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Nauru and Australia have taken another major step in their long-standing cooperation with the signing of a $388 million(US$250 million) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
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AUSTRAC steps up Pacific partnership to tackle financial crime threats
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) says it is intensifying collaboration with Pacific nations to stay ahead of fast-evolving financial crime threats,...
Only four weeks before Tonga Election
By Kalafi Moala
The campaigns for the 20 November general elections are in full motion.
As usual, the intensity of campaigns come from the 71 candidates...
Vanuatu Minister of Agriculture sets 10 million kava plant target by 2030
Vanuatu Minister of Agriculture, Ian Wilson, has announced an ambitious national target to plant 10 million new kava plants by 2030 as part of...
‘Finance must flow now’, says UN climate chief as COP30 nears
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Fiji’s coral reefs show remarkable recovery after Category 5 cyclone
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President Toroama announces new Bougainville Executive Council
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Cook Islands urges equity as IMO delays net-zero shipping framework
The Cook Islands says the delay in adopting the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework could provide valuable time for further discussion and improvements...
Fiji PM Rabuka accepts deputy PM Kamikamica’s resignation amid FICAC charges
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Communications, Manoa Kamikamica,...
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