Vanuatu quarantine duration back to 14 days
Vanuatu's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that the quarantine duration will be reduced to 10 days, as part of some revisions to border...
Tonga told virus ‘is here to stay’ as first of community cases recovers
Tonga’s health minister Dr Saia Piukala says people should learn to live with Covid-19 in the community as the first of the latest cases...
190 test positive in Solomon Islands , new cases in Makira
There are a total of 190 positive COVID-19 cases recorded in Solomon Islands Thursday.
The Minister of Health and Medical services Dr Culwick Togamana gave...
Sam Basil is now acting PM, PM Marape departs for China
Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister and Member for Bulolo Sam Basil has been appointed as Acting Prime Minister for the next 14 days.
Prime...
‘Unusual’: Vanuatu diplomat entangled in Australian Border Force raid
A foreign diplomat has found himself tangled up in a Border Force raid at a Christian missionary’s Queensland home.
Christian missionary Jane Smith was asleep...
U.S senators ask CNMI about China’s ‘influence’
At least three U.S senators want to know the extent of China’s influence in the CNMI.
At the U.S Senate Committee on Energy and Natural...
Covid-19: Health emergency declared in New Caledonia
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia because of the sharp resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government decision was announced by the...
AUSMAT officials in Kiribati to help contain spread of COVID-19
Australia is working in partnership with Kiribati as it responds to the country’s first COVID19 outbreak.
A five-member Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) arrived in...
Eight more COVID deaths in Fiji
A six-month-old is among eight people who died in Fiji from COVID-19 between 27January and 01 February.
The baby was admitted at the CWM Hospital...
SOE ends, Public Health Emergency declared in Vanuatu
Vanuatu is now operating the COVID-19 emergency under the amended Public Health Act , after almost two years of powering responses under the Disaster...
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‘Demonising China’ is not my concern, says Solomon Islands PM Manele
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says “demonising China” is not his concern.
When responding to questions from the media if he is concern that...
Former FBC CEO Sayed-Khaiyum, CFO charged
Former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) Chief Executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Chief Financial Officer Vimlesh Sagar have been charged by the Fiji Independent Commission Against...
The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges...
The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme...