Hydrogen bomb test at Kiritimati
FOLLOWING three nuclear tests on Malden Island in 1957, the UK military relocated the testing site to Christmas Island (today known as Kiritimati). The decision to continue the weapons testing programme at the
UK envoy urges Pacific support over Russia’s chemical poisoning
By Nanise Volau THE British Government is calling on the Pacific to uphold the principles of the UN Charter on the prohibition of chemical weapons which they claimed was recently undermined by Russia. The plea comes in
Stop the violence against women and girls
By NANISE VOLAU FIJI’S rate of violence against women and girls are among the highest in the world. According to Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, Coordinator Shamima Ali, Fiji is not a good place for women because 64
Stop the violence against women and girls
By NANISE VOLAU FIJI’S rate of violence against women and girls are among the highest in the world. According to Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, Coordinator Shamima Ali, Fiji is not a good place for women because 64
We Say
“We need to realise something: Either we speak up now and draw a clear line under freedom of speech, or we write it off in the Pacific region” IT’S becoming far too common: Journalists and whistle blowers are
Whispers
No to Sundancer movie The length to which authorities can go to make life miserable for political foes is, well breath-taking to say the least. This is so true for the former head of the republic of Kiribati Anote Tong
Plans to address HIV-AIDS stigma
AT least 747 new cases of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have been diagnosed in Fiji since February last year. Jokapeci Tuberi, Regional Coordinator for HIV Stigma Index of the Fiji Network of
Who will be held responsible?
Kiribati under the spotlight after ferry disaster ATOLL nation of Kiribati in the northern Pacific was consumed with grief in January when 80 people including children died presumably drowned in a ferry incident. Grief
Violence Against Women in the Pacific
In the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW), violence against women is defined as any act of gender based violence that “results in, or is likely to result in, physical,
Empowering Pacific rural women
47-year old Emily Qilarisa lives in Sepa, a remote village of around 240 residents in Choiseul Province in the northern most part of Solomon Islands. For the people in her community, the adverse impacts of climate
Only 4 Observers are missing at sea
PORT Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Only four Observers have been reported missing in foreign fishing vessels and not 18 says the country’s fisheries and marine resources minister, Patrick Basa. He made the
