Revamping Fiji Airports for the digital age
FIJI Airports has partnered with GC Tech, an Australian digital transformation consultancy
VILIAME TAWANAKORO
Global trend impacts coffee market
COFFEE futures have been on an extended price rally for months. Supplies are becoming tighter and less predictable due to extreme weather, which is itself a direct consequence of climate
Trump dumps climate deal
AS President Donald Trump undercuts international law—from Gaza to Venezuela and beyond—the United States (US) has announced it will withdraw from a range of United Nations agencies and other international
Movers and Shakers
ELIZABETH Wright-Koteka, a veteran diplomat and former ambassador, has been appointed Secretary of the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Australia commits $AUD550 million to regional climate resilience
AUSTRALIA hosted Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders for a PIF Troika meeting in Brisbane this week to discuss progress on arrangements for a special pre-COP hosted in the
US exit from WHO triggers global health alarm
THE United States has formally exited the World Health Organization (WHO), finalizing a process that began with a year of warnings and debate over the country’s role in global
Palau Senate blocks US deportee deal, calls for referendum
THE Palau Senate has blocked a controversial agreement that would have allowed up to 75 third-country nationals deported from the United States to be resettled in the country, and called for a national referendum on the
Vaping’s grip tightens across the Pacific
VAPING is increasing in the Pacific, and governments are scrambling to respond as a black market expands around the habit, causing growing harm to public
Pacific dialogue to highlight cooperatives
LEADERS will meet at the Pacific Regional Dialogue to explore how cooperatives can address climate change, food insecurity, and economic vulnerability across the
Fiji Airways calls for united action on tourism growth
FIJI Airways, Fiji’s national carrier, has issued a clarion call for collective action to unlock the next phase of growth for the country’s vital tourism
Tourism industry stabilizing globally: Tourism Fiji CEO
GLOBAL tourism is moving into a period of stability after the post-COVID
Fiji leads the regional hotel market
FIJI’S hospitality sector is outshining regional heavyweights like Thailand and French
Tourism remains central to Fiji’s economy – Gavoka
TOURISM remains the engine of Fiji’s economy, with the sector recording a milestone 986,367 visitor arrivals in
Pacific LBQ Activists Hold Feminist Strategy Meeting in Fiji
TWENTY-SEVEN Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer (LBQ+) feminists from ten Pacific Island countries and territories gathered in
Third Fiji Tourism Convention kicks off
TOURISM remains at the heart of Fiji’s economy and will continue to drive national progress, declared Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Viliame
People First party registered
LOYALIST members of deposed Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama’s FijiFirst have formed a new political party to contest the next general
New Caledonia agreement signed in Paris
AFTER four days of talks in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron and five parliamentary groups from New Caledonia have signed the Elysée-Oudinot Accord – an agreement on constitutional and economic change for the
Rokotavaga’s path to graduation
THE youngest of three siblings from Vunisinu in Rewa, Rokotavaga’s story is a testament to the power of
IFC names Asia-Pacific Vice President
SARVESH Suri is the International Finance Corporation’s Regional Vice President for Asia and the
PNG holds back on Bougainville’s freedom
SIX years ago, the people of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New
Tonga launces probe into false flag ships
TONGA has launched investigations into claims that 10 ships operating illegally in the East and South China Seas are falsely flying the kingdom’s
Take charge, Papua media owner tells scribes
A WEST Papuan media owner has urged journalists in his country to become key players in covering major issues in Papua, rather than mere spectators dominated by foreign
Gun amnesty and police changes over PNG weapons concerns
PAPUA New Guineans in possession of illegal weapons face life in