Health is the focus: Sanitation key to rural settlements
A YOUNG woman is turning the spotlight on rural sanitation challenges.
Ema Ganivatu
Call for industry control
SOLOMONS Opposition Leader Matthew Wale wants greater control over the quality of building materials available in the construction
Past merges with future: Tradition, innovation and sustainability
REDUCTION of energy and water bills is the aim of an innovative construction project in Nasinu, just outside Fiji’s
Reality trumps potential
SITUATED in the heart of Melanesia, the Solomon Islands is a nation with great potential that remains largely
Built to last: Promises and challenges in PNG
PAPUA New Guinea (PNG) is a land of great beauty and vast but unrealised potential. With over 850 languages, rugged highlands and vast coasts, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations on
Bad behaviour: The need for regional cooperation
Mid-last year, reports started surfacing that Deep Sea Mining Finance (DSMF) was extracting seabed minerals in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) exclusive economic zone (EEZ), unbeknownst to government and without permission
Movers and Shakers
Captain Etika Tuisue has been appointed Chief Pilot and Flight Operations Officer for Fiji Airways, effective 1 August
Solomons cabinet reshuffle
SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Mane has reshuffled his cabinet and appointed new
Canoe sails Fiji-Solomons in 8 days
SAILING for eight days, the Uto Ni Yalo is expected to make landfall in Lata, Solomon Islands tonight
Riots over Papua arrests
ELITE riot units have been deployed in Sorong, West Papua, as riots broke out on the streets when four freedom fighters were prosecuted by
Top Pacific Cops meet
REGIONAL police forces face a variety of new challenges with law enforcement in the areas of drugs, human trafficking, the return of deportees, and border
Human rights training for cops
OFFICERS have been trained on human rights, conflict resolution, and community-based
Nawai’s first international voyage
FRPM listening to navigation stories, Maciu Nawai is on a voyage of 1100 miles of open ocean from Fiji to the Solomon
Fire destroys Marshalls parliament
Firefighters after a blaze gutted the Marshall Islands parliament. Source – Hilary Hosia,
Oceania sailors sight land
PACIFIC voyagers aboard the twin-hulled canoe, Uto Ni Yalo, have sighted land on the sixth day of sailing to Lata, Solomon Islands, from Suva in
Observers at Samoa poll
THE Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has deployed an election observer mission to observe the upcoming Samoa National Election tomorrow
Life term for drug runner
DRUG runner Justin Ho has been jailed for life with a non-parole period of 30
Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 brings together regional leaders
The Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 concluded in Brisbane after three days of discussions, presentations, and networking, attracting 652 delegates, 80 speakers, and more than 40 exhibitors from 20
Uto Ni Yalo passes Yasawa
THE twin-hulled canoe Uto Ni Yalo is on its third night at sea on a voyage to Honiara, Solomon Islands, from Fiji with a multinational Pacific
Fiji constitution ruling soon – Chief Justice
FIJI’S Supreme Court will deliver a ruling on the country’s constitution as soon as possible, says Chief Justice Salesi
NZ-China row ahead of Forum
NEW Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says China has been “too clever by half” in response to a statement from Beijing denying any involvement in this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting