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Sep 13, 2018
Naivalurua for politics
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By Netani Rika FOREIGN Affairs Permanent Secretary, Brigadier Ioane Naivalurua, is expected to stand for…
Sep 08, 2018
Assistant Minister forced to resign
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BY Netani Rika Fiji's Assistant Environment Minister has been forced to resign after investigations into a…
Sep 06, 2018
Forum poses climate and security as central…
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By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Pacific leaders face a…
Sep 05, 2018
Stormy Forum
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Islands Business has been sent a video of the clash at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nauru yesterday…
Sep 05, 2018
GCF funds for Nauru port
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By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Like other Pacific…
Sep 05, 2018
Securing maritime boundaries
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By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Many Pacific island…
Sep 04, 2018
Rolling protests in West Papua
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BY NETANI RIKA A SERIES of protests has taken place in West Papua in support of Vanuatu's plan to address…
Sep 04, 2018
Chinese walkout
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By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru China’s representative…
Sep 04, 2018
Arrests at West Papua Protest
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BY Netani Rika INDONESIAN security forces have arrested 50 protesters who want human rights abuses in West…
Sep 04, 2018
China-Taiwan spat at Forum
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By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru It’s not only…
Sep 03, 2018
Cure Kids Fiji launches Rheumatic heart campaign
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BY USA KOTO Cure Kids Fiji has launched an awareness campaign on rheumatic heart disease in Fiji. The "Heart…
Sep 02, 2018
Forum to consider Biketawa Plus security…
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BY Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru Pacific leaders will…
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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…
June 14, 2018
ICE AGE
in 2018 June
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METHAMPHETAMINE has raised the red flag higher as more raids and discoveries take place in the hub of the Pacific. Border control agencies and police…
June 14, 2018
A win for Fiji Times
in 2018 June
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Fiji’s High Court in a landmark decision last month cleared the Fiji Times of sedition charges and declared its three newspaper executives free men.…
June 14, 2018
Power Sale Blackout
in 2018 June
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Critics decry ‘secrecy’ in sale of Fiji’s power utility Why the rush and secrecy behind the sale of Fiji’s power utility? This is the question on the…
June 14, 2018
‘Macron-ising’ the Pacific
in 2018 June
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As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Australia and New Caledonia in May, France consolidated its standing across the Pacific. President Macron…
June 14, 2018
Fiji’s going Green on Bonds
in 2018 June
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In October last year, Fiji made a historic series of firsts in the international financial markets. It became the first emerging economy, first…
June 14, 2018
Usp: lamenting what we have lost!
in 2018 June
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Congratulations to the University of the South Pacific on its 50th anniversary. Everyone who has been to USP should be proud of it.The University…
Jun 14, 2018
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NCD impacts insurance payout
BSP Life has stamped its mark as one of the Pacific’s leading life insurance supplier with a record payout of F$58.6…
Jun 14, 2018
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We Say - FFA continue to showcase and celebrate locally grown talent and expertise
By appointing from within the Pacific to provide able and inspirational leadership, agencies like the SPC and the FFA…
Jun 14, 2018
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We Say - Global Climate Finance
Relying on the much-touted global climate finance mechanisms provided for under the Global Environment Fund or the…
Jun 14, 2018
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So long Professor Bill
How he went was not in proportion to the huge impact he has left behind is one way of describing the quiet passing away…
May 09, 2018
Ceiling’s a barrier no more - Dr Hilda Heine - President of the Republic of Marshall Islands
in 2018 May
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President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Dr Hilda Heine is the first woman to head an independent Pacific Island state. Dr Heine’s journey…
May 09, 2018
Media freedom under attack
in 2018 May
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WITH the trial of three newspaper executives underway in Fiji in May on charges of sedition, the assault of a newspaper journalist in Papua New…
May 09, 2018
Tuvalu ain’t sinking
in 2018 May
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REMOTE island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and,…
May 09, 2018
Tuna Triumph! Independent ruling slams objections to PNA’s MSC re-certification
in 2018 May
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RELENTLESS tuna politics failed to deflate confidence within the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) camp following strong opposition from the…
May 09, 2018
Fiji defends cyclone forecasting capability
in 2018 May
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WEATHER forecasting is a huge challenge and at most times mixed with complications. The former Director of the Fiji Metrological Services, Rajendra…
April 09, 2018
Fiji is the Pacific’s top tourist destination still
in 2018 April
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FIJI is still the number one tourist destination in the Pacific region attracting a little over 840,000 visitors last year with a total estimated…
April 09, 2018
Terrifying TC Gita
in 2018 April
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018 will undoubtedly recalls a frightening and dangerous day for the people of Ono-i-Lau in Fiji’s southern Lau Islands. The damaging…
April 09, 2018
Fish with a story
in 2018 April
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Sandwiched between the Philippines and the Federated States of Micronesia, rising from the deep blue Pacific Ocean, sit the 200 or so limestone and…
April 09, 2018
May or October Poll?
in 2018 April
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THE burning question from April 2018 to October 2018 will be: when will Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama dissolve parliament to pave the way for the…
April 09, 2018
Hydrogen bomb test at Kiritimati
in 2018 April
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FOLLOWING three nuclear tests on Malden Island in 1957, the UK military relocated the testing site to Christmas Island (today known as Kiritimati).…
April 06, 2018
Late reaction to a killer quake
in 2018 April
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ON the morning of 26 February, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The epicenter, according to seismology reports,…
March 07, 2018
Saluting our brave aviators
in 2018 March
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Fiji’s small knit aviation community was engulfed in grief and lots of sadness early in the month when a trainee pilot and her instructor died in a…
March 07, 2018
We Say
in 2018 March
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“We need to realise something: Either we speak up now and draw a clear line under freedom of speech, or we write it off in the Pacific region” IT’S…
March 07, 2018
Whispers
in 2018 March
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No to Sundancer movie The length to which authorities can go to make life miserable for political foes is, well breath-taking to say the least. This…
March 07, 2018
Tuvalu rejects NZ study on expanding land
in 2018 March
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FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu -- The government of Tuvalu has rejected findings of a research conducted by scientists at the Auckland University that says the…
March 07, 2018
The Big Threat
in 2018 March
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Organised crime creeps into the region A NEW crime wave looms over the region – this time on the back of motorbikes. As Australia and New Zealand…
March 07, 2018
‘At the dawn of a new day’
in 2018 March
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FLNKS Congress calls for “full sovereignty” AS New Caledonia’s FLNKS independence movement met in congress last month near the northern town of Poum,…
Mar 07, 2018
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The new Aussie assertiveness
A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Canberra has highlighted the Turnbull government’s new assertiveness in the…
Mar 07, 2018
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Closing the gender gap in the Pacific
IB’s Status of Women in the Pacific Report As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8th March, at least two…
Mar 07, 2018
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Some gains, some losses on women in the Pacific
WOMEN including girls in the Pacific still got some way to go to improving their status in the islands although a lot…
Mar 07, 2018
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Plans to address HIV-AIDS stigma
AT least 747 new cases of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have been diagnosed in Fiji since…
Mar 07, 2018
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Who will be held responsible?
Kiribati under the spotlight after ferry disaster ATOLL nation of Kiribati in the northern Pacific was consumed with…
Mar 07, 2018
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Winds of change in the isles
This is Part One of a three-part series on a Pacific family’s survival and dream to revive ancient canoe technology as…
February 19, 2018
Hear our pleas
in 2018 February
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Peter O’Neil, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea assumes the chairmanship of the sub-regional bloc the Melanesian Spearhead Group this month when he…
February 19, 2018
We say
in 2018 February
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It is hard to believe that in a region surrounded by sea, legislation has not been created, or enforced if they exist to ensure greater protection…
February 19, 2018
Whispers
in 2018 February
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Climate Not Ready From climate ready to climate not so ready is what has happened with the whisper that the American Government’s US$24 million…
February 19, 2018
China unfazed by Australia’s claim
in 2018 February
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Beijing, CHINA - China has lashed out at Australia’s criticism of its foreign aid to the Pacific while Pacific Island countries have spoken in…
February 19, 2018
Fiji unions triumph
in 2018 February
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Court favours airport workers’ plight A bitter row between the management of Fiji’s Air Terminal Services (ATS) and its employees who were locked out…
February 19, 2018
Budget is PM Hou’s priority
in 2018 February
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Former banker promises cuts in government spending Two months in the hottest seat of Solomon Islands politics, Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela is…
Feb 19, 2018
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Why Ryan won’t back Fiji 7s bid
Get your priorities right, FRU told OLYMPIC-winning coach Ben Ryan has expressed serious reservations on Fiji’s bid to…
Feb 19, 2018
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Aid flows for diplaced islanders
Flight for life RELIEF assistance poured in to help resettled hundreds of displaced people at a care centre after…
Feb 19, 2018
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Pacific’s health crisis
Non communicable diseases is prevalent in the Pacific that it has become a crisis- a matter which authorities need to…
Feb 19, 2018
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Rescue on the high seas
SAFETY concerns for inter-island travel in Vanuatu resurfaced last month after passengers on an inter-island ship in…
Feb 19, 2018
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Bred Bank offers the European touch
Solomon Islands now boasts two branches SIX months after successfully expanding its business to Solomon Islands, the…
Feb 19, 2018
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Interconnected: The technical and ethics in a warming planet
Since assuming the mantle of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, I have been committed to…
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