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...
Omicron confirmed in Kiribati, 155 more cases reported
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
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
The volcanic eruption in Tonga last month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing large waves...
Delta Variant confirmed in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Minister of Health and Medical services Dr Culwick Togamana has confirmed that the COVID-19 variant spreading in the country is the Delta...
303 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths in Solomon Islands
Total of 303 more people are reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 in Solomon Islands Monday.
Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana release...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests negative for Covid-19
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested negative for Covid-19 after being deemed a close contact of a positive case on a flight.
Governor-General...
Princess Anne to visit PNG
Princess Anne will visit Papua New Guinea in April to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae said in a...
Vanuatu regains UN voting right
Vanuatu has had its voting rights reinstated at the United Nations after recently being denied the right over unpaid fees.
Director of the Department of...
Support of Taiwan independence could spark US military conflict with China, says Chinese ambassador
China and the United States could end up in a military conflict if the U.S encourages Taiwan's independence, Beijing's ambassador to Washington, Qin Gang,...
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PNG faces crisis due to impacts of El Niño, sends warning to rest of...
A severe environmental crisis.
Those were the words used by Papua New Guinea’s First Secretary for the Ministry of Transport, Coffee and Meteorology, Nos Werao...
Fiji takes South Fiji Basin claim to UN
Fiji is seeking international recognition of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the South Fiji Basin, with its...
PM Brown shifts focus to recovery after Cyclone Wati hits Cook Islands
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the government is shifting its focus to recovery and damage assessments after Tropical Cyclone Wati moved away...