Pacific Waves for 1 May 2021

The UN children's agency warns the situation in Timor-Leste is dire as the government struggles to cope with the impacts of the recent floods and Covid-19; The leader of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, or FAST party, in Samoa, expects a decision from the Supreme court by next Friday on the issue of the sixth woman MP; The president of the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce is remaining optimistic about a travel bubble with New Zealand opening in May.