Fiji records 262 new cases of COVID-19, 7.4 percent positivity rate
Fiji recorded 262 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday with 43 cases from six new areas of interest.
Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services, Dr...
CDC expert says Palau has beaten COVID
A career epidemiology field officer for U.S affiliated Pacific Islands with U.S Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr W Thane Hancock said...
Third time lucky in New Caledonia?
By Nic Maclellan
When France’s overseas minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced that New Caledonia’s third self-determination referendum will be held this December, he created a major...
Oceania Sevens Championship brings Tokyo 2020 medal contenders together
Some of the Olympic rugby gold medal contenders for Tokyo 2020 next month are set to be in action this weekend for the final...
Samoa Court declares Parliament can meet
The Samoa Court of Appeal has clarified that it did not stop parliament from convening when it ruled on Article 44(1a) where the provision...
Electoral Commission approves 55 seats in Fiji Parliament
The maximum number of seats that will be contested in the 2022 General Election will be 55.
This as the Electoral Commission has approved that...
No social unrest in Fiji
Claims by overseas media that Fiji is on the brink of social unrest have been shot down.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Pacific Beat service has...
Samoa Observer trying to topple Government: Tuilaepa
The caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi claims the Samoa Observer Newspaper has long been trying to topple the Government.
Speaking on the state-owned 2AP...
Resolving PIF discord the ‘utmost priority’ for region’s top diplomat
The new head of the Pacific Islands Forum says restoring unity to the congregation of Pacific leaders is his 'utmost priority' in the short...
Tautua Samoa Party leader Afualo guilty of bribery
The leader of the Tautua Samoa Party, Afualo Dr Wood Salele, has been found guilty of bribery by the Samoa Supreme Court.
The court further...
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New EU seafood regulation to affect 97 percent of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels
National Competent Authority officials from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu met in Suva for a two-week technical training on new European Union (EU)...
Palau President demands action on Oceans as Island States face Climate frontline
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr has called for urgent global action on ocean governance and climate change, warning that island nations can no longer...
Tuvalu calls climate-ocean nexus a matter of survival
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for a stronger global response that treats climate action and ocean management as one agenda, warning that...