India, Fiji Discuss Bilateral Ties And Ways To Strengthen Cooperation

(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, July 30 (IANS) India and Fiji held the 6th Foreign Office Consultations in Suva on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in health, education, capacity building, trade, investment, agriculture,...

Nauru is the latest Pacific nation to report dengue deaths

Photo: lamyai/123RF Nauru's Health Department has confirmed two deaths related to dengue fever: a 15-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl. The Department said over the past two months, RON Hospital and Public Health have conducted 665 tests on...

US eyes Fiji for major investment

THE United States of America is planning to solidify its presence in the Pacific region through a major investment undertaking in Fiji, sources close to the deal have revealed. Details are still sketchy but it is understood the Millennium...

Fiji minister urges compassion after baby left in sanitary bin

Lautoka Hospital. Photo: Supplied/Fiji MOH A call has been made for compassion for the mother of a baby found in a sanitary bin in a Fiji university hostel. Fiji police say the baby was taken to Lautoka Aspen Hospital, where he was admitted in...

Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance

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Why Climate Visa Lottery Schemes Are Not the Answer

In July 2025, an astonishing 8,750 people of Tuvalu’s approximately 9,470 residents registered for a visa to Australia through the Falepili Mobility Pathway, a “climate visa” born out of the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union. The treaty grants 280...

Japan’s Ties to Pacific Island Nations Have New Significance 80 Years after World War II, as  U.S.-China Rivalry in Region Grows

The Yomiuri Shimbun Then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front center, welcomes Pacific leaders in Tokyo at the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in 2024. By Yuko Mukai 8:00 JST, August 23, 2025 Eighty years ago, Japan lost its...

Editorial: Japan gov't must quickly return remains of WWII victims to families

The almost entire skeletal remains of a war dead person are seen in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, after their discovery in April 2025, in this photo taken on June 23, 2025. They are believed to belong to a young soldier aged around 20 at the time....

As dengue cases soar in the Pacific, researchers are immunising the mosquitoes to bring rates down.

It's hoped outbreaks of dengue fever could soon be a thing of the past in the Pacific through the use of new technology which immunises mosquitoes against the illness. It's part of a larger project which is helping researchers to understand how...

Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'

When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...

Bold plan to tackle NCDs in the Pacific

THE World Bank has revealed it will train 16,000 health care workers across the Pacific as part of a yet-to-be unveiled project to combat non-communicable diseases right across the Pacific region. This was revealed by the World Bank’s managing...

Experts warn of another global epidemic as rare virus spreads to new areas

The World Health Organization has issued an urgent call for action as cases of chikungunya virus explode across the globe. The chikungunya virus is spread primarily by the Aedes mosquito species and nearly half a million people became infected...

Rockefeller Foundation Supports Discussion on Ethical Role of Governments, Businesses and Society in Addressing the Climate Emergency

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA | August 22, 2025 ― The city of Bogotá, Colombia, hosted the South, Central American, and Caribbean Dialogue of the Ethical Global Stocktake (GST) on Thursday, August 21. As one of the four pillars of social mobilization leading...

Aust-PNG relations at 50: Pride,politics and price of partnership

Papua New Guinea kicked off a festival of 50th anniversary independence celebrations last month with breathless fanfare that will run well into the rest of the year. The national milestone will fall on Sept 16. Billboards have sprung up around...

Scaling Smarter: How a Modern Tech Stack Fuels Diagnostic Lab Growth

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Vanishing Aid, Escalating Risks: Strengthening Partnerships and Empowering National Resilience in an Era of Dwindling Donor Support

Vanishing commitment For decades, across Asia and the Pacific, development aid functioned as a vital bridge connecting communities facing crisis with the hope of recovery, opportunity, and long-term stability. Aid was more than financial...

Pacific news in brief for 17 July

Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Tonga, French Polynesia and American Sāmoa have also declared dengue outbreaks. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Samoa - dengue A dengue fever outbreak in Samoa has claimed the life of a second child. The Sāmoa Observer...

Friends to all: What a friend wants, what a Pacific island country needs

Patrol boats, infrastructure, training and other security supports given to Pacific island countries aren’t entirely gifts. The givers are hoping for something in return, even if they don’t say so. Many partners seek to provide support and...

Holiday hotspots report cases of organ destroying virus sparking global outbreak fears in China

SOME favourite holiday destinations for Brits are now hotspots for a crippling mosquito-borne virus, new figures reveal. Chikungunya, which is rarely deadly but capable of wreaking havoc on organs and causing agonising, months-long pain and...

Japan Would Not Have Surrendered Without the Atomic Bombs

This August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II in Asia and the Pacific. President Harry Truman’s decision to use these weapons remains one of the most controversial decisions of...