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oa Samoa has been handed a rough reminder at the 2022 Rugby League World Cup that a team of superstars doesn't necessarily win games. The reminder came from host nation, England, who ran in 10 tries to annihilate a lacklustre looking Toa Samoa team, 60-6, on Sunday morning. The Junior Paulo-led team packed with the best of the NRL and...

The New Zealand Government has announced further pandemic support for Pacific Island countries with vaccine boosters, COVID-19 anti-viral treatments, and by strengthening the capacity of the health workforce to respond to further pandemics. “The impact of COVID-19 is still being felt around the world, including the Pacific. As we continue our re-connections this year we have a clear focus on...

Australia's foreign minister announces education funding of at least $20 million (US$12.6 million) over five years in Nauru focusing on “long term change”. Minister Penny Wong who is visiting Nauru for the day, first meeting with President Russ Kun and Cabinet, announced the news to students of Nauru Secondary School, 14 October, saying Australia is committed to another decade and...

The unofficial results of some constituencies have revealed that most former Vanuatu Members of Parliament (MPs) in the last legislature have booked their seats for the 13th legislature. According to the unofficial results of the snap election received by Daily Post, at least 25 of the 51 former MPs have managed to secure their seats. According to the unofficial results, Christophe...

A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published on Thursday, warns that half of the world’s countries are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems. Coinciding with the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction , the numbers in the report are even worse for developing countries on the front...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommends raising to two metres, instead of the existing one metre, the imaginary waterline demarcation for projects in the Asia Pacific region to improve the resilience of structures against rising sea levels. An ADB report presented during the bank’s annual board meeting (26-30 September) warns that sea levels in the Asia-Pacific could exceed two metres...

Pacific climate change activists will be pushing for the establishment of a Loss and Damage funding facility at the UN's annual climate change summit “to advance climate justice for grassroots communities” in the region. With less than a month to go before the 27th Conference of Parties or COP27 in Egypt, civil society groups and other stakeholders met last week...

Images of Tagaloa, the giant Samoan creation God show him balancing on two islands and beaming with a smile. The islands were stepping stones for his Polynesian people that have always been on the move. He would be proud of this Samoan rugby league team who are looking to make history and write the final chapter of the Pacific Revolution...

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has refused to admit his visit to Papua New Guinea is about deterring relationships with China amid its growing influence in the Pacific. China has moved to improve its relationships with several Pacific nations in recent years including a landmark security partnership with the Solomon Islands which caused great concern over the possibility of...

By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Taipei Taiwan ranks sixth out of 163 countries around the world in overall gender equality and the first in Asia. And women, account for more than 42 percent of the nation’s legislators, well above the world average. “I very much look forward to the day when phrases like “female president” and “woman president” are things...