Australian vaccine donations to Pacific nations top 1 million
Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific last week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australians’ reluctance to be vaccinated...
Fiji records 632 new cases, two death deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 632 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths recorded Sunday.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr James Fong said...
‘Women have not been able hold these: Samoa’s first female PM gets down to...
The prime minister’s office in Apia, the capital of Samoa, which overlooks the harbour, has just been vacated by the man who held the...
Fiji diplomat says rugby can open doors for scholarship to study and play in...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
Fiji’s back to back gold medal win in sevens rugby at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday will open up...
Queensland mayor’s historic blackbirding apology over slavery of Pacific Islanders
A local mayor has entered territory no state or Australian federal politician has ventured after apologising for the blackbirding practices that helped build Queensland's...
We don’t want Suva to be burnt like before: Fiji Defence Minister
Fijian Defence Minister Inia Seruiratu has shed some light on why politicians have been taken in for questioning in relation to Bill 17.
Members of...
NZ monitoring ongoing arrests of Fiji opposition politicians
New Zealand has reiterated its concern with ongoing police questioning of opposition politicians in Fiji.
Several opposition MPs as well as two former prime ministers...
Federated States of Micronesia makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has become one of the first nations to adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.
Everyone in the western Pacific country over...
Five people arrested for possessing washed-up cocaine in Vava’u
The Tongan Police Drugs Enforcement Taskforce has arrested five people relating to the washed-up cocaine in Vava’u.
The Taskforce raided three residences last night, two...
Dr Rodgers warns Delta Variant can seriously affect Solomon Islands than Fiji
Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Jimmy Rodgers warns Solomon Islands could be seriously affected by the delta variant of COVID-19 than the current...
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Pacific police chiefs endorse constitution establishing PACPOL
Pacific police chiefs have endorsed the constitution of the Pacific Community of Policing (PACPOL), establishing a new framework for regional policing cooperation.
The endorsement brings...
Second Solomon Islands MP dies within days as Parliament mourns David Gina
Solomon Islands is mourning the loss of two Members of Parliament within days, following the sudden death of Acting Speaker David Gina, after the...
Filimoni Vosarogo to take over Employment portfolio, Fiji PM confirms
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that Lands and Mineral Resources Minister Filimoni Vosarogo will take over the Employment Minister portfolio.
Speaking in an...