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The New Zealand Chief of Army, Major General John Boswell is visiting Fiji on Wednesday 27 July. The Officer Cadet School of New Zealand is currently undertaking Exercise Veiliutaki in the Republic of Fiji, which is designed to test students in command, leadership and battle craft in a jungle environment. On Wednesday there will be a sports day with contests between...

Nikenike Vurobaravu has been voted the 12th President of Vanuatu. It took eight rounds of voting by the 58-member Electoral College before he secured the required minimum number of 38 on Saturday. In the end he got a resounding 47 votes, after the Prime Minister Bob Loughman brokered a deal with the nine MPs of the coalition party led by former...

Alok Sharma, the man entrusted to accelerate global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, has warned Australia must be prepared to lift its own ambitions if it wants to host a United Nations climate summit in two years’ time. The British cabinet minister, who won plaudits for his chairing of the fractious COP26 summit in Glasgow in November, said while...

Thousands of Marshall Islanders converged on Ebeye Island last week for the first coronation ceremony of a paramount chief in half a century. The gala coronation for Iroojlaplap or paramount chief Michael Kabua featured dozens of islanders wearing traditional headdress and finely woven mat clothing unique to the Marshall Islands, spear carrying warriors representing the 12 atolls and single islands...

A stand off outside the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby culminated into a violent attack in which supporters of rival candidates clashed with bush knives and other offensive weapons. Police , PNGDF and Correctional Services personnel responded immediately. A cluster of makeshift tents set up outside the Stadium and along the fence line of Vision City mall were removed...

Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations. “For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern”, the World Health Organisation’s Director,...

Pregnant women working under the Palm scheme face exorbitant healthcare bills and no easy options By jordyn Beazley Since Ulamila gave birth to her baby earlier this year, she and her partner – both Fijians living and working in regional New South Wales – have been anxious about how much healthcare will cost if their son gets sick. Because she gave...

A hat-trick from captain Sonatane Takalua was the highlight as Tonga defeated battling Hong Kong 44-22 in the Asia/Pacific 1 play-off at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Australia on Saturday to punch their ticket to Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. The 'Ikale Tahi will line up in Pool B, beginning their RWC 2023 campaign against Ireland in Nantes on...

Host nation Fiji are through to the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after overcoming a stubborn Cook Islands side at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Goals in either half from captain Sofi Diyalowai and vice-captain Luisa Tamanitoakula secured victory for the Kulas in front of an excited home crowd. Fiji won 3-0 when these two met...

The Solomon Islands have reached the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after grinding out a 1-0 win over Tahiti at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Mary Maefiti’s moment of magic was all that separated the two nations as the Solomon Islands set up a semi-final clash with Fiji. While yesterday’s quarter-finals were free-flowing offensive displays this...