World-class health services for Nauru
A MONTH after Nauru announced a strategic partnership with UAE company Global Mission Support Services, changes are taking
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Criminal probe into missing $86K Japan grant
PALAU investigators have completed a probe into the disappearance of over $USD86,000 in Japanese government funds intended for Angaur
NZ commits $4 million to Fiji’s HIV crisis
NEW Zealand has pledged $NZD4 million to support Fiji’s fight against a growing HIV outbreak, describing the crisis as a serious threat to lives and livelihoods across the
Film tracks Pacific youth fight for justice
IN an emotional and deeply relevant new documentary, YUMI – The Whole World, Pacific youth are at the center of a global climate justice movement that has now reached the world’s highest legal
Vanuatu launches Loss and Damage policy
VANUTAU has launched a new national policy on loss and damage centred around 11 thematic areas and includes 85 policy
Drug crisis out of control
HEALTH and security officials are struggling to collaborate against a regional drug crisis which has been described as “spiralling out of
Voters destroy bridges in PNG
POLICE and military reinforcements have been deployed after election violence in Enga Province, Papua New
Trade Ministers back kava protections
Pacific Trade Ministers have welcomed the draft Kava Declaration, marking a significant step toward safeguarding kava’s cultural and economic importance across the
Niue to host Pacific Fisheries Ministerial
Niue is set to host the 24th Annual Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) Ministerial Meeting and the 6th Annual Regional Fisheries Ministers Meeting (RFMM) from 22–24 July
Huge demand in Tuvalu for Australian visas
280 Tuvalu citizens will be granted permanent residency each year as part of a landmark pact with Australia. But for some, the offer is bitter-sweet, as their island-home
Saint for Papua New Guinea
PREPARATIONS are underway in Papua New Guinea for the canonization of the first Pacific islander
Crewless boats patrol ocean
TWO crewless vessels will patrol Pacific waters to help identify and track suspicious maritime
Samoa drug crackdown
SAMOAN police have started a crackdown on drug trafficking as methamphetamine use increases into what has been described as a
PNG Governor-General denied VIP access
Papua New Guinea’s Governor-General has been left red faced over a bank card issue left him out of Heathrow Airport’s VIP
191 to contest Samoa election
The Office of the Electoral Commission has recorded the highest number of Samoa election candidates at the close of
Waqa – Region committed to inclusiveness
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands – The Pacific remains committed commitment to a united, resilient, and inclusive Blue Pacific
Pacific leaders call for unity and bold action
“The Pacific is not always calm,” warned Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as he opened the second Pacific Regional and National Security Conference in
Solomon’s, PNG through to OFC final
Solomons Islands will take on PNG in the final of the OFC Women's Nations Cup in
40 years over the Rainbow
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a terrible tragedy.
Devil in the detail of New Caledonia’s “historic” agreement
Meeting in France, New Caledonian political leaders have signed an agreement on the political and economic future of the French Pacific
Solomon Islands outclass Tonga
Henderson Eels trio of Ileen Pegi, Madeliene Arukau and Lorina Solosaia drive Solomon Islands to tournament top four with a commanding 5-0 victory over
Vanuatu upsets Fiji but misses semis
Vanuatu women’s football team defeated Fiji who were undefeated in Group B, after the first two rounds of the OFC Women’s Nations
