Kacific And GuarantCo Named Winners Of Cooperation Of The Year Award At SIG Awards

Singapore, 13 April 2022 — Kacific and GuarantCo have won the Cooperation of the Year Award at the Satcoms Innovation Group Awards for setting a new global benchmark in delivering affordable and reliable satellite

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The University of Fiji and the Sai Prema Foundation Fiji Sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Medical Services, Training and Research Collaboration

The University of Fiji and the Sai Prema Foundation Fiji (SPF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for provision of free medical services to staff and students of the University and their families.  The

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Ocean action the rallying cry at Fiji Seascapes Symposium

“There is no climate action without ocean action” was the rallying cry from Fiji President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere at the start of a three-day symposium on ocean conservation in Suva this week. “As we

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Josephine McComber: SPBD Businesswoman of the Year

Josephine McComber from Taveuni is the SPBD Fiji Businesswoman of the Year, 2020. The award is a dream come true for McComber: “I feel happy and proud, I was desperate to become the next SPBD Businesswoman of the Year

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Time for UBS to come clean on PNG loan

Swiss investment bank, UBS, needs to lift the transparency around how the sovereign lending sausage it sold to the PNG government was made, and what it earned from making it. UBS can respond in one of two ways to the

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China and Solomon Islands sign security deal

China has signed a security deal with the Solomon Islands just days ahead of a visit by senior U.S government officials to the South Pacific country, exacerbating western fears over Beijing’s growing influence in the

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Debt distress talks at first Pacific debt conference

The First Pacific Regional Debt Conference earlier this month saw Pacific Island Forum Economic Ministers raise the need for urgent talks between Forum Island Countries, creditors, and development partners for proactive

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Cikamatana continues to shine for the green and gold

Champion weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana is set to headline Australia’s weightlifting team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Australia weightlifting team was announced yesterday to coincide with the

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Biggest water project in Kiribati commences

People living in Kiribati’s most populated centres of South Tarawa, Betio and Buota expect to get safe and reliable water once the South Tarawa Water Supply Project (STWSP) is completed in five years. The Kiribati

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