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The OFC 29th Ordinary Congress was held at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland, on the eve of the FIFA Women's World Cup kicking off at Eden Park today. FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed delegates calling the OFC member nations his “dream team”. Infantino had glowing praise for the transformational change OFC has undergone in recent years. “I am happy and proud...

UN Women and FIFA have come together just ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to advance gender equality in football, and help end abuse and discrimination on and off the pitch. The tournament is expected to be watched by more than two billion people - the largest audience for a single women’s sport in...

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific (EAP) Qualifier gets underway in Port Moresby from 22 - 29 July. Japan, Philippines, and Vanuatu join Papua New Guinea (PNG) in a 12-match long battle, over eight days, for one spot which will be a direct ticket to what will be the biggest ICC Men’s T20 World Cup ever, in...

Stronger typhoons, growing challenges for populations on low-lying atolls, ecosystem declines, and human health issues are among the major risks detailed in a new report on climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Threatened resources include culturally significant coastal infrastructure and the tens of millions of dollars that fisheries inject into the FSM economy annually, according to the...

The three former Samoa ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP)MPs who resigned from the party to declare themselves independent have had their seats made vacant today triggering by-elections for their constituencies. The latest development followed an agreement between lawyers for the Speaker of the House, Papalii Lio Masipau and the three Members of Parliament in order for the legal proceedings...

More than 10,000 persons are being evacuated after the Rabaul Volcano Observatory (RVO) issued a Stage Three alert for the Mt Bagana volcano in Central Bougainville. South Bougainville MP Timothy Masiu has advised the people to remain calm as government officers focused on the evacuation exercise. “At the moment people are being encouraged to evacuate themselves from the danger zones as...

The Marshall Islands on Tuesday called on Washington to pay “full” compensation for the health, environmental and cultural damage caused by 67 nuclear tests carried out by the American government, refusing to accept the Joe Biden administration’s newest version of a strategic agreement that has steered bilateral ties for decades. It was the people of the Pacific nation who played...

U.S Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III will depart next week for a trip to Papua New Guinea and Australia. As part of his eighth official visit to the Indo-Pacific region, Secretary Austin will travel to Papua New Guinea to meet with Prime Minister Marape, along with Minister for Defence Win Bakri Daki, Secretary for Defence Hari John Akipe,...

Samoa’s two-year-old Government has shown commitment towards removing itself from the list of countries on the European Union’s tax blacklist. Sujiro Seam, outgoing European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, made the comments in an interview with the Samoa Observer. He is on his last tour of the region and is currently in Apia, as he gets ready to vacate his...

Beneath the picturesque turquoise waters of Trinidad and Tobago, plastic pollution is wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems. Every year, more than 88,600 tonnes of plastic waste is deposited into the ocean around the Caribbean nation, harming marine life and ultimately impacting human health. "Plastic is everywhere. And plastic is overwhelming us,” says Sarah Sobrian, a 28-year-old environmental campaigner and member...