Oceania Rugby Right Here, Right Now! celebrates women in rugby
Oceania Rugby was joined by its 17 member unions to celebrate its third women in rugby month in September.
The regional body held a month...
Pacific sport industry stakeholders meet to endorse sport education courses
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is hosting its second Oceania Sport Education Programme (OSEP) Micro-Qualifications Stakeholder Endorsement Meeting from 03 to 6 October...
China-Solomons security deal keeps U.S and Pacific neighbours on deck
Solomon Islands has appealed to its neighbours to give it a break, repeatedly giving reassurance that its security agreement with China was a harmless...
PNG Government’s position on Bouganville
Bougainville’s push for independence has hit a constitutional snag with top legal advisors telling the National Government that nothing can usurp the power and...
FBI sent to the Pacific as U.S, Australia and Japan stand up to China’s ‘bullying’
Defence ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan have agreed to boost military cooperation to counter Chinese influence across the Asia-Pacific.
As he welcomed...
ADB approves US$30 million to support safe and energy-efficient shipping in Tuvalu
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$30 million grant to boost regional connectivity of Tuvalu’s outer islands.
The grant agreement was signed today...
Nauru Airlines to resume north Pacific service
Nauru Airlines is expected this month to resume air service linking Brisbane with islands in the central and north Pacific halted two-and-a-half-years ago due...
Gap to 1.5C yawns, as most governments miss UN deadline to improve climate plans
Almost all the world’s governments have failed to improve their climate plans this year, breaking a promise made at last year’s climate summit in...
Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection
When and if an island nation fully submerges due to rising seas, what happens to the nationalities of its citizens?
This and other related questions...
‘We have let this drift’: U.S says further work to do after signing Pacific Islands partnership
The United States has conceded it let its relationship with Pacific Island nations “drift” before reaching an historic new partnership agreement with the region.
U.S...
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Bougainville independence must be resolved by PNG, Bougainville: Aust Foreign Minister Wong
Australia says the question of Bougainville’s independence must be resolved through negotiations between the Autonomous Bougainville Government and Papua New Guinea, while Canberra is...
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A severe environmental crisis.
Those were the words used by Papua New Guinea’s First Secretary for the Ministry of Transport, Coffee and Meteorology, Nos Werao...
Fiji takes South Fiji Basin claim to UN
Fiji is seeking international recognition of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the South Fiji Basin, with its...