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Guam Catholic Church offers to pay up to US$34million to sex abuse victims

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Guam's Catholic Church has come up with a revised proposed payment of US$27.96 million to US$34.38 million to those who claimed they were raped...

Tropical tuna measure, albacore, compliance monitoring and labour standards head FFA priorities for WCPFC18

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By Francisco Blaha The public perception of fisheries tends to focus on operations—boats, weather, accidents, overfishing, illegal fishing. It can be difficult to focus much...

Is Gender-based Violence the worst Pandemic we have ever faced?

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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

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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 Ardern says she is ‘deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara’ New Zealand prime minister Jacinda...

Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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