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More than 200 severe covid-19 cases in Fiji hospitals – 12...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has admitted 240 covid-19 patients to hospital and almost a dozen of them are in critical condition, say health authorities.
This comes amid...
European Union gives PNG K21m boost for anti-corruption project
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby
Anti-corruption efforts in Papua New Guinea have received a major boost of €5.4 million (about K21.7 million) in funding...
Ahluwalia reappointed as USP vice-chancellor and resumes job in Samoa
By Shanil Singh in Suva
The University of the South Pacific has announced the reappointment of Professor Pal Ahluwalia as its vice-chancellor and president and...
Just one delta covid-19 case could prompt NZ lockdown, says expert
By Jordan Bond , RNZ News reporter
A New Zealand public health expert says the highly transmissible delta variant of covid-19 could prompt a local...
Bali legal aid director cited for ‘treason’ after assisting Papuan protesters
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police...
Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc
By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times
Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum's 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the...
Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Artist Dinar Candy has held a protest action over the extension of Indonesia's Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) by...
Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....
ANALYSIS: By Rhonda Garad, Monash University; Joanne Enticott, Monash University, and Rebecca Patrick, Deakin University
As we write this article, the delta strain of covid-19...
Family happy with Fiji PM’s pledge of $1m package for sevens...
By Paulini Curuqara in Suva
Fiji Olympic rugby sevens captain Seremaia “Jerry” Tuwai’s parents couldn’t hold back their tears and kept thanking God for the...
Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A female nurse in Madang is the first local Papua New Guinean to be tested positive for the highly...
‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews in Suva
Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama used his inaugural speech as the new chair of the Pacific Islands Forum...
Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has reported 968 new cases of covid-19 and 11 more deaths, including a teenager, for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday.
That compares...
Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Indonesia have been discussing a potential reopening of their shared border.
The border was officially closed early last year...
Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country's already limited democratic space is being choked...
‘No need to agitate’, warns Rabuka against instability over Fiji lands...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Violence can only hinder Fiji’s safe passage leading up to next year's next general election, says former prime minister Sitiveni...
Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura
Local governments in Papua -- such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations -- say they are continuing to promote...
PNG woman accused of selling her cousin, 12, for sex faces...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean woman who allegedly sold her cousin sister -- confirmed to be aged only 12 --...
Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A new vaccine may be needed if the delta variant of covid-19, which is currently in Fiji, continues to...
PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for sex by her cousin...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A 15-year-old Papua New Guinean girl, found in a Port Moresby guesthouse during a spot check by immigration and...
La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia
Veteran Samoan parliamentarian and chairman of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) has criticised what he...
Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still...
RNZ Pacific
Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Fiji with 1220 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours to 8am yesterday.
The government also confirmed...
Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will...
COMMENT: By Melani Anae
When the Polynesian Panthers (PPP) activist group began calling for an apology for the Dawn Raids two years ago, we went...