Teach us to fish
A NEW model of Pacific engagement is essential if development partners want to make a real difference in the
University, SPTO sign tourism deal
THE University of the South Pacific and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly establish and operationalise the Pacific Tourism Research
Tongans revive canoe-building skills
COLLABORATION between the Tonga Voyaging Society and Fijian master builders has brought to life a unique fleet of hybrid canoes – merging the iconic Fijian Drua and Tongan
Tonga parliamentarians exchange blows
TONGA’S Police Minister, Paula Piukala, has been suspended from parliament along with Lord Tu'ilakepa after they came to blows during a
Tora champions indigenous knowledge
ALFRED Tuikoro Tora has a deep commitment to his people, culture, and the future of the
Drugs sub found
PACIFIC police forces are on high alert after a suspected narcotics submarine was found in Isabel Province, Solomon
Drug 9 found guilty
NINE people have been found guilty in Fiji over their involvement in the importation and distribution of 4.1 plus tonnes of
The church in politics
THE Pacific is often caught between two global powers: China and the United States–Australia alliance.
NZ court censures Fiji inquiry counsel
JANET Mason, the counsel who assisted Fiji’s Commission of Inquiry into the appointment of the Commissioner of FICAC, will be suspended from practising for three months effective July
Guam takes drug fight to post office
AN anti-drug trafficking initiative led by the United States Postal Inspection Service on Guam has netted more than 350kg of controlled substances.
PNG ballot box damage, 11 arrested
ELEVEN people have been arrested for allegedly destroying a ballot box and assaulting a Papua New Guinea police officer during the Aitape-Lumi by-elections last
