Marshalls workers to receive U.S. nuke benefits<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Marshall Islanders who worked at Bikini and Enewetak during nuclear testing following World War II are eligible for new U.S.-provided nuclear compensation under two recently passed laws, Ambassador Banny deBrum announced.<\/p>\n
Workers employed on the islands after 1958 (or their survivors) who became ill, disabled or died from diseases associated with exposure to radiation are “eligible for a $150,000 lump sum, plus health insurance,” he said.<\/p>\n
A second law, the amended Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, provides compensation for certain illnesses experienced as a result of exposure to 1946-1958 nuclear tests.<\/p>\n
Ne Caledonia unions get $1,000 per month minimum<\/p>\n
NOUM\u00c9A, New Caledonia – Three New Caledonia unions ended a weekend protest after receiving government assurances that a planned $1,000 monthly minimum wage would be implemented by July 2001 at the latest.<\/p>\n
The increase initially was planned to become effective in 2003.<\/p>\n
Over 300 protesters set up roadblocks and staged a sit-in in front of the local government headquarters building beginning Thursday.<\/p>\n
“We got what we wanted, so now we stop,” said mining union leader Sylvain N\u00e9a.<\/p>\n
Probe continues in Solomons fire<\/p>\n
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – Police and fire officials are continuing to investigate the cause of a weekend fire that burned down the former headquarters of the Guadalcanal provincial government.<\/p>\n
As the ethnic war intensified on the island of Guadalcanal earlier this year, Premier Ezekiel Alebua and his Guadalcanal administration fled the capital.<\/p>\n
Their headquarters, a two story building on the main road in the center of the capital, was then occupied by the Malaita Eagle Force in June after a successful coup toppled the government.<\/p>\n
Following last month’s Townsville Peace Agreement, the MEF leadership withdrew from the building.<\/p>\n
Police suspect that disgruntled members of the MEF may have set the building on fire.<\/p>\n
Last Fiji rebel surrenders<\/p>\n
SUVA, Fiji Islands – The last soldier involved in a failed attempt to overthrow the military command earlier this month and still on the run has surrendered.<\/p>\n
Lt. Col. Henry Manulevu said the soldier gave himself up to local residents in a rural area near Ba. Also recovered were two M16 A2 rifles and 60 rounds of 5.56-millimeter ammunition<\/p>\n
Meantime, the curfew in Suva has now been reduced to midnight – 5:00 a.m., back to what it was before the mutiny by members of the army’s former Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit. (Pacific Islands Report)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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