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Ambitious national climate commitments are crucial for States to sustain a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UN health agency report launched on Monday in the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Based on a growing body of research confirming numerous and inseparable links between climate and health, the World Health...

Fiji has recorded 36 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, increasing the total number of cases to 51, 465 and 651 deaths since the outbreak in April this year. Permanent secretary for Health, Dr James Fong said 72 percent of the new cases are from the Western division, while 28 percent of the new cases are from the Central division in...

Either Tahiti or Vanuatu is set to be named as the host of the 2027 Pacific Games at the Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly next month. This was confirmed by PGC chief executive Andrew Minogue Saturday, who said the Executive Board elections and the host-selection process would be conducted on the second day of the PGC General Assembly, scheduled...

ChildFund Rugby’s partnership with World Rugby in the build-up to and during Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan created an outstanding legacy for the region where thousands more Asian girls and women are active in the sport in a safer and more inclusive environment. Nearly 35,000 players have been registered with the Pass it Back programme, which is designed to...

Moana Pasifika has made their first star signing, with former Wallabies playmaker Christian Lealiifano set to join the new Super Rugby franchise for its debut season. The Sydney Morning Herald can reveal Lealiifano is set to be announced as the club’s franchise star as early as next week. Sources with knowledge of the situation told the Sydney Morning Herald the new,...

Newly retired Australian cricketer, Kath Hempenstall has been appointed as the new head coach of the women’s national cricket team, the Kumul Petroleum PNG Lewas. Hempenstall, who has over a decade of experience, played for the Perth Scorchers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) before her retirement. She was awarded by the Australian Cricketers Association, the Legacy Award in Western...

There is “good evidence” of once-inhabited lands lying beneath the Pacific ocean as geology aligns with Islander tales passed down by ancestors, says academic Patrick Nunn. The fabled town of Atlantis is the most famous lost civilisation and while Plato’s tale is fictional, Professor Nunn believes the narrative drew on “all sorts of details” to make it seem plausible. “There are...

The stench of death is overwhelming as the three hospital attendants opened the containers containing the bodies of those who died from Covid-19 at the Goroka Hospital, in Eastern Highlands Province. Nine to 15 people die each day in Goroka and its seven other districts. The figures are yet to be relayed to the National Control Centre (NCC). The 40 beds...

Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands will go into a two-week lockdown starting today in response to the surge in COVID-19 cases, provincial controller John Gimiseve announced. He said it is critical at this time to keep people in their districts with only selected shops in Goroka town allowed to operate between 8am and 2pm. Eastern Highlands Governor Peter Numu said the...

People’s Alliance Party Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has promised to promote, protect and defend the civil, political and religious rights of all communities. Speaking at the launch of the party in Nawaka Nadi today, Rabuka says 32 percent of Fiji’s population comprises of Indo-Fijians. Rabuka said his dedication to their interests will be no less than to the rights and aspirations of...