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Beijing intensifies lobbying of Pacific nations to recognise Taiwan as part of One China

8:17 pm GMT+12, 14/02/2019

Beijing has intensified its campaign to isolate Taiwan in the Pacific, pressing for the region's peak diplomatic body to formally embrace a One China policy. Sources from two Pacific Island nations say Chinese officials have tried to convince them the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) should accept that the Chinese Communist Party is the rightful government of both the mainland and Taiwan. The move is inflammatory because » read more

American Samoa, Guam, Samoa added to EU blacklist, Vanuatu removed	TSI: money the focus of elections, Police arrest a man in Honiara for alleged electoral offence
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A rising China and the future of the “Blue Pacific”

8:25 pm GMT+12, 14/02/2019, Fiji

By Dame Meg Taylor The focus of the Pacific Islands Forum and its Secretariat is securing the future prosperity and wellbeing of the “Blue Pacific”. The Forum seeks genuine partnerships with all actors who are willing to join us along the pathway towards that Read more

If Pacific nations go under water what happens to maritime boundaries?

By foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic
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Covering climate change a challenge for the Pacific Island journalists

By Benjamin Kedoga Journalists in the Pac
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Australia ramps up Chinese rivalry for influence in the Pacific

As the Australian Government presses on with its pivot to the Pacific, no-one wants to use the
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Samoan cop sacrifices years with his family to study cannabis in New Zealand

Kent Onesemo is a Samoan police officer who has been in Auckland studying with ESR (forensics/
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Business News

Fiji accedes to the agreement on port state measures

9:49 pm GMT+12, 14/02/2019, Italy

Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Ambassador Deo Saran has deposited the instrument of accession to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) at the Food and Agriculture Organisation, thereby formally committing Fiji before the Read more

$503.73 million in remittances top Samoa foreign exchange earner

$503.73 million in remittances top Samoa
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Vanuatu export breakthrough to New Caledonia

Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai signed a historic bilateral trade agreement with New Cal
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PINA head cites importance of content sharing

The head of a regional media organisation says greater content sharing should be a major part
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Pacific Islands government should consider seabed mining impacts

Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (PIANGO) has cautioned Pacific Is
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Sports News

Tahiti concerned about Pacific Games accommodation

8:26 pm GMT+12, 14/02/2019, Samoa

Tahiti has expressed concerns over the suitability of accommodation for athletes competing in the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed in November between the Samoa Government and accommodation providers in Upolu and Savai'i. But the majority Read more

Fiji National Sports Commission to bid 2027 Pacific Games hosting

Fiji National Sports Commission will be biding to host the 2027 Pacific Games in Fiji.
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2023 Pacific Games Logo and Mascot design competition opens, We are on time says Dr Rogers

School students across the country are encouraged to participate in the Solomon Islands 2023 P
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Flying Fijians RWC jersey unveiled

Fiji Rugby Union President Voreqe Bainimarama unveiled the new Fiji jersey design at the FRU a
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Hosts send ominous warning to rivals in Kone

New Caledonian eyes were smiling in the capital of Grande Terre’s northern province Kone
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