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Prime Minister Manele in Vienna for OPEC Fund Development Forum
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 17, 2025
Vienna, Austria – Tuesday 17 June 2025 – Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele is in Vienna, Austria, for the OPEC Fund Development Forum hosted by the OPEC Fund for International Development. The Prime Minister arrived in Vienna over the weekend...
Pro-independence advocates urge Melanesian Spearhead Group to elevate ULMWP membership
RNZ
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June 18, 2025
Indigenous Papuans at a rallying in Merauke, West Papua. Photo: Facebook / Sa Papua Two international organisations are leading a call for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to elevate the membership status of the United Liberation Movement for...
Health services face legal risk over poor quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Croakey Health Media
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June 18, 2025
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article mentions someone who has died *** An urgent need to improve healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to progress structural reform are among the...
Labasa market vendors gear up for growth
FBC News
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Source: Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, SMEs and Communications / Facebook A three-day workshop aimed at strengthening business skills and enhancing market operations was completed by thirty-nine market vendors from Labasa Market. The training...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
NSC SUPPORT FOR TEAM SOLOMON TO COMPETE AT THE PACIFIC MINI GAMES
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 18, 2025
Since the NSC Board’s first meeting held in February 2025, we have been working with NOCSI to support the preparation process for Team Solomon to compete at the upcoming Pacific Mini Games. The overall responsibility for securing funding for and...
Our Ocean Conference concludes, Palau pledges to protect reefs, reiterates stance on deep-sea mining
Island Times
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June 17, 2025
The third United Nations Ocean Conference ended on Friday in Nice, France, after five days of high-level discussions and negotiations. Key outcomes of the meeting included renewed support for the High Seas Treaty and international calls for a...
Indonesia pledges over the national initiative to eradicate malaria at the 9th APAC Leaders' Summit
Biospectrum Asia
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June 16, 2025
Indonesia pledges over the national initiative to eradicate malaria at the 9th APAC Leaders' Summit June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News A collaborative effort from Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and Indonesia with a commitment to...
MID applauds Ropiko Construction for ongoing road cleaning efforts
The Islandsun
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June 19, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Local company, Ropiko Construction has been commended for their dedicated efforts in cleaning the roads in Honiara. In a statement, Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) commended Ropiko for their involvement with sport teams,...
The Pacific Islands: America’s Power Vacuum and China’s Offensive
The Diplomat
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June 17, 2025
The United States has traditionally provided significant assistance to Pacific island countries. Many of these countries and regions still use the U.S. dollar as their currency and, absent their own armed forces, rely on the U.S. military for...
Pacific news in brief for 18 June
RNZ
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June 17, 2025
Last year, the late Kiingi Tuheitia and Cook Islands Kaumaiti Nui Toa Ariki signed a treaty that seeks to grant more protections for whales. Photo: Supplied: Operation Cetaces Tonga - whales Tonga's princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku'aho is...
UN Ocean Conference puts ‘wind in the sails’ of ocean action
WWF International
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Posted on June, 13 2025 As the third UN Ocean Conference draws to a close, WWF is encouraged by the commitments made in a number of areas, but warns that the measure of success will be in delivery NICE, France (13 June 2025): The third UN Ocean...
As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
The Conversation
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June 17, 2025
Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand’s best interests. But there is arguably a degree of cognitive...
As Luxon heads to China, his govt's pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
RNZ
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June 17, 2025
By Robert G. Patman of NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with China's President, Xi Jinping in Lima. Photo: Pool / Chris Skelton Analysis:Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present...
Influx of illegal miners concerning at Gold Ridge Mine
The Islandsun
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June 19, 2025
BY BEN BILUA A surge of unregulated gold seekers at the Gold Ridge mine site is becoming an issue to licensed mining company legally endorsed to operate at the site. Chief Walter Nazon has raised serious concerns about the situation, describing...
Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as America vacates the lane
The Interpreter
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June 17, 2025
Something interesting is happening in how Australians think about their own country’s influence in the Pacific. According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 poll, 39 per cent of Australians now see Australia as the most influential power in the Pacific...
Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: US reviewing the AUKUS submarine deal
The Daily Blog
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June 16, 2025
The Trump Whitehouse has started a review of the AUKUS submarine deal. The US$ 245 billion tripartite deal between Australia, the UK and the US creates a plan for these nations to collaborate and develop the next generation of nuclear-powered...
World Crocodile Day 2025: How a saurian became the island of Timor
Down to Earth
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An organism that hunted the dinosaurs, the crocodile (and its cousins like the alligator, caiman and gharial) has changed little in design from that time. It is this body design that has spelt immense survival success for this species. Cultures...
Indonesia steps up efforts to eliminate malaria by 2030
Xinhua News Agency
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JAKARTA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is stepping up its measures to achieve malaria-free status by 2030, currently focusing on reducing cases in the country's easternmost region of Papua. The Southeast Asian country reportedly has the...
At UN conference, countries inch towards ocean protection goal
The Straits Times
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June 15, 2025
NICE, France – Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 sq km of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia. These are some of the stretches of water now...