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Samoa Diary – Day Two: The Commonwealth People’s Forum
[Derek McDougall is a member of the Round Table’s International Advisory Board and is filing his Samoa Diary series during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.] ‘We, the people’. I think the term has been used before. In any...
Pacific news in brief for 7 October
The French High Commission in Papeete, French Polynesia Photo: RNZI/Walter Zweifel French Polynesia - decolonisation French Polynesian delegations are in New York this week to attend the UN's 4th Committee on Decolonisation. The representative of...

Key Internship Statistics 2024 – Covid Impact, Opportunities, Retention, Benefits and Income
Key Internship Statistics 2024 – Covid Impact, Opportunities, Retention, Benefits and Income August 24, 2024 — Internship Statistics: An internship can be referred to as the work period offered by any company with a limited period in exchange for...

Samoa Diary – The Samoa CHOGM in Prospect
[Derek McDougall is a member of the Round Table’s International Advisory Board and will be filing his Samoa Diary during the Commonwealth Hreads of Government Meeting in Samoa.] At last! I have arrived in Apia, capital of Samoa and venue for the...

Spotlighting access to information in Asia and the first Pacific media freedom index
September 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. How did IFEX members mark the International Day for Universal...

Some Critical Data Breach Statistics And Facts For People To Be Well Prepared To Fight Against Cybercrime
Some Critical Data Breach Statistics And Facts For People To Be Well Prepared To Fight Against Cybercrime Last Updated: September 12, 2024 Statistics on Data Breaches: Nowadays, data breaches are increasingly common. Their impact extends to...

SPTO and PNG Tourism Promotion Authority release Key Findings from International Visitor Surveys
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), through its Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI) and in collaboration with the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), has published two significant reports from the International Visitor...

Computer Vision Statistics 2024 – By Segments, Countries, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Healthcare Market, Retail Industry, Surveillance, Symptoms
Computer Vision Statistics 2024 – By Segments, Countries, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Healthcare Market, Retail Industry, Surveillance, Symptoms August 21, 2024 — Introduction Reports indicate that by the end of the year 2030, the market size of...

Country Codes, Cannons, and Chagossians: Don’t Watch This; Watch That, Week 7
Use a website with the .io country code? Things are changing... On October 3, the British government announced that it was giving up sovereignty over a small tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean known as the Chagos Islands. The islands would be...

Generative AI Statistics By Industry, Sector, Revenue and Facts
Generative AI Predictions By Gartner As per Gartner’s forecast, by 2025, generative AI will replace 20% of procedural code professionals’ work. In addition, large organizations will synthetically create 30% of outbound marketing messages by 2025....

Trustpilot Statistics 2024: Revenue, Employees & Fake Reviews
Trustpilot Statistics 2024: Revenue, Employees & Fake Reviews Last Updated: September 26, 2024 Founded in 2017, Trustpilot is a consumer review platform based in Denmark. With approximately 1 million new reviews generated monthly, the site...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – Sep. 20-26, 2024
Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security Pacific Islands Forum SG rebuts claims of weak Pacific leaders communique on climate change (PACNEWS) UN outliers: 7 Pacific states vote against resolution to end Israel’s ‘unlawful presence’...

Domestic Violence Statistics 2024 – By Demographic, Advocate Industry, State and Abuse Rate
Women Men Experienced physical and/or sexual abuse 46% 30% Experienced Only physical abuse 44% – Women, 30% – Men Sexual abuse only 42% – Women, 27% – Men Both physical and sexual abuse 57% – Women, 34% – Men No physical or sexual abuse...

USP stars in the firmament: A personal perspective
“USP is not just a place where we went to school, our alma mater, or a place of employment. It is more than that. This is our intellectual home, a place where some of us grew up and with which we are deeply connected … where we learned to navigate...

ChatGPT Statistics 2024 By Users, Revenue and Funding
ChatGPT Statistics 2024 By Users, Revenue and Funding August 31, 2024 — Introduction ChatGPT Statistics: In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT has emerged as a groundbreaking tool, captivating a global audience with...

Top 10 Most Expensive Camera Lenses In The World
Top 10 Most Expensive Camera Lenses In The World August 8, 2024 — Most Expensive Camera Lenses – As an integral component of a camera system, camera lenses play an essential role in gathering and focusing light onto its sensor or film. They...

Xiaomi Statistics 2023 Market Share, Demographics and News Update
Xiaomi Statistics 2023 Market Share, Demographics and News Update September 8, 2024 — Statistics Xiaomi is validating the brand’s rapid growth compared to its competitors. Evidently, the Chinese brand has an extensive ecosystem, diversifying its...
Human rights in the Pacific – milestones, challenges and the way forward
By Heike Alefsen and Miles Young There have been notable human rights developments in the Pacific during the past four years since the joint United Nations Human Rights-Pacific Community (SPC) report on the human rights situation in the region was...

Top 10 Most Expensive Laptops In The World
Top 10 Most Expensive Laptops In The World August 25, 2024 — For tasks, amusements, and specific applications, a laptop, a mobile workstation designed for ease of accessibility and convenience, is an ideal choice. It mainly consists of a window,...

Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation: A history of advocacy and resilience 2003-2012
Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation’s founding chairperson Sue Woonton, right, with Colin and Tatiana Burn raising breast cancer awareness in September 2003. 03100705 The Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation (CIBCF) was born out of a grassroots...