Bendigo bank cease operations in Nauru, Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens today
Last Friday, Nauru's only banking service, Bendigo Bank officially concluded its operations in the island nation, making way for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia...
Pacific youth called to define their own climate story
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia
“You today are exactly where you are meant to be.”
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Climate Change...
China supports Fiji PM’s ‘Ocean of Peace’ vision: Ambassador Zhou
Pacific Island countries are being misled and coerced in terms of false information spread about security risks, says Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Zhou Jian.
Speaking...
Marshall Islands oceans talks highlight conservation, development
A National Ocean Symposium opened in the Marshall Islands this week against a backdrop of an innovative fisheries authority that is employing conservation and...
Time to rethink Fiji’s peacekeeping commitments: Defence Minister Tikoduadua
Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has told Parliament it’s time Fiji rethinks the scope and purpose of its peacekeeping operations,...
U.S tourist visa: Applicants could be required to post $15,000 bond
The U.S State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to US$15,000 to enter the...
U.S begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China
-The U.S has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up...
Cook Islands and U.S meeting during the 60th Constitutional celebrations
On the margins of the Cook Islands 60th Constitutional Celebrations, Prime Minister Brown took time to meet with National Security Council Senior Director David...
Fiji PM rejects power grab claims, pledges legal process
-Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has clarified that his party’s submission to the Supreme Court requests the court to consider all potential actions and...
Russian oligarch’s superyacht seized in Fiji three years ago to be auctioned in U.S
A luxurious superyacht seized by the United States authorities from sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is headed to the auction block.
The 348-foot (106m) Amadea...
















