The Daily Blog Open Mic – 25th December 2024
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https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2412/S00125/church-bioethics-agencies-express-dismay-at-the-rushed-consultation-period-for-submissions-on-the-gene-technology-bill.htm
Monday, 23 December 2024, 4:51 pm
Press Release: Interchurch Bioethics Council
(I don’t know anything about this. Who can offer some advice and background?)
Representatives of the InterChurch Bioethics Council (ICBC) and the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics have expressed deep dismay at parliamentarians using the shadow of Christmas to limit public consultation on the Gene Technology Bill.
The Gene Technology Bill only passed its first reading on Tuesday the 17th of December after which it was sent to the Health Select Committee. Despite Science, Innovation and Technology Minister, Judith Collins stating that “New Zealanders will get the chance to have their say during the full select committee process that will open shortly and run for six months,” the submission period for public submissions on the Gene Technology Bill will >b>close on the 17th of February 2025, just two months away…
Yoiks the automatons are pushing forward against humanity and are we ready for it or will we end with a whimper?
Uncommon good news from a struggling Pacific country.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/530502/success-story-bougainville-cocoa-boom-fostered-by-aid-donors : October 2024
The surge in cocoa prices around the world is having a dramatic impact in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, and an aid project has played a key role.
The world price of cocoa is up dramatically after crop failures in much of West Africa boosted other producers.
For Bougainville, whose cocoa trees were old, tired and ignored by the end of the civil war, what was needed was the lift provided by aid donors through the Bougainville Partnership.
Someone involved in the Partnership was academic and advisor to Pacific Governments, Gordon Peake, and RNZ Pacific asked him about the programme.
(The transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity.)
Now someone can help cocoa producers in West Africa, because Africa gets troubles in a big way and it is time we spent more time helping each other. United Nations?