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With a couple of months into the welcoming of Pacific Islands leaders for the 52nd Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting, resorts on Rarotonga have started receiving bookings. The 52nd Forum Meeting, held in the Cook Islands for the first time since 2012, will take place between 06 - 10 November. Edgewater Resort and Club Raro CEO Andrew Whittaker said they have...

World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by climate change, as a cascade of crises swamps debt-burdened countries. French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is aimed at building a “new consensus” to meet the interlinked global targets of tackling poverty,...

Contributing to this week’s Marshall Islands Summit on Democracy: Public Engagement, Communications and the Media, the Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) has launched a new toolkit for Pacific Journalists Reporting on Corruption. The toolkit is part of PACJN’s efforts to support Pacific journalists to strengthen their investigative journalism and anti-corruption reporting through more effective engagement with the UN Convention against...

Taiwan on Wednesday called it "regrettable" that Fiji had recently decided to reverse its previous decision to allow the Taiwanese representative office in the country to revert to its former name, which includes "Republic of China," (ROC) because of Chinese pressure. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) condemned the People's Republic of China (PRC) for yet another attempt to degrade...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the approval by UN member states of a landmark legally binding agreement, under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in international waters, covering nearly two-thirds of world's ocean. FAO is set to support its Members...

As Pacific Vuvale, Fiji and Australia are working closely to advance opportunities for sustainable economic development. Australia's strong support was articulated today at a courtesy call paid to the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dr Lesikimacuata Korovavala from the Chargé d'affaires of the Australian High Commission (AHC) Stuart Watts. The meeting briefly outlined current areas of cooperation and prospects to upgrade...

The United Nations Monday formally adopted a historic treaty designed to protect life in the high seas, which is increasingly under threat from pollution, climate change and over fishing. The pact, agreed to in principle in March, extends for the first time environmental protections to the two-thirds of the ocean that lie beyond national jurisdictions. Among other things, it will allow...

Fijiana 15s Head Coach Inoke Male has named 101 players in a ranging wider group for the upcoming two test series against Japan and the Women’s XV’s later this year. The group includes Fijiana players, over 30 High-Performance girls and 21 players from the ANZ Marama Championship and the Royal Tea Ranadi Competitions. Male said the diverse range would provide for...

An early test for two teams who feel they have genuine title credentials looms on match day one for Group B in the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Suva. Hosts Fiji face seven times champions New Zealand at 4 pm (local time) and are hoping for a sizeable crowd to boost them in their quest to upset the defending champions. Fiji...

The SOL2023 Netball Competition is a qualifier for the World Netball Rankings. Nicola Jones, the Technical Delegate for Netball, recently visited the country to evaluate the Netball facilities and train representatives from the Solomon Islands National Netball Federation (SINFED) as bench officials for the games. Jones, who is also involved in the regional netball qualifiers for this year’s World Netball Cup,...