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More ANZMAT personnel arrive to help Fiji’s Ministry of Health
An additional 10 members of the third Australia and New Zealand Medical Assistance deployment – Charlie team arrived in Nadi today.
ANZMAT Charlie will be...
Samoa PM urges Public servants to prioritise professionalism
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is urging all public servants not to let their support for a political party cloud their professional duties...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
Australian vaccine donations to Pacific nations top 1 million
Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccines to the Pacific last week topped the 1 million-mark, aided in part by some Australians’ reluctance to be vaccinated...
Queensland mayor’s historic blackbirding apology over slavery of Pacific Islanders
A local mayor has entered territory no state or Australian federal politician has ventured after apologising for the blackbirding practices that helped build Queensland's...
We don’t want Suva to be burnt like before: Fiji Defence Minister
Fijian Defence Minister Inia Seruiratu has shed some light on why politicians have been taken in for questioning in relation to Bill 17.
Members of...
NZ monitoring ongoing arrests of Fiji opposition politicians
New Zealand has reiterated its concern with ongoing police questioning of opposition politicians in Fiji.
Several opposition MPs as well as two former prime ministers...
Study: Warming Waters Threaten Tuna-Dependent Economies in the Pacific
Climate change is driving tuna further to the east, threatening the economic security of several small island nations
Global warming is expected to progressively push...
First FAST cabinet down to work – when the impossible happens
By Lagi Keresoma
The year 2021 is already down in Samoa’s modern history as when some compelling political events occurred. But significantly, when a party...
PM Sogavare cautions Journalists of “Yellow Journalism”
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has warned the media that the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No.2) Regulations 2021 has provisions relating to Yellow Journalism.
Speaking...
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COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted
The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded on the weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s...
PFF – Defamation case in Palau seen as ‘kneejerk’ response and threat to transparency
The Paciic Freedom Forum, PFF, is concerned that a defamation suit taken by the nation's largest private sector employer against the national newspaper, Island...
Palau newspaper sued by president’s family company ahead of general election
Palau’s largest newspaper is being sued for defamation by the company of President Surangel Whipps Jr’s father, just days ahead of general elections in...