Fiji explores quarantine free regional travel
-Fiji is meeting with regional countries to explore potential quarantine-free travel.
Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya said hey have had some discussion with New Caledonia...
New forest portal to shine a light on PNG’s logging industry
For more than twenty-five years, deep in the remote and inaccessible tropical forests of Papua New Guinea, a huge industrial complex has been operating;...
ANZ extends fee waiver for money transfers to Pacific
ANZ will extend its fee waiver until September 2021 for online foreign currency payments made from Australia and New Zealand into 10 Pacific countries.
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Fiji Parliament urged to ratify PIF 2005 Establishing Agreement
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence in Fiji has recommended to Parliament to ratify the 2005 Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum...
PNG Health facilities need staff as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
Health facilities in the capital city of Papua New Guinea are facing manpower crises as a direct consequence of the exponential increase in the...
Bougainville Speaker infected with Covid-19
The Speaker of the Bougainville parliament, Simon Pentanu, has confirmed that he has Covid-19.
Pentanu said he was now into day 5 of 14 days...
Vanuatu’s religious call for climate justice
Around the world, people of faith are calling on their leaders to close the massive gap between what is required to limit global temperature...
Henry Puna turns focus to Forum
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister and Manihiki MP Henry Puna is looking forward to assuming the top Pacific Islands Forum role after the High...
Inequity of COVID-19 vaccines grows ‘more grotesque every day’ – WHO chief
The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming “more grotesque every day”,...
Oceans under threat like never before, warns World Meteorological Organisation
Climate change has hit the world’s oceans hard, UN weather experts said on Monday, in a call for lifesaving monitoring and early warning services...
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Cook Islands declared ‘world leader’ in seabed sector
Seabed mining is no longer a distant ambition for the Cook Islands as at last week’s Pacific Agenda: Investment, Security and Shared Prosperity summit...
‘We’re not interested in being guinea pigs out here;” Guam bucks U.S plans to...
Guam Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio did not mince words in his meeting this week with visiting Department of the Interior officials, telling them that...
Fiji Embassy confirms Fijians in Israel safe amid regional tensions
The Embassy of the Republic of Fiji in Jerusalem has issued a security advisory to all Fijian nationals in Israel following significant military developments...