ONOC President Dr Robin Mitchell re-elected to IOC Executive Board
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) has announced the re-election of its President, Dr Robin Mitchell of Fiji into the Executive Board of the...
Reaching herd immunity ‘is no guarantee’
New variants of the Covid-19 virus will make it hard for countries like Cook Islands to achieve herd immunity, says a leading Pacific health...
Bougainville President Toroama: People must accept change
The people of Bougainville must be ready to embrace the sweeping political changes the Autonomous Bougainville Government has undertaken as it prepares for political...
Bougainville Health Minister and Nissan MP missing at sea
Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) Member for Nissan Constituency Charry Napto is among seven other passengers reported missing out in the sea since Saturday.
Napto was...
Fiji records 1,091 new cases of COVID-19; pregnant mothers among 21 reported deaths
Two Fijian pregnant women are among the 21 COVID-19 deaths reported within a seven-day period from 14 July.
Their babies, however, were saved via a...
PNG records five new COVID-19 cases and one death – total cases at 17,524
Papua New Guinea has recorded five new COVID-19 cases as well as one death on Monday 19 July, increasing the total number of cases...
Nine cases among Fiji arrivals to NZ
Nine cases of Covid-19 have been detected among travellers from Fiji to New Zealand in the past week, a senior health official said.
Fiji is...
Solomon Islands PM reiterates ‘get vaccinated now’, 22 students and dependents in Fiji tested positive
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare reiterates his call for all citizens to be vaccinated to protect the nation from any possible community transmission...
Seasonal workers unfamiliar with laws
By Taniela Tuilevuka
Pacific Island Council president Ema Vueti believes seasonal workers ‘get into trouble as they are not aware of the laws in...
Macron, memory and Moruroa
The French president won’t be able to avoid the legacies of nuclear testing when he visits Tahiti this week
By Nic Maclellan
When French president...
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New report warns of Solomon Islands health system under strain
Australia is being accused of draining skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries to fix its own shortage of care workers, pushing fragile health...
Fiji secures agreement on Ocean and climate action Resolution at UNEA-7
Pacific delegations at the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) are celebrating a breakthrough in Nairobi with Fiji securing an agreement on...
The Late Akilisi Pōhiva: A Tongan Voice for Justice and Liberation of West Papua
By Mele Tuuakitau, USP Journalism Student
Tonga’s Support for decolonisation in the Pacific: Can we do more?
As a small island state in the Pacific,...