Stormy Forum
Islands Business has been sent a video of the clash at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Nauru yesterday between Forum chair and President of Nauru, Baron Waqa and a member of the Chinese delegation. The
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GCF funds for Nauru port
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Like other Pacific island nations, Nauru is facing significant climate challenges. Last October, the Micronesian nation
GCF funds for Nauru port
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Like other Pacific island nations, Nauru is facing significant climate challenges. Last October, the Micronesian nation
Securing maritime boundaries
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Many Pacific island states are really large ocean states, with vast Exclusive Economic Zones. As local enterprises and overseas
Rolling protests in West Papua
BY NETANI RIKA A SERIES of protests has taken place in West Papua in support of Vanuatu’s plan to address human rights abuse by Indonesia. The protests in Sentani and Jayapura led to some 80 arrests by
Chinese walkout
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after
Chinese walkout
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after
Arrests at West Papua Protest
BY Netani Rika INDONESIAN security forces have arrested 50 protesters who want human rights abuses in West Papua to be addressed by Pacific leaders.? The protest in Sentani called on leaders at the
Chinese walkout
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after
China-Taiwan spat at Forum
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru It’s not only journalists who face visa problems getting into Nauru. China’s official delegation had trouble obtaining
Cure Kids Fiji launches Rheumatic heart campaign
BY USA KOTO Cure Kids Fiji has launched an awareness campaign on rheumatic heart disease in Fiji. The “Heart to Heart” Rheumatic Fever Awareness Campaign is to run across the country the whole month. Cure
Forum to consider Biketawa Plus security declaration
BY Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru Pacific leaders will consider a new Biketawa Plus declaration on regional security, as they gather in Nauru for the 49th Pacific
Coal lobby influences new Australian government
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru It’s the end of winter. Large areas of Australia are suffering under a major drought. Bushfires are raging across New South Wales.
Fiji Opposition Walkout as President gets reconfirmed
BY NETANI RIKA FIJIAN President, Major- General Jioje Konrote, was reappointed for a three year term this hour. But Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa led Social Democratic Liberal Party out of the house in protest
Cabling the Pacific
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‘Defend the people, not the States’, says outgoing UN human rights chief
For four years, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has been taking governments across the world to task, exposing human rights violations and robustly
‘New Chinese’ a threat to Pacific stability: report
The acquisition of land on a large scale by ‘new’ Chinese in the Pacific region could potentially be a trigger for instability in the future, a new report has suggested. Authored by Dr. Stewart
Migration not the answer to rising sea levels
CLOSE to a year after COP23 in Bonn and the Pacific-led talks on climate change, atoll communities are no closer to a solution to the danger posed by rising sea levels. According to the United States Geological Survey
Kanak leader lobbies for regional support
As New Caledonia moves closer to a referendum on self-determination on 4 November, Kanak leader Daniel Goa has been touring the Pacific, seeking regional support to monitor the decolonisation process. At the end of
Fiji Parliament recall
BY NETANI RIKA Fiji’s Parliament will convene in a special sitting on Friday to appoint a President. Speaker Dr Jiko Luveni directed today that parliamentarians attend the session. The three-year term of
Earthquake in Labasa
BY NETANI RIKA AN earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale has been recorded 155km West of Labasa. Tremors were felt as far South as the capital, Suva, around 1.34pm today (Wednesday). The United States Geological
Islands Business August 2018 edition
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Teachers turned examiners
By ANISH CHAND In a major shift from the norm, school teachers will be assigned to supervise external examinations this year. In a circular sent to all schools on 28 August 2018, Permanent Secretary for Education