Sam Basil is now acting PM, PM Marape departs for China

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vanuatu is now operating the COVID-19 emergency under the amended Public Health Act , after almost two years of powering responses under the Disaster...

Omicron confirmed in Kiribati, 155 more cases reported

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Kiribati Ministry of Health and Medical Services has confirmed the Omicron variant is now spreading in the community after the results were confirmed by...

Solomon Islands Health Ministry close vaccination sites in Honiara citing transmission risks

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Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical services has closed all vaccination sites in Honiara today. The Health Ministry said they have had to close...

Tsunami models underestimated shockwave from Tonga eruption

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The volcanic eruption in Tonga last month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves...

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