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September 19, 2017
2017 September
Life in interesting times
LATE last month Papua New Guinea returned the government of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to power – albeit with a much smaller majority. At the same time the people of…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
A warrior falls
Tony de Brum 1945-2017 ... He was a giant of history, a legend in every meaning of the word ... AT the age of nine, Tony de Brum was fishing at sea with his grandfather…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
Whispers
Missing cash WHERE is the $515,000 given by Methodist people from Fiji who now live in New Zealand for the construction of a new home for the head of the church? At the…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
Friends no more
Tonga heads to the polls AS a student at the University of the South Pacific, Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva decided to put an end to what he saw as the corrupt system of…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
About to fall down
PNG - land of the mystic PAPUA New Guinea marks its independence this month, just weeks after the end of elections. This land of contrast with vast amounts of natural…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
Brother Kanaky
MSG seals deal with Independence group ahead of referendum THE Melanesian Spearhead Group will take a lead role in a political referendum in New Caledonia next year. MSG…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
Taking God out of the islands
UNLESS you are cocooned in a tourist bubble, it is hardly possible to miss God when you visit the Pacific Islands. In every village and on every main street there seems…
September 19, 2017
2017 September
Kelly Bently, Coordinator for the ManFightback after Winston
SINCE Tropical Cyclone Winston made its brutal landfall in the country last year, Fiji has doubled its efforts to building back better and tripled its commitment to…
R&D - The way forward
Sep 19, 2017
24
Academics to provide climate change impact EXPECT greater consultation…
Things fall apart
Sep 19, 2017
24
Tokelau calls for support FOR close to 40 years the tiny island nation of…
Battle for power
Sep 19, 2017
16
Australian, Japanese firms fight over deposits THIS year marks the 70th year…
Family security under scrutiny
Sep 19, 2017
21
“IF your family is hungry, if there is no food in the kitchen, there will be…
Vendor back on her feet
Sep 19, 2017
21
UN project boosts families THE decision of her husband to leave her behind…
Raising voices
Sep 19, 2017
21
OXFAM in the Pacific, working in partnership with the Pacific Disability…
Tour operator goes hybrid
Sep 19, 2017
26
Green fleet WITH the growing number of tour operators and tourism logistics…
Killing the golden goose
Sep 19, 2017
25
High taxes threaten tourism HIGH taxes and service charges have pushed…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Voice against injustice
IN August 1945 the United States destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki with an atomic bomb in an event which changed the world forever. More than 70 years later the…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Melanesian challenge
Diplomat calls for greater sub-regionalism A SENIOR regional diplomat has called for more cooperation at sub-regional level to create more efficient service delivery by…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Whispers
Leading diplomat FIJIAN diplomat Amena Yauvoli is the toast of the regional diplomatic community. Not only is he Director-General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group,…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
French in the House
Pacific Islands go French AT least two major regional bodies have hit legal and administrative roadblocks as they move to implement the decisions of Pacific leaders to…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Solomon Islands after RAMSI
ON June 30 the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) came to an end. Established in July, 2003, RAMSI has been a feature of life in Solomon Islands for…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Beauty with purpose
Miss World Fiji to use global pageant to spread divine word FULL-TIME missionary and university science graduate Nanise Rainima will represent Fiji at this year’s Miss…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
The world pledges to save our home
READING through the world’s pledges for the protection of our oceans during the first-ever Oceans Conference that Fiji and Sweden co-chaired at the United Nations…
September 04, 2017
2017 August
Big blow for Pacific coalition at IMO negotiations
DESPITE the passionate plea of a coalition of Pacific leaders, the world’s leading shipping organisation has failed to agree to urgently tackle the industry’s impact on…
Shipping can’t afford to slow steam on climate
Sep 04, 2017
199
WHILE US President Donald Trump has his head in sand on climate change,…
The decreed legacy of Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Sep 04, 2017
179
THE Attorney General and Minister for the Economy Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum is…
In the pursuit of gender inclusive peace
Sep 04, 2017
202
A PACIFIC network of peacebuilders committed to progressing commitments to…
New lease of life for vendors
Sep 04, 2017
181
BEFORE the break of dawn, Anare Volanavanua and his wife jump right into…
Dreams born out of a family’s struggle
Sep 04, 2017
208
“RENOVATE and extend our home to be bigger and better than what we have…
Keep Pacific nuclear-free
Sep 04, 2017
179
LAST month, the heads of the Pacific’s largest churches met in Auckland, New…
Priest is Vanuatu President
Sep 04, 2017
162
Big shoes to fill for Tallis ON Thursday July 6, 2017, the people of Vanuatu…
O’Neill wins bizzare elections
Sep 04, 2017
229
PAPUA New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill recorded history by being…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
70 years strong
