Vanuatu export breakthrough to New Caledonia
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai signed a historic bilateral trade agreement with New Caledonia on Wednesday this week in Noumea.The signing took place after weeks of discussions between technical...
View Article$503.73 million in remittances top Samoa foreign exchange earner
$503.73 million in remittances top Samoa foreign exchange earnerRemittance is Samoa’s largest form of foreign exchange earner with the 2017/18 financial year recording about $503.73 million tala...
View ArticleTahiti concerned about Pacific Games accommodation
Tahiti has expressed concerns over the suitability of accommodation for athletes competing in the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.A Memorandum of Agreement was signed in November between the Samoa...
View ArticlePNG PM O'Neill launches Vanimo Airport Extension project
Papua New Guiena Minister Peter O’Neill officially launched and performed the ground breaking of the building of a new two-story airport terminal in Vanimo and the extension of the Vanimo airport in...
View ArticleFailed carjack leaves one dead, three wounded in Port Moresby
A MAN is dead and three left wounded after their attempt to hold up an Asian man and his PNG wife failed at the Koki Fish Market in Port Moresby on Tuesday at about 3.30pm.National Capital District...
View ArticlePNG Police Commissioner Baki hands over new vehicle to Gordons Minor Crimes Unit
POLICE Commissioner Gari Baki last week handed over the keys to a brand new vehicle to the Gordons Minor Crimes Unit.The vehicle was donated by Port Moresby based wholesale company Choulai Trading...
View ArticleAmet supports PNG's Hosting of International Mediation meet
Former chief justice, Sir Arnold Amet, has welcomed Papua New Guinea's move to host the International Mediation and Arbitration Conference next month, and further moves to join 150 other member...
View ArticleI have nothing to hide over Paladin Contract , says PNG Parliament Speaker...
Papua New Guinea Speaker of Parliament and Manus MP, Job Pomat, says he has nothing to hide over allegations of directly benefiting from security contracts on Manus Island worth over $420m or over a...
View ArticleAustralia comes to aid of Bougainville Referendum Commission with $1m funding...
Australia has announced up to AUD$1 million (US$716,000) in support of the work of the Bougainville Referendum Commission.The first $500,000 (US$358,000) has already been made available through the...
View ArticlePalau to host Micronesian Presidents' Summit this week
Palau is hosting this year’s Micronesian President’s Summit, bringing together the chief executives of the independent countries of Micronesia including Palau, FSM, Marshall Islands, and for the first...
View ArticlePartnership to boost new innovative digital financial services for Tongans
A new innovative partnership launched Wednesday will make it easier for Tongans living in New Zealand and migrant workers to send money home, as well as increase access to other financial services.The...
View ArticleBulk carrier leaking oil on Solomons Islands reef after running aground
The Solomon Islands prime minister has asked Australia for emergency help cleaning up an environmental disaster after oil spilled from a bulk carrier that ran aground on a coral reef near a world...
View Article279 candidates to contest Solomon Islands election
Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has received 279 nominated candidates by noon Wednesday.Chief Electoral Commission Mose Saetala confirmed his office have received 279 nominated candidates.He said...
View ArticleFormer PNG official warns Paladin scandal undermining corruption fight in...
A former Papua New Guinea official has warned the Paladin scandal is undermining Australia’s efforts to stamp out corruption in the Pacific nation.Paul Flanagan, a former Australian treasury bureaucrat...
View ArticleFrench ambassador to Vanuatu summoned to Paris
The French ambassador to Vanuatu Robby Judes has been summoned to the French foreign ministry in Paris after a complaint of sexual assault was lodged against him in New Caledonia.A senior...
View ArticleSix Kiribati seafarers released from Italian prison
The Kiribati Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration says six of the eight seafarers from Kiribati who were detained in Italy for drug-trafficking charges have been acquitted and released by the...
View ArticleCorporate Green Bonds important for Fiji: World Bank
There is a need to issue corporate green bonds in Fiji.Green bonds are designated debt security or bonds intended to encourage and support climate-related or other types of special environmental...
View ArticleNo foreign vessel allowed to fish in Fiji waters
No foreign fishing vessels are allowed to fish in Fiji waters warns Fisheries Minister Semi Koroilavesau.Koroilavesau says they continue to work with relevant agencies in monitoring Fiji’s Economic...
View ArticleNew Fiji Bati coach keen to develop local talent
The new Fiji rugby league coach says the chance to live on-island and to grow the sport from within is what attracted him to the role.Brandon Costin spent more than a decade playing professionally in...
View ArticleKumul Telikom Holdings Sponsors 2019 Gulf Pennants I
Kumul Telikom Holdings has presented a total of K70, 000 cheque to Royal Port Moresby Golf Club to host its annual Golf Pennants tournament.Telikom PNG Acting CEO Xavier Victor presented the cheque on...
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