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Fiji and SPREP commit to integrated approaches to tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and waste management

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Fiji’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) has signed two Letters of Agreement (LoA) with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to implement in Fiji, the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) initiative supported through the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme as well as to implement the Pacific - European Union Waste Management (PacWastePlus) Programme. The PacWastePlus programme...

Oceania Rise Rugby “levelling the playing field” for women in the Pacific Islands

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Oceania Rise Rugby has been described as a “game-changer” that can help with “levelling the playing field for women” in the Pacific Islands. Last month, Oceania Rugby launched the programme in partnership with the Australian Government’s PacificAus Sports in order to positively impact gender equality across the region. As part of Oceania Rise Rugby, which is a three-year project, unions in...

OFC Champions League 2022 final: AS Vénus chase history as Auckland City seek landmark title

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The OFC Champions League 2022 final takes place today Wednesday, 17 August with Tahiti’s AS Vénus looking to become their nation’s first ever champions of Oceania and New Zealand’s Auckland City hunting an elusive tenth title. AS Vénus have been impressive on their route to the final. They have followed a dramatic 1-0 after extra time win over AS Pirae...

Vanuatu Opposition ready to elect a new PM amidst Loughman boycott

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Vanuatu Parliament was not able to topple Prime Minister, Bob Loughman today due to lack of the two third of the 52 members of parliament. There was no quorum this morning due the boycott by Loughman government. Speaker Simeon Seoule has adjourned the extra-ordinary session to meet on Friday. Leader of the opposition, Ralph Regengenavu said there were 27 MPs who signed...

Shocking figures reveal severity of the ocean crisis

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New Greenpeace analysis shows that since governments began discussing a new Global Ocean Treaty two decades ago, nearly 120 marine species have become critically endangered. The analysis also reveals that to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030, the minimum scientists say is needed to give them a chance to heal, 11 million square kilometres of ocean must be protected...

Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity

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The intergovernmental conference to draft the first-ever treaty on the ocean’s biological diversity opened its fifth and likely final session on Monday. Amidst calls for flexibility, openness and the spirit of compromise that prevailed in 1982, when the landmark “constitution for the oceans” was adopted, the new treaty aims to codify international law around territorial waters, sea lanes and marine...

UN member states meet in New York to hammer out high seas treaty

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UN member states gather in New York to hammer out a long-awaited treaty that, if agreed, will govern the planet’s last, lawless wilderness: the high seas. Two hundred nautical miles beyond the territorial waters and jurisdiction of nations, the high seas have been treated “recklessly”, according to environmental groups. Warning that the outcome of the talks – which run from Monday...

Dismantling Government for personal interest unfair: Vanuatu PM

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman, said he believes some of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who moved to the Opposition side were unhappy because the government was slow to increase their allowances and allocations. Changing side and forming a motion to destroy the government because of this reason is unfair and unjustifiable, he said Monday. PM Loughman explained that the...

New Vanuatu Government formation

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Security measures at the Opposition’s Island Magic Resort camp on Efate was beefed up Monday after Members of Parliament (MPs) who signed the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Bob Loughman and the other MPs who later joined, initiate the formation of a new Government. The strict measures were obvious as last week political supporters were still allowed in...

Vanuatu prime minister calls for dissolution of parliament

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The prime minister of Vanuatu has called for a dissolution of parliament with over a-year-and-four-months still remaining in his four-year-tenure. Bob Loughman, who was elected in April 2020, is due to face a motion of no confidence in his leadership on Tuesday 16 August with the opposition group led by, Ralph Regenvanu, claiming to have the support of 29 MPs...

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Jail term for former Fijian PM Bainimarama and suspended Police chief Qilio

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