March 25, 2021
in March
by Dennis Rounds
I was only two years old when Nigerian author Chinua Achebe published his novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958. Achebe’s novel focused on the struggles,…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
At the celebration of Sir Michael Somare’s life at Suva’s Sacred Heart cathedral this month, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong spoke about the willingness…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
After three weeks of mourning, Papua New Guinea’ founding father, Sir Michael Somare, was laid to rest at Kreer Heights in Wewak, East Sepik Province…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Dionisia Tabureguci
Tuvalu has become the first country in the world to choose Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) blockchain to help it migrate to a fully digital economy, a…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samisoni Pareti
Mountain communities in Fiji are thwarting plans by the country’s power monopoly to build a multi-million hydro power plant. The people of Nubu and…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
Were you one of the many Pacific Islanders who spent the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic with soil under your nails? The introduction of…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
For farmers and producers like Tonga’s Minoru Nishi, Managing Director of Nishi Trading Company, COVID-19 has been a double-edged hoe. “Our exports…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
When 116 farmers in Fiji’s western division received 'Cash for Cultivation' from the government, Agriculture Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy told them:…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Samisoni Pareti and Samantha Magick
Kokomana is a small artisan ‘tree-to-bar’ chocolate maker and social enterprise run by Richard and Anne Markham in Savusavu, northern Fiji. The…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Dionisia Tabureguci
Fiji's minerals sector is tipped to lead its post-COVID economic recovery, with gold production expected to strengthen later this year and interest…
March 25, 2021
in March
by Kevin McQuillan
The importance of Pacific news on Facebook was thrown into sharp relief by the stand-off in January between the Australian government and Facebook…
March 24, 2021
in March
by Jason Brown
Nearly six years out of date. Not leaked audit reports from the Cook Islands, as exposed by Islands Business last month, representing hundreds of…
March 24, 2021
in March
by Samantha Magick
Earlier this month the world learnt of the plight of Banabans, who had been living without fresh water for a year according to residents. A social…