Moana Pasifika to play Chiefs in amended Super Rugby Pacific round five draw
COVID outbreaks in the Blues, Highlanders, and Crusaders squads have forced New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to amend the DHL Super Rugby Pacific Round 5...
Nagusa returns, Mataiciwa starts at fullback for Fijian Drua
Captain Nemani Nagusa returns from injury to lead the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua in their Round 5 Super Rugby Pacific clash against the Western...
Potential sites for permanent UN office in Fiji
Work continues on setting up a permanent United Nations office in Fiji’s capital Suva.
UN Resident Coordinator, Sanaka Samarasinha confirmed they continue to work with...
About 65 women to contest PNG election
About 65 women have put up their hands to contest the Papua New Guinea General election.
They announced at the third Practice Parliament for Women...
ADB provides US$5 million grant to help Vanuatu respond to COVID-19
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a US$5 million (Vatu566 million) grant from its Pacific Disaster Resilience Programme (Phase 3) to help finance...
Solomon Islands Cabinet defends proposed extension of Parliament
Solomon Islands Cabinet has defended its plan to extend the current term of parliament to five years.
Special Secretary to the Prime Minister, Albert Kabui...
Samoa committed to be CHOGM host, says PM Mata’afa
-Samoa remains committed to hosting the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting after Rwanda, says Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa.
Addressing guests at the commemoration...
Violence against women in politics marks ‘moral and ethical failure’ – UN General Assembly President
Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention to the scourge of violence against women worldwide who...
Climate activists distraught after Australian court reverses climate change ‘duty of care’ ruling
The Australian federal environment minister, Sussan Ley, has successfully appealed against a high-profile court decision that found she had a duty of care to...
Over 300 confirmed cases, 45 recoveries in Vanuatu
As of Monday this week, Vanuatu has recorded a total of 341 confirmed COVID-19 cases. 45 of these cases have recovered.
42 cases have been...
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UNODC urges Pacific to build anti-corruption safeguards into disaster planning
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific governments need to build transparency, accountability and anti-corruption safeguards into disaster preparedness before emergencies strike, the United Nations...
Pacific Journalists urged to put inclusion at centre of corruption reporting
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific journalists need to look beyond the corruption itself and examine how corruption and climate-related disasters disproportionately affect women,...
Giving the ocean a voice: Pacific journalists gather ahead of PINA summit
By Sera Tikotikovatu- Sefeti in Savusavu
“We all are in this canoe trying to do what our ancestors did centuries back, settling into new...