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Fiji 7s star Jerry Tuwai banks on senior players

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Fiji 7s captain Jerry Tuwai has revealed that senior players in the team have played an instrumental role to keep the players together as...

Disruptions to global shipping: regional impacts

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Written by Rachel Richardson, Rob Hitchins Global attention focused on shipping in March, as container ship Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, disrupting movements...

NZ extends support for Pacific Fisheries

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The ongoing, sustainable management of the Pacific's offshore fisheries is the focus of a new NZD$18 million (US$12.5 million) Arrangement signed between the New...

No confidence motion against Vanuatu PM deposited

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Vanuatu Opposition bloc’s motion of no confidence against Prime Minister, Bob Loughman was deposited Monday by the leader of the Opposition, Ralph Regenvanu and...

Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid

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A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation...

Revealed: PNG lost US$432 million on UBS loan in under four years

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Papua New Guinea lost US$432 million in just three and half years on a loan arranged by the Sydney office of UBS, far more...

Several MPs defect from embattled Vanuatu government

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Several MPs have defected from Vanuatu's embattled government Monday in parliament. The house sat following a Supreme Court ruling which confirmed a declaration of vacancies...

Another death reported, Fiji records 126 new cases of COVID-19

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Fiji has recorded another three-digit figure of positive COVID-19 cases – a total of 126 and a death of a man Monday. Health Ministry permanent...

Vaccine not dumped in Fiji says Australia

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The Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, John Feakes says his government is not dumping the AstraZeneca vaccine in Fiji. Feakes commented after changes were made...

President Kenyatta to visit OACPS SG to discuss the future of the OACPS

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Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, who is also the President-in-Office of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of...

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Pacific partner pact boosts police, not military ties

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Australia's recently agreed treaty with Vanuatu will step up policing partnerships but not stop foreign military from setting up shop as domestic law already...

Amid Middle East crisis, ADB supports Energy Security in the Pacific with $40.1 million

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved US$40.1 million to help Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu manage fuel price volatility as the Middle East conflict...

El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies

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An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in...