COVID-19: No easy ways around this pandemic – Fijian PM
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says there are no easy ways around this COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have to meet it head-on, and we are,” Bainimarama...
Vaccine critical to recovery: Seselja
-Vaccine rollout in Solomon Islands and across the Pacific is critical to economic recovery.
And Australia is leading efforts to vaccinate countries in the region...
Samoa Law Society vice president rises above Tuilaepa’s comments
The Samoa Law Society (SLS) Vice President has responded to comments made by caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, who has called for younger...
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...
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Niue heads to the polls as leadership changes and challenges loom
Niueans will head to the polls on 02 May after the country’s parliament was formally dissolved.
A notice in the Niue Gazette confirmed the dissolution...
Samoa deputy PM Toelupe Onesemo resigns
Samoa deputy Prime Minister Toelupe Maoiautele Poumulinuku Onesemo has resigned following the Election Court’s decision last a week that voided his seat for the...
A Healthier Pacific Starts with What We Put on Our Children’s Plates
By Karla Hershey, Mamadou Kane and Dirk Wagener, United Nations Resident Coordinators in the Pacific
In the Pacific, food tells a story. It is taro...