THE Pacific Community marks 70 years of service to the region this month in a quiet way in Noumea, New Caledonia. It is…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
Pacific loses inspirational artist
SEIULI ALLAN ALO VAAI THE Pacific lost an eminent figure in the creative arts, culture and fashion with the death of…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
Whispers
Double standards INTERESTING to note that there is a huge campaign in Fiji for the second year running to conserve…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
Fiji rugby feels the heat
Pressure mounts on Fij i Rugby Union to investigate Ben Ryan’s sevens franchise BEN Ryan has been labelled a “master…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
Sevens sports tourism
Rugby, holiday on the other side IF you were to travel by boat for more than ten hours to watch a rugby 7s tournament,…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
$40m biscuit factory
From humble beginnings, FMF Foods expands WHAT started as a flour mill in 1973, which imported premium Australian wheat…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
At the coal face of climate action
INTERVIEWED on Radio Australia last month, Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific was…
September 04, 2017
2017 July
Push to extend Fiji tax-free zones
IN the aftermath of the military coups of 1987, the then interim government created a tax free zone in Kalabu, Nasinu,…
City within a city
Sep 04, 2017
158
Entertainment company expands its boundaries THINK cinema in Fiji and…
The Mad Hatter Hut
Sep 04, 2017
158
IN a cluster of stores and offices along 22 Disraeli Road in Suva, stands a…
PACER setback
Sep 04, 2017
151
Trade agreement no closer to a Plus in economic cooperation relations for the…
Moana meets the real McCoy
Sep 04, 2017
185
HAWAIIAN actress Auli’i Cravalho, famed for her voice as Moana in the hit…
Back to the future
Sep 04, 2017
153
WHEN the traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hokule’a, completed the first…
Carbon reduction in the sky…
Sep 04, 2017
161
CORSIA maps the future THE aviation sector has a strong track record for…
Samoa clips Virgin wings
Sep 04, 2017
151
Is Polynesian set for comeback? AN unhappy Samoa Government has signalled an…
Tonga eyes Apia route
Sep 04, 2017
148
Talks start on flight options THE withdrawal of Samoa from a joint venture with…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
The great plastic threat
THE region faces an enormous threat from plastic bags and other synthetic material initially designed to make life…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Tonga’s Game of thrones reaches epic…
BY month’s end, The fate the 2019 Pacific Games will be known. A journey that began five years ago when Tonga won the…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Kiribati leads the way
IN what could best labelled as an out -of-the-box idea, Kiribati says it won’t sit around waiting for global funds but…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Amex Fiji ironsand project enters next…
PORT facilities at Fiji’s second largest city, Lautoka, will take on a new look in 12 months’ time with the expected…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Truth and justice
Bishop stands firm on environmental issues
AS the Pacific and global focus turns towards COP 23 and the Oceans Summit,…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Search for the perfect ship
Low carbon, cost-effective This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on sustainable sea transportation for the Pacific. We talk…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Tongan upgrade
FOR the first time in more than a century, the Anglican Church in Tonga will have its own bishop. Although men with…
June 07, 2017
2017 June
Samoa targets arrivals
Tourism growth inspires island ambitions SAMOA will aim to continue improvements in its local tourism market after a…
Solomons stays unique
Jun 07, 2017
1342
Islands Business talks to Freda Unusi, Solomons Islands Tourism Bureau’s…
2million and counting
Jun 07, 2017
1214
Relationships key to Pacific tourism WITH Pacific tourism arrivals hitting two…
Chocolicious
Jun 07, 2017
1286
How a 1-week contest inspired farmers and boosted Solomons cocoa exports TEN…
PNG agro products take…
Jun 07, 2017
1490
The 33rd Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo was a bonus…
Pods of gold
Jun 07, 2017
1314
New flavour offer for choco industry as Vanuatu cashes in ON Malo Island in…
Business as usual?
Jun 07, 2017
1293
Pacific challenges for new French President FRANCE Has a new Presiden after…
Costly price of conflict
Jun 07, 2017
1382
Solomons rises again from the ruins of the past THE United Nations’ Sustainable…
Spotlight on Honiara
Jun 07, 2017
1245
Region watches as assistance mission comes to an end AT the end of June, the…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Code Blue for our reefs: Using the…
Reef pillaging by Vietnamese Blue Boats seeking lucrative returns from beche de mer harvesting is being picked up under…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Whales
Surviving in a changing ocean THE humpback whale was hunted almost to the point of extinction last century, with around…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
What integration means for ocean…
Message from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) OUR Ocean is an inherent part of who…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
State of our ocean
Change the narrative, says Pacific expert JUST under a month from the first-ever United Nations conference on the…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Protect the environment
PROTECTION of the environment must be foremost in our minds as we watch the gradual demise of smaller island states…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Give us Media Freedom
JUST over eight years ago this month, as thousands of Christians marked the death of Jesus Christ, Fiji’s interim…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Heavy lift
Regional airlines ink flight deal TWO of the region’s smaller airlines have signed a deal which will link three…
