Last gasp efforts to save Air Vanuatu

As Vanuatu’s government seeks to revive Air Vanuatu, the World Bank has pointed to the airline’s collapse as a cautionary tale about the risks of “opaque State-Owned Enterprise

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“A game-changer”: Fiji Airways launches new flight simulators

Fiji Airways has launched two advanced full-flight simulators for the Airbus A350 and ATR-72 aircraft at its Aviation Academy in

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Kiribati’s US$60m airports project moves forward

Aviation provides vital regional and international connectivity for Kiribati, and is essential for the import and export of time-sensitive commodities and emergency

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Briefs

News in brief from American Samoa, Fiji, and around the Pacific Islands region in the month of October

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Disunity in USP strike

A special University of the South Pacific Council meeting to address rising tensions between staff and management appears to have failed in its attempt to quell a threat of a strike by USP staff

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People and the sea: Tuvalu harnesses its resources

Since regaining independence in 1979, Tuvalu has placed an emphasis on its maritime training institute at Amatuku, to produce skilled workers for merchant fleets in the Pacific and around the

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Protecting the children left behind

A report looking at the impact of labour mobility schemes on children in four Pacific nations has found that while the remittances they generate are critical in supporting families, the schemes are placing physical and

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Green skills, wellness, and digital proficiency

As Pacific Island nations navigate rapid economic changes, the demand for “green skills” is on the

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Pacific women coaches excel in world rugby

World Rugby in partnership with leading global insurance brokerage firm, Gallagher, selected two coaches from the Pacific for the Gallagher High Performance

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Movers and Shakers

Sir Jerry Mateparae has been appointed as an independent moderator to work with the Government of Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government in resolving outstanding issues on Bougainville’s

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Where are the women?

How much of the outcomes from Pacific women leaders' meetings were brought to the Forum Leaders table for discussion this

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Forum debates French colonialism, China and climate change

As Presidents, Prime Ministers and Premiers assembled in the Kingdom of Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM), the region’s Blue Pacific agenda was overshadowed by geopolitical jousting and

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USP Council summoned as dissent creeps into student body

Dissent has broken out between the USP Students’ Association and students supporting sacked academic Dr Tamara

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Living costs take centre stage in Palau debate

Palau’s Presidential hopefuls debated this month before a live and online audience in Koror in a much more Pacific

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Whispers

Dispatches from Tonga The ubiquity of mobile phones is a growing issue at the Pacific Islands Forum. At last month’s leaders’ meeting in Nuku’alofa, every ceremony and event was captured on phones, with selfies

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Kava: Protecting our lifeblood

Kava is of immense cultural significance to peoples across the region: yaqona in Fiji, malogu in Vanuatu, 'ava in Samoa, 'awa in Hawai’i and sakau in the Federated States of

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The “Palauan Dream”

Palau’s tourism industry may be slowly recovering, but there are concerns that its young people are not participating in the

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Building for tomorrow

Local architects are exploring sustainable building methods to create climate-resilient communities.

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Women driving change in Fiji’s construction industry

Women in Development and Trade Fiji’s initiatives are driving a significant shift in the traditionally male dominated Fijian construction

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Palau’s ancient builders

A project to understand and map Palau’s ‘green pyramids’, is bringing attention to a largely unknown period of early

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Pacific artists collective focuses on cultural recovery

Rako Pasefika, a collective of Pacific Island artists from the island of Rotuma, is emerging as a powerful force of cultural

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Briefs

American Samoa American Samoa's Senate has passed a bill that will increase fees paid to jurors for the first time in 44 years. The bill acknowledges the “important role in the criminal legal system” jurors play and

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Movers and Shakers

Pacific government, business and community appointments and in memorium from Islands Business' September 2024

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