Vanuatu launches its COVID- 19 vaccination rollout
-Today marks a historic moment for Vanuatu as the Ministry of Health launches its COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
With the long-awaited and planned for COVID-19 vaccines...
Akaiti Puna sworn in as new Cook Islands MP
Akaiti Puna was sworn in as Manihiki’s new Cook Islands Member of Parliament on Monday during a flash sitting.
Puna, who won the Manihiki seat...
Vaccine equity at heart of new $50 billion plan to end pandemic, drive recovery
Governments are being urged to finance a new US$50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday...
Samoa Electoral petitions delayed to prioritise constitutional cases
Fifty plus electoral petitions and counter-petitions have been pushed back twice to allow the Courts to deal with constitutional issues that resulted in a...
Fiji’s Nadi hospital, CWM’s East and West Wing on lockdown, 35 Covid-19 cases recorded
The Nadi Hospital and two wings of Fiji’s largest referral health facility – CWM Hospital – have been put on lockdown after positive cases...
Vanuatu government takes spat with speaker to court
Vanuatu's Supreme Court will sit on Wednesday morning to hear an urgent application from the government, which wants to remove parliament's speaker.
Prime Minister Bob...
Samoa Appeals Court rules six -woman MP minimum
The Samoa Appellant Court has ruled that six women should sit in Parliament to meet a constitutionally mandated minimum level of representation.
But the inclusion...
U.S secretary of state warns Pacific leaders about ‘coercion’ in veiled swipe at China
The U.S secretary of state has warned leaders of Pacific countries about “threats to the rules-based international order” and “economic coercion”, in what appears...
Big, rich, and powerful subsidisers to benefit from WTO Fisheries subsidies talks
Global talks to reign in global fisheries subsidies are failing to hold big, rich and powerful subsidisers accountable while unfairly shifting the burden onto...
Samoa Court of Appeal reserves decision on 10 percent women parliamentarians
Samoa Court of Appeal has reserved its decision after hearing the appeal on the matter regarding the 10 percent representation of women in Parliament.
This...
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