May 23, 2017
2017 May
Installation of early warning system…
CLIMATE change has become a global phenomenon impacting the whole world. There are cynics who say that there is no such…
Big brothers get deal they…
May 23, 2017
1924
THE regional free trade agreement, known as PACER-Plus was concluded last month…
Saving face
May 23, 2017
1976
Forum seeks regional support IN a face-saving gesture, regional private sector…
PACER-Plus
May 23, 2017
1628
A wedgie in regional geopolitics from the recently concluded Pacific Agreement…
IGA the new shopping…
May 23, 2017
1960
THE New World Group is changing the landscape of retail sales in Fiji having…
The man behind the Panama…
May 23, 2017
1737
GERMAN journalist Frederik Obermaier would never have foreseen how his life…
A shared vision for green…
May 23, 2017
1815
100pc renewable electricity and sustainable biofuels ARGUABLY one of the most…
40 years on, Forum challenges…
May 23, 2017
1931
WHEN Pacific Islands Forum Leaders gathered in Apia, Samoa, in 1978, the then…
Room at the Inn
May 23, 2017
1775
Church ventures into hotel business BIBLICAL accounts of the birth of Jesus…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
A tale of two magazines
IN April 2015 the owners of Front Page Limited bought Islands Business magazine from the Godfrey Scoular and the Estate…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
Pacific loses gifted icon
“ACADEMIC space is so precious because it allows us to ask questions that sometimes we’re punished for asking off…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
Whispers
No bull here AT least one person has fallen foul of the PNG-Fiji impasse on the bully beef trade. Fiji’s Biosecurity…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
Rape in the name of religion
The vulnerable misled AFTER two convictions and with a third pastor still on trial for rape, social media discussions…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
Silence of the rams
A WHITE New Zealander sits on a couch and spreads his legs from the knees, feet close together. He forms his arms,…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
End of the road for Somare
AN era came to an end on April 4 when Papua New Guinea’s ‘father of the nation’ and one of the longest serving…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
PM O’Neill upbeat
PNG prepares to go to the polls RIDING on the perceived success of the government’s core policies, Prime Minister Peter…
April 12, 2017
2017 April
Hilda pushes her world agenda
AFTER 16 months in office, Marshall Islands President Hilda C. Heine has a busy schedule. On the international stage,…
Ending the journey of Girmit
Apr 12, 2017
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THE last Indian immigrant ship, SS Sutlej, carrying 875 indentured men, women…
UNICEF pushes for proper data
Apr 12, 2017
1967
POOR data collection continues to be a resource challenge in Papua New Guinea…
Step up in women’s rights
Apr 12, 2017
2083
IN recent years, there has been increased awareness on gender-based…
Chaotic Melanesia
Apr 12, 2017
2125
Is Melanesia the new Asia with its chaotic traffic ills AS an office worker in…
Pacific exports increase
Apr 12, 2017
1867
Exports Survey has found that business confidence among Pacific Island…
Kava evolution
Apr 12, 2017
1821
HIGH along and beneath the ridges above Fiji’s Old Capital from where defiant…
Kava - is it the answer to…
Apr 12, 2017
1797
NEW research that found traditionallyprepared kava could be the answer in the…
Fulfilling the prophetic role
Apr 12, 2017
1968
Time for the churches to speak THE church continues to play an integral part in…
March 15, 2017
2017 March
Tuna price-fixing probe
Veteran faces time behind bars BUMBLE Bee Foods veteran Walter Scott Cameron will likely see a prison term of at least…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
The journey of life
THOUSANDS of Catholics across the Pacific celebrated Ash Wednesday this month as they began preparations for Easter.…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
Whispers
Ego clash FOR how long will Fiji stay away from the region’s biggest tourism event in the manner of the school yard…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
River poisoning alert
Heavy metals concerns in proposed Sigatoka River mine MINING of the Sigatoka River on the southern coast of Fiji’s main…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
Koila’s House
Scion of chiefly family turns fashion heads KOILA Ganilau is descended from two of the most powerful households in Fiji…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
Out of the shadows
Fashion emerges as new business IN a span of 10 years, fashion has emerged as a growing new industry in Fiji. This is…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
Out of the race
EXCLUSIVE Kepa wants support for Winston victims FIJI’S OPPOSITION Leader, Ro Teimumu Kepa, is out of the 2018 Election…
March 14, 2017
2017 March
At death’s door
How Winston killed a sugar mill IT’S been a year since Tropical Cyclone Winston roared through Rakiraki in…
How Cyclone Winston left us…
Mar 14, 2017
1417
THE successive natural disasters that impacted the Fiji Islands in the first…
TC Winston Recovery Action…
Mar 14, 2017
1560
THE European Union (EU) has supported several disaster response and recovery…
Ode to a Queen
Mar 14, 2017
1596
Halaevalu Mata’aho Ahome’e May 1926 - February 2017 MUCH loved by her subjects,…
Red flag day
Mar 14, 2017
1776
China pledges to cut fleet sizes CHINA has pledged to reduce its fleet of…
Fiji chases tuna across the…
Mar 13, 2017
1798
FIJIAN diplomats are making good progress on negotiations with Tuvalu and…
Fishing boom
Mar 13, 2017
1842
Industry sees huge last quarter DESPITE industry complaints that fishing has…
Survivor Tonga
Mar 13, 2017
1821
Pohiva defeats Nobles’ motion THREE years after winning an election,…
Mixing sports and politics
Mar 13, 2017
1414
Tonga’s bid to host 2019 Pacific Games reaches political climax SPORT has an…
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