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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’
Asia Pacific Report
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June 24, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based advocacy group has condemned the participation of Indonesia in the Melanesian Spearhead Group which is meeting in Suva this week, saying it is a “profound disgrace” that the Indonesian Embassy continues to “operate...
Newborn screening project for congenital hypothyroidism at NRH launched
Solomon Star
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June 24, 2025
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) and collaborative partners launched on 12th June, the Newborn Screening Project for Congenital Hypothyroidism. It is a milestone for Newborn Screening and a crucial step towards ensuring the health and...
SI reaffirms commitment to protect blue ecosystems
Solomon Star
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June 10, 2025
NICE, France – SOLOMON Island’s strong commitment to protecting vital blue ecosystems, including coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves has been highlighted at the 3rd United Nations Oceans Conference. Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele...
SALES SUCCESS: JERRY NUTARE’S STORY
PNG Haus Bung
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June 11, 2025
Jerry Nutare, now key Accounts Manager for Solomon Islands and Southern at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) PNG, has come far since starting as a part-time employee in October 2015 – a job he initially took during the holidays to pay off...
Of the more than 1 million visitors to Fiji last year, 45% of them were from Australia - Rabuka
Fijivillage
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Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka says of the historic over one million visitors to Fiji last year, more than 45 percent of them came from Australia. Rabuka highlighted this during his visit to the Governor-General...
New training hub proposed to empower local knowledge progress
Solomon Star
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June 16, 2025
A new training hub is set to be constructed in Saeragi, West Gizo, Western Province with the aim of equipping local school dropouts and community members with practical skills and knowledge in environmental planning and resilience. The initiative,...
Rabuka backs Australia’s COP31 bid in high-level Canberra meeting with Governor-General
The Fiji Times
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July 1, 2025
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with the Governor-General of Australia, Sam Mostyn at Government House in Canberra yesterday. Mr Rabuka said they spoke about the strong friendship and partnership between Fiji and Australia under the renewed and...
PM stresses unity, growth at CIP day
Solomon Star
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July 1, 2025
Central Province celebrated its 44th Second Appointed Day at its Provincial Capital Tulagi with a message of unity and resilience. Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele attended the celebrations, congratulating Premier Hon. Kenneth Sagupari and the...
MAL Minister Wasi to attend FAO Conference in Rome
The Islandsun
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June 24, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Franklyn Derek Wasi says he is looking forward to attend the 44th session of United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy from 28th June to 4th July 2025. In a...
UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters
Mongabay
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June 19, 2025
The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better protecting the hundreds of thousands of species that live in marine waters and the communities that depend on the sea for work or sustenance. New...
Pacific Islands Countries Push For Action at UN Ocean Conference
The Diplomat
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June 20, 2025
Last week, more than 60 world leaders convened in Nice, France, for the third – and the most-attended – United Nations Ocean Conference. There was cause for celebration: during the week-long conference, 19 countries ratified the Agreement on...
What Happens When a Country Sinks?
The Maritime Executive
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[By Sheridan Ward] What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with...
Pacific demands ocean law action
Solomon Star
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June 15, 2025
Nice, France – Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele, has called for full implementation of international ocean law and urgent climate action. He was speaking on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum at the UN Ocean Action Panel 10 on Friday. “Pacific...
Unknown dangers of deep sea mining
The National
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DEEP sea mining can be done in the domestic ocean boundaries and also at the international waters. The ocean waters know no boundaries and freely flow from one country zone to anther zone. Ocean waters are highly mobile and due to strong current...
UN Oceans Summit: Fiji mobilising resources to protect vital marine ecosystems, says govt
Pacific Media Network
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Fiji is joining its Pacific neighbours at the UN Oceans Conference in France, urging the mobilisation of resources to protect its marine resources. The theme for the conference is to accelerate action and mobilise all stakeholders to conserve and...
Rarely seen endemic Mariana butterflyfish captured on video
Marianas Variety
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Mariana butterflyfish APRA, Guam — Last month, during Ocean Exploration Trust’s exploration of Ahyi Seamount (a shallow submarine volcano in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Corps of Exploration aboard exploration vessel...
Lost at sea: How Tuvalu’s plight holds lessons for the future
The Interpreter
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June 22, 2025
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them? Statelessness usually follows conflict, or the dissolution or unification of a country, such as occurred with the Soviet Union,...
Melanesian unity must reflect ancestral bonds, says PNG Prime Minister
NBC PNG
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second left) with other leaders of MSG during summit in Fiji (Image: MSG Secretariat) Prime Minister James Marape has urged Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member states to deepen their unity by drawing on shared...
PM arrives back into Port Moresby from Suva
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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June 23, 2025
Prime Minister James Marape arrived back into PNG at 10pm and has called on the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member states to reinforce their unity by recognising their ancient ties, cultural kinship, and shared destiny. PM Marape also touched...
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
Inside Climate News
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June 18, 2025
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their...