Cooks government gives church handout to rebuild college

Monday, July 10th, 2017

The Cook Islands’ government has given a handout of $US360,000 to the Catholic church to rebuild a college and secure land on which a lease is about to expire.

Some criticised the government for spending large amounts of money helping churches, suggesting there are greater priority areas. Continue reading

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