PNG monkeypox warning, Tokelau leaders meet again and honor for Tahiti MP
Public Health Expert’s Monkeypox Alert for PNG
Papua New Guinea’s deputy head of Covid-19 response, Daoni Esorom, said the country was at high risk of monkeypox and people needed to be vigilant.
The National reports that Dr. Esorom’s warning comes after the World Health Organization declared the spread of monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern”.
dr Esorom said PNG must be ready to respond to the virus while fighting Covid.
He said PNG needs to develop a country strategy for the virus, along with a case definition, so health workers can identify the condition and work with partners to ensure PNG has the laboratory equipment and skills to diagnose monkeypox.
Tokelau meeting meets again
Tokelau’s General Fono opened with prayers in Nukunonu on Wednesday morning.
It is the first time in more than a year that the elders of Tokelau’s three atolls have met.
The completion of investment projects and the approval of the 2022/2023 budget are on the agenda.
RNZ Pacific’s Tokelau correspondent Elena Pasilio said it was important for everyone to meet in person after such a long time after the last Generalfono was held over Zoom.
“Today they opened the meeting with a flag raising and a prayer.
“There is a zoom link where the New Zealand government is joining. They are discussing the budget today and I know they are launching a school website on Friday.”
Brotherson first Pacific MP to head overseas territories in the French Assembly
A pro-independence Franco-Polynesian member of the French National Assembly was elected to head the assembly’s 54-strong foreign delegation.
Photo: AFP
Moetai Brotherson from the opposition party Tavini Huiraatira sits in the left-wing Nupes coalition.
He was elected on the first ballot and will replace Olivier Serva.
Brotherson is the first politician from a French Pacific region to lead the assembly’s foreign representatives.
He was first elected to the Paris Assembly in 2017 and returned for a second term last month when the Tavini candidates won French Polynesia’s three seats.
Ardern visits Samoa
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit Samoa next week.
Her visit marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, when Samoa established its independence from New Zealand.
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has confirmed the visit, saying it is Ardern’s first visit since the FAST government came to power a year ago.
Ardern will be accompanied by members of her cabinet and will meet with Samoan cabinet ministers.
Mitchell will most certainly be the next head of the Olympic Committee
Fijian administrator Robin Mitchell is set to be unopposed as president of the Association of National Olympic Committees – or ANOC.
dr Mitchell has been acting ANOC President since Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah was indicted in Switzerland in 2018 for counterfeiting.
A new permanent ANOC President is to be elected at the ANOC General Assembly in Seoul in October, and Mitchell is the only candidate.
He is also President of the Oceania National Olympic Committee.
Samoa journalist gets international role
The Journalists’ Association of Samoa was appointed to the Council of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Earlier this year, the association, known by its acronym JAWS, nominated veteran Samoan journalist Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson for the IFJ Gender Council, and she subsequently became the only journalist in the Pacific Islands to serve on the council.
Federation President Lagi Keresoma said the presence of JAWS through one of its members on the Federation’s Gender Council is a milestone for Samoa and also a wider recognition for Pacific women journalists.
The Gender Council includes 37 representatives of journalists’ unions and associations from all over the world.
Lagipoiva says the work of the IFJ Gender Council is extremely important given the issues facing women journalists around the world.
Venus wins the soccer cup for the third time in three years
AS Vénus have won Tahiti’s Coupe de Polynésie for the third time in a row after beating AS Dragon 2-0.
Roonui Tehau opened the scoring at the Stade Pater with a powerful long-range shot before Teaonui Tehau chested into the net from a meter away just before half-time.
Both teams ended up with 10 men after red cards were dealt to one player each.
The result is particularly tough for Dragon, who lost the Ligue 1 title on the final day a week earlier.
The cup win qualifies Vénus for French football’s national cup, the Coupe de France, in which they will take part in the seventh round in November.
Appointment as Samoan head of state extended
The Samoan cabinet has extended the appointment of Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II as head of state until the next parliamentary session.
Prime Minister Fiane Naomi Mata’afa said Parliament will decide whether to give Tuimalealiifano another five-year term at its next session on August 23.
Tuimalealiifano took office on July 21, 2017, succeeding Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi after two terms in office.
Samoa’s previous government, the Human Rights Protection Party, introduced a constitutional amendment that limited the head of state’s term to two terms of five years each.
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