Social Weather Stations found in a survey earlier this month. The SWS says 86 percent or close to 9 in 10 Filipinos said that the pandemic brought stress into their lives. The July 3-6 survey was a follow-up from the ... <a title="Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/most-filipinos-remain-stressed-due-to-covid-pandemic-says-social-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Most Filipinos remain stressed due to covid pandemic, says social survey">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Talebula Kate in Suva Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to 4am. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu said the Eastern division recorded seven reports, West recording six cases, South – four cases and one case in the Northern division. “Of the ... <a title="Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/fiji-police-arrest-18-people-for-breach-of-covid-curfew/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with much fanfare – with many experts lauding Aotearoa for its effective response. But another small Pacific nation has had even greater success in eradicating the coronavirus – Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/timor-lestes-ongoing-success-in-eradicating-the-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
By RNZ News Four teenagers who fled from a New Zealand managed isolation facility in Hamilton last night with their mother had returned to the country to attend their father’s funeral, but had been initially denied permission to go. Minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Darryn Webb have held a media conference to discuss the ... <a title="Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/family-charged-over-covid-19-isolation-facility-escape-to-attend-nz-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about Family charged over covid-19 isolation facility escape to attend NZ funeral">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Changing Income-Relaxation Balance as a sequence of Pie Charts On June 30 (Chart Analysis on Evening Report) I promised to elaborate on the economic policies that would underpin the new optimisation of work-life balance. I argued that economic optimisation means a balance between income and leisure, and that the Covid19 pandemic ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Optimising Work-Life Balance in the wake of Covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/keith-rankin-analysis-optimising-work-life-balance-in-the-wake-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Optimising Work-Life Balance in the wake of Covid-19">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
By Len Garae in Port Vila Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has rejected a claim that he had been invited by the Indonesian government to visit West Papua. In a courtesy call and meeting with the prime minister to check on the claim, Loughman Vanuatu West Papua Unification and Association Committee (VWPUAC) chair Pastor Alan ... <a title="‘We won’t drop our support for West Papua,’ pledges Vanuatu’s PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/we-wont-drop-our-support-for-west-papua-pledges-vanuatus-pm/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We won’t drop our support for West Papua,’ pledges Vanuatu’s PM">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the huge European wave of Covid-19 in March. At its exponential peak, the chart shows world Covid19 weekly deaths increasing by 260 percent in the second week of March, compared to March’s first week. This European wave contrasts sharply with the last week of February, when ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-global-covid19-european-wave-and-rising-tail/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s rapid response team of the National Capital District (NCD) is conducting thorough case investigation, contact tracing and testing of contacts amid growing alarm over covid-19 community transmission in the capital of Port Moresby. The tracing and testing is in collaboration with teams from the Health Department, St John ... <a title="PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/22/png-rapid-response-team-steps-up-port-moresby-tracing-after-covid-spike/" aria-label="Read more about PNG rapid response team steps up Port Moresby tracing after covid spike">Read more</a>
