Who is to blame
Island teams seek answers to World Cup failure THE next four years will determine the future of Pacific rugby following the disastrous exits of Samoa, Fiji and Tonga from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Who is to blame
Island teams seek answers to World Cup failure THE next four years will determine the future of Pacific rugby following the disastrous exits of Samoa, Fiji and Tonga from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Fiber optic bill signed into law
THE path to bring increased Internet speed in Palau is well on its way following the signing into law of the fiber optic bill on September 20. President Remengesau signed
No sign of digital TV
Carrier scurries to make tower deal FIJI’S $16million national digital television platform was announced with much fanfare in 2014 and was to have been launched in July this year. That date later
Battle for the Pacific
Phone provider pushes into content market LESS than a decade after entering the Pacific market, Digicel is poised to become the biggest player in the region. Founded in the Caribbean in 2001,
PNG BUBBLE bursts
AFTER years of unassailable sustainable growth, the Papua New Guinea economy is in trouble. The once hailed as the Pacific’s tiger economy is struggling to stay afloat because of a spiraling
Drought hits Vanuatu
AT least two young children have died of malnutrition in Tanna as the El Nino drought worsens in Vanuatu. One child less than a year old from Lautapunga village in White Sands after the family was
Insult to the Pacific
Minister’s visit draws leaders’ ire AS Indonesian Minister Yohana Susana Yembise attempted to woo Fiji’s women, church leaders in her home were calling for justice. Father Neles
Church on a mission for WEST PAPUA
THE Catholic Church in Pacific has placed the issue of West Papua firmly in its sights after an impassioned plea from regional civil society groups. Next month, Bishop Jean Bosco Baremes of the Diocese of Port
Caught out
Fiji Opposition move forces Bainimarama’s hand MAJOR-General Jioji (George) Konrote has been feted as Fiji’s first non-iTaukei President but he is, in fact, much more. The
After TONG who will it be?
Kiribati election race – overcrowding, social woes overshadow the climate change issue PRESIDENT Anote Tong is leaving office next year because the country’s Constitution restricts presidential
Fallout in French Polynesia
President Fritch proposes new party IT’S hard when you fall out with family. President Edouard Fritch of French Polynesia is the former son-in-law of long-serving politician Gaston