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Niue's heavyweight boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams will lead the country's campaign at the upcoming Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Chef de Mission Sidney Lui told RNZ Pacific that Tutakitoa-Williams, who was Niue's first Commonwealth Games medallist after taking bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, is a top medal prospect for the island nation. “He was the one who...

Fiji Athletes Commission Representative for the Pacific Games to the Solomon Islands, William Bennion, eagerly reveals that the athletes are now in the final countdown to the highly anticipated Pacific Games. According to Bennion, everything is proceeding seamlessly from the athletes’ perspective, with all the necessary elements falling effortlessly into place. Furthermore, Bennion highlights that the athletes’ commission recently conducted the...

Nauru's Parliament has elected Member of Parliament from Ubenide, David Adeang as the Pacific nation’s new President. The member for Menen, Lionel Aingimea nominated David Adeang who accepted the nomination while the member from Buada, Bingham nominated Delvin Thoma from the constituency of Aiwo. A secret ballot was conducted today and after votes were collected and counted, which resulted in another...

Fiji's coalition partner the National Federation Party (NFP) has written to the Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka expressing its concerns on Fiji’s vote at the United Nations Emergency Session on a resolution calling for a truce and to allow for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. NFP General-Secretary, Kamal Iyer said the party believes Fiji’s reputation as a regional leader has...

COP28 President Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology ahas called for greater efforts to tackle adaptation finance gaps and prioritise actions to make climate finance more accessible to vulnerable nations. His remarks came during the third Climate and Development Ministerial, which was convened at Pre-COP, and co-hosted by the United Kingdom, Vanuatu and...

Samoa is among various states in the United Nations that have called for an international framework to protect those countries being threatened by sea-level rise. Chair of AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States) and Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations, Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Pa'olelei Luteru spoke of the threats faced by nations threatened by sea-level rise as the...

Samoa will host the signing of the new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in Apia on 15 November 2023. The Samoa Agreement has a 20-year life span and will serve as the legal framework between the EU relations with 79 countries that include 47 African, 16 Caribbean and 15 Pacific countries,...

The Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, has urged the Pacific region to support the new agreement between the OACPS and the EU aimed at addressing climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a speech to a preparatory meeting in Honiara, Chikoti highlighted several significant projects undertaken by...

Fiji was amongst 14 countries that opposed a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza while 120 countries voted in favour. The Assembly adopted resolution titled “Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations” was — put forward by Jordan on behalf of the Arab group. It also condemns all acts of violence against Palestinian and Israeli civilians,...

The former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji’s vote at the United Nations on the war between Israel and Hamas demmonstrated our lack of compassion for those who have been displaced as a result of the conflict. Bainimarama said that instead of taking sides in the conflict, government’s stand should have been to save the thousands of innocent lives, including...