Island squabble: Disbelief in Paris over native detente
DIFFERENCES between the French State and the independence movement were again highlighted last month over the status of Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneag (Hunter) – two uninhabited volcanic islands located to the east
When time is up
PAPUA New Guinea and Fiji have started preparations for general elections – the former in 2027 and the latter this year or early in 2027.
Disability inclusion: Less talk, more action
DISABILITY inclusion can end up being just a requirement to be fulfilled, and that is not good enough, according to Kumon Tarawa.
When the badge becomes heavy
AT the end of a shift in Fiji, the police badge may come off, but the work often does not.
Tahiti’s nuclear shadow: Health costs that never ended
BY the time the nuclear tests stopped in 1996, the Pacific had already carried the burden for three decades.
Investing in Pacific eye health
ACROSS the Pacific, more than one million people live with avoidable blindness. And cataracts are the leading cause. A 20-minute surgical procedure can fix the problem, and the impact is felt immediately.
Pacific must act on RHD now
RHEUMATIC heart disease (RHD) continues to place a significant burden on Pacific health
When the badge becomes heavy
AT the end of a shift in Fiji, the police badge may come off, but the work often does not.
Afflict the Comfortable
“IN all life, one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.” — John Kenneth
A country burns: Meanwhile, chiefs argue over a name
IN April, I caught up with a close friend in Melbourne, an Indo-Fijian woman who left Fiji 30 years ago in search of a better life.
Building a better world: Safe, fair, inclusive
IS it any wonder people are in thrall to the power and vicarious thrill of digital technologies when many acclaimed films and TV series extol the apparent virtues of digital surveillance?
We must unite: Regional approach to fuel crisis
A FLEMISH proverb often attributed to Benjamin Franklin says: “We must hang together, else we shall most assuredly hang alone.”
No other way
RALPH Regenvanu has consistently spoken out on the issue of climate change at home in Vanuatu, in the region and on the global stage.
France will try
LAST month, France missed the chance to win the Rugby Six Nations Championship Grand Slam, but it continued strengthening its
Time for calm in Vanuatu
VANUATU has officially welcomed an economic mission to Port Vila from New Caledonia’s Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et
Tick a box
WHEN you pick up a bag of desiccated coconut at your local grocer in Suva, Port Vila or Honiara, you probably don't think
Taiwan, uni team up
THE Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) and Fiji National University’s (FNU) Koronivia Campus have partnered to establish a student training farm to strengthen agricultural education and support long-term food security in
Why private sector is key
Veteran food technologist Dr Richard Beyer on why the private sector, niche products, and knowing what we're good at are the
You can do better
A SURVEY of just under 300 young people across four Pacific Island nations has produced interesting, and some would say, telling
Growth and work
PACIFIC leaders talk jobs. Young people hear promises, but an economist hears a different problem: the region is creating
