From coconut crab to chicken
Every household in Vanuatu’s Torres islands in Torba Province will be provided with chicken wire to farm…
Vanuatu's ambitious new cattle breeding program
Vanuatu’s Director of Livestock is confident the nation will meet its targets on cattle farming, as long as…
Facebook: Can't live with it, can't live without…
Pacific governments face a crucial dilemma with social media. How they react will define our future. The…
Pacific Business briefs
Free Bird Limited has signed a contract with Air New Zealand to bring its international students back to Fiji…
BSP on par with global peers, indicates ASX…
Papua New Guinea’s regional bank BSP will revisit an earlier plan to list on the Australian Stock Exchange…
Solomons employers developing COVID-19 HR guide
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce is working with the local Human Resource Practitioners Network to…
Fijian Holdings Ltd profits drop by 75% in 2020
One of Fiji’s biggest investment companies has reported a significant reduction in annual profit, directly…
InDepth: Former FijiTV CEO, Ken Clark
In 1999, Canadian broadcaster, Ken Clark, moved to Fiji to take over operations of a television station…
Cook Islands opens seabed minerals exploration
Companies interested in conducting seabed minerals exploration work in Cook Islands have until December to…
Solomon Airlines struggles amid prolonged…
The need to survive and keep a national asset afloat is taking a heavy toll on Solomon Airlines. In an open…
Foreign Ministers prepare for Forum leaders…
COVID, climate and oceans were high on the agenda, as foreign ministers and officials from around the region…
Cook Islands ratifies PACER Plus
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) is to come into force with the Cook…
November 10, 2020
Fiame's new chapter
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"It’s very liberating. I haven’t felt this excited about politics for a long time,” says Samoa’s former Deputy Prime Minister, and now independent…
November 10, 2020
The World's toughest race: How can Fiji win
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When World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji first screened earlier this year, international audiences vicariously took a road less travelled. The…
November 10, 2020
Nuclear ban treaty opens way for Pacific nuclear survivors
in November
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, first adopted by the UN General Assembly in July 2017, will enter into force on 22 January, after…
November 10, 2020
Undiplomatic diplomats
in November
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Around the kava bowl in Suva, people were discussing some undiplomatic behaviour by Chinese diplomats last month. Then for day or two, reports that…
November 10, 2020
The New International Economic Order: Learning from history
in November
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Post-COVID-19 propositions for various sectors of the economy currently abound. Credit to those who are churning out these fine ideas for public…
November 10, 2020
Huge costs likely to delay more hydro projects in PNG
in November
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The development of more hydro power schemes in Papua New Guinea is years away and buyers are needed if they are be financially viable. The latest…
November 10, 2020
PNG’s first Special Economic Zone gets nod
in November
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The PNG government has approved and agreed to provide K100m (US$28.5 million) to kick start the country’s first Special Economic Zone, creating up to…
November 10, 2020
Rio ready to discuss Bougainville clean-up
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Global miner Rio Tinto says it is ready to discuss cleaning up the site of the giant gold and copper site which it abandoned in 2016, four months…
November 10, 2020
Local competitors conquer Eco-Challenge Fiji
in November
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After paddling, hiking, sailing, biking and climbing as part of the World’s Toughest Race: Eco Challenge Fiji, how does it feel when you finally…
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November 10, 2020
Fiame's new chapter
"It’s very liberating. I haven’t felt this excited about politics for a long time,” says Samoa’s former Deputy Prime…
November 10, 2020
Local competitors conquer Eco-Challenge…
After paddling, hiking, sailing, biking and climbing as part of the World’s Toughest Race: Eco Challenge Fiji, how does…
August 26, 2020
A rebel and a traditionalist: Apisai…
Apisai Tora, a scion of the old guard of Fiji’s politicians, who dominated Fiji’s political stage for almost five…
July 21, 2020
Back to farming Fiji goes
Fresh from a 10-day tour of Viti Levu - Fiji’s main island - our July cover story shares what we saw as Fijians adjust…
July 21, 2020
Coach Coffa looks to Japan 2021
When it comes the sport of weightlifting in the Pacific, outside of the star competitors, the other name that…
July 17, 2020
Fiji resilience: Chef Shain
Seeing Shain hold and play with her daughter, and you can tell that 4-year-old Sarah is her world. Her job was another…
