Vanuatu approves State of Emergency extension to December
Vanuatu Council of Ministers (COM) has approved for the President to extend the State of Emergency (SoE) for the current coronavirus pandemic under Disaster...
Niue reaches herd immunity, with 97 percent of eligible population vaccinated
Niue has become one of just a few countries in the world to reach herd immunity against Covid-19 after it vaccinated almost 100 per...
New project scales up early warning systems in the Pacific
A new project, Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological Early Warning Systems in the Pacific, has been launched with funding from the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems...
Fiji records 634 new positive cases of COVID-19; 10 deaths reported in six days
Fiji has recorded 634 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths related to COVID Wednesday.
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong, said the...
New COVID case in Solomon Islands
A positive case of COVID-19 has been announced in Solomon Islands’ Western Province following testing of ship crew members.
The patient is a crew member...
UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around
The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to...
Pacific Island seasonal workers filling an ‘absolutely vital’ gap, horticulture sector says
One hundred and fifty seasonal workers have landed from Vanuatu, but New Zealand’s horticultural employers would happily take six times as many.
The latest group...
Cook Islands Immigration approves revised policies to ease labour shortage
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration rolled out changes to its immigration policies on Monday and backdated them to 01 July, in a...
BSP and Bank of PNG clash over alleged money laundering warning
The Bank South Pacific Financial Group Ltd (BSP) has always complied with its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) obligations in Papua New Guinea,...
Bougainville referendum vote must be ratified, says PNG Opposition leader Namah
Papua New Guinea Opposition leader Belden Namah says the Bougainville referendum vote for independence must be ratified by Parliament.
“The vote was taken under the...
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Tuvalu fuel supply ‘not assured’ beyond June
Tuvalu's Transport Minister Simon Kofe says they have not been assured that fuel will be consistently supplied beyond June.
A state of emergency has been...