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President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone
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April 15, 2025
TAIWAN, April 15 - Details 2025-04-10 President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs On April 10, an article penned by President Lai Ching-te entitled “Taiwan Has a Roadmap for Deeper US Trade Ties” was...
President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae
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April 8, 2025
TAIWAN, April 8 - Details 2025-03-28 President Lai meets British Office Taipei Representative Ruth Bradley-Jones On the afternoon of March 28, President Lai Ching-te met with British Office Taipei Representative Ruth Bradley-Jones. In remarks,...
Tuvalu Progresses Survey and Training on Identifying Marine Non-indigenous Species (MNIS)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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October 15, 2024
11 October 2024, Funafuti, Tuvalu - The Environment Department and the Marine Ports Department of Tuvalu, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), through the Pacific Regional Invasive Species...
President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau
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November 30, 2024
TAIWAN, November 30 - President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau President Lai delivers remarks before departing for Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau On the afternoon of November 30, President Lai...
Tuvalu sees opportunity in organic waste in effort to survive triple planetary crisis
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 2, 2024
1 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The impacts of the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is evident in every aspect of life in Tuvalu. While the rising Pacific Ocean threatens shelters and homes of communities...
President Lai meets Tuvalu Speaker of Parliament Iakoba Taeia Italeli
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September 12, 2024
TAIWAN, September 12 - President Lai meets Tuvalu Speaker of Parliament Iakoba Taeia Italeli On the morning of September 12, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu Iakoba Taeia Italeli and his wife....
President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
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June 26, 2025
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...
Official Address by Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General SPREP, 4th Clean Pacific Roundtable 2024, 5-9 August, 2024, Funafuti, Tuvalu
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 12, 2024
Clean Environment, Resilient Ocean and Healthy Communities. Pastor Fitilau Puapua, President of Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu.Honourable Feleti Penitala Teó, Prime Minister, Tuvalu. Distinguished representatives, Development Partners, Waste and...
Opening Remarks, Director General, Sefanaia Nawadra, Clean Pacific Roundtable, Funafuti, Tuvalu, Day 4.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 12, 2024
Honourable representatives of Tuvalu, esteemed colleagues, development partners, private sector representatives, community leaders, and participants of the Clean Pacific Roundtable, good morning. It is my great pleasure to stand before you on the...
Protecting communities in Tuvalu from the threat of asbestos
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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July 15, 2024
11 July 2024, Funafuti – The Tuvalu Department of Waste Management (DWM) is determined to keep their communities safe from the potential hazard of asbestos though accurate data collection and assessment. Director of DWM, Mr Epu Falega, knows the...
President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan
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April 17, 2025
TAIWAN, April 17 - Details 2025-04-15 President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone On the afternoon of April 15, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...
President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs
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April 9, 2025
TAIWAN, April 9 - Details 2025-04-08 President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae On the morning of April 8, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...
Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 17, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...
President Lai delivers remarks at International Holocaust Remembrance Day event
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April 23, 2025
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te visited the Taipei Archdiocesan Curia to pay respects in a memorial ceremony for His Holiness Pope Francis. As...
President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows
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April 23, 2025
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te visited the Taipei Archdiocesan Curia to pay respects in a memorial ceremony for His Holiness Pope Francis. As...
President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis
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April 23, 2025
TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te met with fellows from the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Program (NextGen) run by the...
President Lai meets US delegation led by Senator Pete Ricketts
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April 18, 2025
TAIWAN, April 18 - Details 2025-04-17 President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan On the morning of April 17, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from New Zealand’s All-Party Parliamentary Group...
President Lai delivers remarks on US tariff policy response
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April 6, 2025
TAIWAN, April 6 - Details 2025-03-13 President Lai holds press conference following high-level national security meeting On the afternoon of March 13, President Lai Ching-te convened a high-level national security meeting, following which he held...
President Lai delivers 2025 New Year’s Address
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January 1, 2025
TAIWAN, January 1 - Details 2024-10-10 President Lai delivers 2024 National Day Address President Lai Ching-te on the morning of October 10 attended the ROC’s 113th Double Tenth National Day Celebration in the plaza fronting the Presidential...
President Lai meets 2025 Yushan Forum participants
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March 18, 2025
TAIWAN, March 18 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs On the afternoon of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. In remarks, President Lai said that Taiwan and...