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February 06, 2019
Costs tumble in renewable energy
in January
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AFTER years of dependence on fossil fuels, the good news from the international agency on renewable energy, IRENA is that the cost of technology on…
February 06, 2019
We’re referendum-ready
in January
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BOUGAINVILLEANS are to vote in June this year to decide whether to remain part of Papua New Guinea or to be independent. The national government has…
February 06, 2019
Catholic Church questions education ministry
in January
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FIJI’S Catholic Church will consider the closure of its schools and public protests if it cannot successfully resolve an impasse with the Ministry of…
February 06, 2019
Going Renewable
in January
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Pacific island states take the lead in energy transformation WITH the world going out in a large way towards adopting green and clean energy that is…
February 06, 2019
No more tokens please
in January
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Australia needs to treat the Pacific with a little more respect THE flying visit by Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, this month through…
February 01, 2019
China is the superpower to watch
in January
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FIVE countries and one region are going to the polls this year to get a fresh and new mandate from their electorate, and while this will no doubt…
Feb 01, 2019
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Falling short at COP24
TOO watered down and stripped of a clear sense of urgency is how some experts have labelled the outcomes of COP24 at…
Feb 01, 2019
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Canberra ramps up Pacific…
BOTH government and opposition parties in Australia have outlined a renewed commitment to the Pacific, as voters…
Feb 01, 2019
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A Forum in Limbo?
Eleven days after the Nauru PIF Leaders’ Meeting last September, the Premier of Niue, Sir Toke Talagi, said on Radio…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
New Caledonians vote no to…
In a crucial referendum on self-determination, more than 141,000 New Caledonians went to the polls on 4 November to…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
Going combo
November was an incredibly busy month where it saw Papua New Guinea stood tall in marketing itself and the rest of the…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
APEC’s dramas and theatrics
What was supposed to be the summit that showcases Papua New Guinea to some of the world’s powerful economies ended up…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
Regional body works on valuing rights
This month’s visit to Fiji by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, is another chapter in the Pacific’s long history with the…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
Addressing Increasing Inequality
Dame Meg Taylor, PIFS Secretary General, presented the Keynote Address at the Pacific Preparatory Meeting for the 6th…
December 06, 2018
2018 November
Fiji pearl producer goes for blue pledge
Derailed by the huge devastation wrought by super-cyclone Winston in 2016. Fiji’s exclusive J. Hunter Pearls is back on…
Dr Ian Fry - the island…
Dec 06, 2018
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Indepth (Id) talks to long time climate change negotiator for the Tuvalu…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
Blockchain finds a home in the Pacific
The blockchain conversation has finally touched down in the Pacific. Not only is it a major buzz in tech circles here,…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
France prepares for New Caledonia…
A month before New Caledonia’s referendum on self-determination, local mayors from around the country gathered on 4…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
I survived the PX073 crash
Once aboard, my seat, 24F on the right side of the rear of the plane was comfortable and the flight attendants were…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
PNG breaks away from Pacifical
ONE of the pioneers behind the establishment of a commercial partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
Give the Pacific a ‘fair go’
THE recent disparaging remarks made by Australia’s Environment Minister, Melissa Price, to former Kiribati President…
October 29, 2018
2018 October
Report of hope for Pacific
As we are faced with darkness there is hope. The special report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
FNPF buys out GPH partners
Unconfirmed reports have emerged that the Grand Pacific Hotel (GPH) in Fiji is now fully owned by the Fiji National…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
Publisher's Note
When Malaysia’s Prime Minister-inwaiting and leader of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Anwar Ibrahim spoke at the Singapore…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
Step Up War Against Drugs
Parcels of hard drugs washing up on the shores of some remote and isolated islands in Fiji, the numerous arrests of…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
Keep the China/Taiwan spat in check
THE controversy surrounding the ejection of China’s head of delegation from a meeting between Pacific leaders and donor…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
Victory for Nauru 19
Nauru ’s justice minister David Adeang’s conduct in a case involving 17 men and two women charged in connection with a…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
Will Australia abandon the Pacific on…
The reaction in Pacific Island capitals to the leadership coup on 24 August that deposed Australian Prime Minister…
September 24, 2018
2018 September
From the Balkans, to the Pacific
In August, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) held two very public events in Fiji which signaled a new…
August 30, 2018
2018 August
Cabling the Pacific
Fast, reliable and affordable Internet has quickly become such an essential part of our lives these days that to…
August 30, 2018
2018 August
‘Defend the people, not the States’,…
For four years, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has been taking…
August 30, 2018
2018 August
‘New Chinese’ a threat to Pacific…
The acquisition of land on a large scale by ‘new’ Chinese in the Pacific region could potentially be a trigger for…
August 30, 2018
2018 August
Migration not the answer to rising sea…
CLOSE to a year after COP23 in Bonn and the Pacific-led talks on climate change, atoll communities are no closer to a…
August 30, 2018
2018 August
Kanak leader lobbies for regional…
As New Caledonia moves closer to a referendum on self-determination on 4 November, Kanak leader Daniel Goa has been…
July 20, 2018
BSP Life pays F$21m in bonuses
in 2018 July
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BSP Life investment portfolio is now valued at $660m (USD315.29m), positioning the life and health insurance provider as one of the largest leading…
July 20, 2018
A growing to-do list for Manu Tupou-Roosen beneath that tropical exterior is a steely resolve to get the work done and an attitude that no challenge is unsurmountable
in 2018 July
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WE wish the Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen, every success in the challenging task ahead. With years of…
July 20, 2018
Today, Solomon Islands stands on the cusp of a bright future supported by a growing private sector
in 2018 July
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THE Solomon Islands celebrated 40 years of independence this month. Despite four decades of tumultuous and often debilitating national events the…
July 20, 2018
Rein it in PM Hou
in 2018 July
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It was a bitter-sweet kind of an anniversary for the people of Solomon Islands this past month when drug shortage in its main public hospital in the…
July 20, 2018
Tonga’s Taufa in anti-cancer compound discovery
in 2018 July
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Recent scientific research in Tongan waters has unearthed significant findings that could lead to new cure for cancer. The research was carried out…
July 20, 2018
Nauru’s legal wrangle
in 2018 July
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A huge legal battle looms in Nauru over the trial of 19 people some of whom former opposition parliamentarians with the Baron Waqa Government opting…
July 20, 2018
Tuvalu seeks declaration on resource ownership
in 2018 July
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AS the sun sets over Tuvalu, children shriek in the lagoon of the main atoll - Funafuti. This is the way life has been in the Pacific for as long as…
July 19, 2018
Tonga's Dr Tupou-Roosen is new FFA Boss
in 2018 July
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DOCTOR Manu Tupou-Roosen, Director General-designate of the Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency plans to bring to the role a strong commitment to empower…
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