Meet Coral Pasisi, newly appointed Director of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Programme at SPC
Coral Pasisi has been appointed Director of Climate Change and Sustainability (CCES) at the Pacific Community (SPC).
Coral's extensive experience in the Pacific region spans...
Twickenham Stadium welcomes finale of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2023
On Wednesday afternoon the 16 team captains helped coach the next generation of rugby sevens stars at Holland Park School ahead of the highly...
Fijiana XVs aim for win over Wallaroos
Fijiana XVs skipper Sereima Leweniqila says their ultimate aim is to get a win over the Wallaroos in Sydney on Saturday.
Leweniqila said while Fijiana...
Auckland City FC ease into OFC Champions League 2023 semi-finals
Defending champions Auckland City FC have illustrated their title credentials with a clinical 3-1 win over Suva FC in their second Group A match...
Ifira Black Bird to do whatever it takes to stay alive in OFC Champions League 2023
Vanuatu’s local hope has promised to do everything possible to avoid an early exit from the OFC Champions League on home soil.
Ifira Black Bird,...
Climate crisis is creating an increasingly uncertain future in our Blue Pacific: Tuvalu PM
Tuvalu's Prime Minister Kausea Natano says as Pacific nations recover from the socio-economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, “we face the single greatest existential...
Tongan Foreign Minister ‘Utoikamanu accepts Chair of the ESCAP 79th Session
Tongan Foreign Minister Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu is the new chair of the ESCAP 79th Session underway in Bangkok, Thailand this week.
In her acceptance speech,...
U.S President Biden scraps planned visit to Australia, Papua New Guinea to focus on debt limit talks
U. S President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in...
New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy shifts and market...
Vanuatu PM confident of defeating no confidence motion
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau has expressed his confidence in defeating the motion of no confidence against him, scheduled for Friday, 19 May 2023.
In...
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UN agencies appeal for help to protect weakest from unprecedented El Niño
Two UN agencies issued a powerful appeal on Wednesday for immediate assistance to help communities already being impacted by the strongest El Niño weather...
Australia supports establishment of Renewable Energy Commissioner for the Pacific
A Pacific-led initiative to establish a Renewable Energy Commissioner (REC) for the Pacific has received support from Australia.
The initiative is designed to strengthen energy...