Fiji advances plans for $792 million shipbuilding and repair facility in Lautoka
Fiji is advancing plans to establish a shipbuilding and ship repair facility in Lautoka, with a feasibility study estimating capital costs at FJD$792 million...
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By Karla Hershey, Mamadou Kane and Dirk Wagener, United Nations Resident Coordinators in the Pacific
In 2016, Dr Hilda Heine of the Republic of the...
Pacific head rebukes Australia’s focus on pre-COP costs
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Bougainville Regional MP and leader of Government business Peter Tsiamalili Jr says MPs will be given two days to debate on the Bougainville referendum...
Pacific Islands face major mobile internet gap despite network coverage
Nearly two-thirds of people in the Pacific Islands remain without mobile internet access despite expanding network coverage, highlighting affordability and digital skills as major...
Fiji Coalition partner NFP wants Christianity removed as founding constitutional value
Fiji Coalition partner the National Federation Party (NFP) wants Christianity removed as a founding constitutional value of the State, arguing that Fiji’s next Constitution...
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Sydney Summit to advance Women’s Rugby in the Pacific
Around 50 women's rugby leaders and emerging changemakers from across Oceania and beyond will meet in Sydney this week to support the growth of...
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“It’s very...
40,000 reasons Kaufusi wants World Cup pay equality
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