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A statement by the UN Resident Coordinators across the Pacific – Jaap van Hierden, Richard Howard, Sanaka Samarasinha, and Simona Marinescu, based in Micronesia, PNG, Fiji, and Samoa respectively. Happy International Women’s Day (IWD) puts a spotlight on the achievements of women and girls everywhere. It is the day of recognition and celebration of the strides which have been...

The Fijian Drua side is expecting a ruthless Crusaders team when the two sides clash this weekend at Churchill Park in round 3 of the 2023 Shop N Save Super Rugby season. Coach Mick Byrne says with the Drua coming off a loss against the Waratahs last week, the side is also hungry for a win as they want to...

The Fiji Rugby Union says it is keen on getting back Olympic Games sevens gold medal winning coach Ben Ryan into its setup. Ryan, who is considered a hero after guiding Fiji to its first Olympics medal ever in 2016, is currently the director of elite performance with English Premier League football club Brentford. He has served the France 7s team...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is working in partnership with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in the lead up to the 2023 Pacific Games, which were officially launched in Honiara last week Friday. The AFP, through the RSIPF and AFP Policing Partnership Programme (RAPPP) and Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF) is assisting with operational readiness and security planning...

Termites are slowly and surely going about their usual daily business of rotting out the K54 million (US$15 million) worth state of the art Rita Flynn Indoor complex. The venue known to be the home of PNG netball as well as housing other indoor sporting codes, has now turn into a termites turf as the floorings start to lose their...

Lawmakers from the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) have repeated demands for Hungary to lift its veto on the successor to the Cotonou Agreement which governs economic and political relations between the EU and the 79-country bloc. “With one EU member state still refusing to accept the new Agreement, we call on the EU Council...

The new Oceans Treaty (also known as the High Seas Treaty) that has been reached following 15 years of negotiations facilitated by the United Nations, will bring sustainability to marine conservation efforts, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said. High seas comprise up to 60 percent of the Earth’s surface. With an appetite to tap into the natural resources of...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved US$38 million in contingent disaster financing to help Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga respond to disasters triggered by natural hazards and health emergencies. The support comes from the fourth phase of the Pacific Disaster Resilience Program and will provide Kiribati with an US$8 million grant, Samoa with a US$10 million grant, Solomon...

Days after twin cyclones tore through the country, the situation for an estimated 58,000 children in Vanuatu remains extremely precarious. Children in the worst affected provinces of Tafea and Shefa in particular, need urgent help to recover. Many have lost their homes, schools, neighbourhoods and all things familiar in their lives. “With power still out in many places, and boats and planes...

The systems the rich world uses to deliver climate finance to low-income countries are "obsolete," grinding down progress on averting a devastating climate crisis, warned the outgoing head of the United Nations’ multi-billion-dollar climate fund for low-income nations. In an exclusive exit interview as he prepares to leave his post in April, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Executive Director Yannick...