Fiji’s total population stands at 864,132
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Westpac Pacific bank sale blocked by PNG regulator
Westpac’s exit strategy in the Pacific is in tatters, after the competition regulator in Papua New Guinea knocked back the $420 million(US$176 million) sale...
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Jordan Mailata urges fellow Pasifika to follow dreams after NFL megadeal
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Samoa Speaker rejects swearing-in of HRPP members by Head of State
Samoa Speaker of Parliament, Papali’i Li’o Ta’eu Masipa’u has rejected Human Rights Political Party's(HRPP) latest repeated request to be sworn in by the Head...
Fiji records 127 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 127 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths Monday, increasing the total number of cases in the Pacific nation to 49,043...
Four Papuan districts can form South Papua Province: Indonesian Home minister
Indonesian Home Minister Tito Karnavian highlighted “a specialty” pertaining to the public's aspirations in the Merauke, Boven Digoel, Mappi, and Asmat districts in Papua...
Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
Suicide prevention must be prioritized after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned ahead of...
Fiji’s Covid-19 outbreak prompts a new way of leading
Op-ed by Tessa Price, Regional Executive for the Pacific ANZ NZ Ltd
After finding herself locked out of Fiji when the borders were closed...
PNG deputy PM Sam Basil suspended over alleged misappropriation of K150,000
Papua New Guinea deputy Prime Minister and Bulolo MP Sam Basil has been suspended from official duties pending a leadership tribunal inquiring into allegations...
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Pacific political climate champions must turn the region’s priorities into concrete outcomes at COP31, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says.
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