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OP- Ed by Levan Bouadze, Resident Representative, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji
The COVID-19 pandemic affected lives, plagued economies, left millions without jobs and income...
Pacific Island leaders bemoan weak Glasgow climate pact
Leaders from Pacific Islands threatened by rising sea levels said they were disappointed with the Glasgow climate pact, which called for a phase down...
New Zealand to send dozens of peacekeepers to Solomon Islands
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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda...
Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, the head...
Positive travellers from African states in quarantine
Fiji currently have COVID-positive travellers in quarantine who arrived in the country from African states before we knew about Omicron.
Permanent Secretary for Health and...
Samoa Electoral Commissioner resigns immediately
Samoa Electoral Commissioner, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, tendered his resignation on Wednesday with immediate effect to become the new Land and Titles Court Deputy President,...
NZ rugby open to sending teams to Australia for start of Super Rugby Pacific amid COVID travel uncertainty
Amid the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID pandemic, New Zealand Rugby has revealed to Newshub definitively that the inaugural season of Super Rugby Pacific...
Fiji Rugby welcomes change in World Rugby eligibility rule
Fiji Rugby has pledged to continue to invest in its local players and development pathway players.
Following the announcement by World Rugby to approve the...
Fiji welcomes first Australian tourists in 20 months amid Omicron concerns
Fiji has thrown open its doors today to tourists for the first time in 20 months, despite fears over the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
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Marshall Islands moves to reduce world’s strictest Covid-quarantine
The Marshall Islands is one of only a handful of nations never to have experienced a single case of community transmission of Covid-19.
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