3.2 million leaflets for New Caledonian voters
MILLIONS of leaflets with candidate lists and party propaganda have been collated for distribution to voters across New Caledonia, in the lead up to next week’s provincial elections.
Fiji seeks deeper trade, investment ties with New Zealand
FIJI has urged New Zealand businesses to deepen commercial ties and support new investment projects as the government moves to accelerate trade reforms and expand market access.
SPBD Fiji surpasses $FJD 150 million in loans to women entrepreneurs
SOUTH Pacific Business Development (SPBD) Fiji has disbursed $150 million in loans to women entrepreneurs across the country since its 2010 launch.
Our sovereignty will not sink with the seas, Tuvalu declares
TUVALU’S Governor-General, Reverend Sir Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, has called for urgent global action on climate mobility, warning that the Pacific nation’s future cannot be separated from the rights, identity and sovereignty of its people as…
Boost for Tuvalu police with qualified officers
TUVALU’S police force will be boosted by 10 newly graduated officers next week.The officers—six men and four women—completed a 16-week...
Trump reopens Pacific waters to commercial fishing
THE Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has welcomed President Donald Trump’s proclamation, Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific.
Linchpin of healthcare: Australian expert urges support for Fiji’s laboratory staff
A LEADING Australian medical scientist has described Fiji's laboratory professionals as highly skilled and resourceful even as they...
Pacific Lab Professionals meet as brain-drain threatens services
MEDICAL laboratory scientists have converged in Fiji for a three-day conference aimed at modernising diagnostics and retaining skilled professionals in the face of a critical brain drain affecting the Pacific region.