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The Kaiviti Silktails had to scrape hard in order to beat the Mounties rugby league side Saturday at Prince Charles Park in Nadi. The 22-20 win has now seen the Lautoka-based side go four consecutive matches unbeaten. Manoa Vilikesa’s try in the first half was cut short as Mounties two tries through Matt Craparotta and Roman Ioelu saw them go into...

Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under Domestic Terrorism through the amendments to the Criminal Code Act. Police Commissioner David Manning said this as the Constabulary continue to work for stronger law enforcement powers to fight against domestic terrorists causing havoc in some parts of the country such as...

Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, have announced the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Apia, Samoa, beginning on 21 October 2024. CHOGM – customarily held every two years – is the Commonwealth’s primary political meeting. Building on progress since CHOGM 2022, leaders will deliberate on global economic, environmental...

Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear waste water into the Pacific. Japan is planning to ditch over one-million tonnes of ALPS-treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over 30 to 40 years starting from sometime this year. The New...

Papua New Guinea opposition Leader and Kandrian Gloucester MP, Joseph Lelang has informed the nation that he intends to seek legal interpretation at the Supreme Court for both the Defence Cooperation Agreement(DCA) and the Ship Rider agreement signed between Papua and the United States on May 22nd this year. He said while Parliament was allowed to debate on these Agreements,...

Within a few months, Japan is expected to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. So what exactly is happening, and what are the risks? What’s getting released? Water used to cool nuclear reactors which were damaged in the 2011 nuclear disaster. Japanese authorities used 1.3 million tonnes of water to cool the reactors following...

Fish that swim in treated wastewater from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant would be safe to eat, according to an expert who is part of the Pacific islands scientific panel that criticised Japan’s plan to discharge the water into the ocean. The plan to release Fukushima water over four decades into the Pacific has been a source of concern about...

South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday strongly denounced the main opposition Democratic Party's (DP) plan to send letters urging Pacific island nations to join forces to oppose Japan's plan to release radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Rep Yoon Jae-ok, the floor leader of the PPP, said during a party meeting that the DP's...

The leaders of France and Barbados joined forces on Thursday to push for an overhaul of the international financial system at a summit aimed at tackling poverty and climate change. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the two-day conference in Paris, invited Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley to co-headline the event which seeks to improve the lending system for...

By Chris Bowen, Steven Guilbeault and James Shaw The science is clear. The climate crisis is the biggest single threat we face as a global community. In turn, meeting the goals of the Paris agreement and realising the opportunities of climate action is the task of the 21st century. No single government can address this alone. Together, we can rise...