The Penjuku Adventist School community at Marovo, Western province has received a critical boost to infrastructure through two projects funded by the Solomon Islands–Australia Community Partnerships, including a fence around the school, and solar lighting for classrooms. Solomon Islands – Australia Community Partnerships support community-led projects that improve living standards. These are small projects with…
SUVA, May 6 2022 – Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has warned that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if the world’s biggest polluters continue to put profit over people and planet, in Suva overnight. Prime Minister Loughman made the remarks at the launch event for a powerful coalition of civil society groups…
SPC: Suva, Fiji – Today the U.S. Embassy Chargé D’Affaires Tony Greubel formally handed over critical care consumables to Permanent Secretary Dr. James Fong of Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services to boost the Fiji Government’s campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with FHI 360, through funding support from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) procured these critical care…
SUVA, Fiji, May 4, 2022 – The development of outsourcing services (OS) could see Fiji tap into a global market estimated to be worth almost $1 trillion (FJ$2.1 trillion) while providing the economy with a climate-resilient source of growth and inclusive jobs, according to a new World Bank Group report. The Fiji Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD)…
by Joanne Wallis, Czes Tubilewicz SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FOREIGN affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong has described Australia’s inability to dissuade the Solomon Islands from signing a security agreement with China as the “worst failure of Australian foreign policy in the Pacific” in almost 80 years. This agreement seemingly confirms the Australian government’s anxiety about China’s growing…
SPC, Suva, Fiji : This week, nine technical officers from Fiji’s Maritime Affairs Coordinating Committee received specialised software training to map and define the extent of Fiji’s maritime zones, including extended continental shelf areas. The training, funded by the United Kingdom and delivered in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) under the Pacific Extended Continental Shelf Project, is the first of several…
ANZ yesterday announced it would strengthen its focus on building a world-class digital bank in its core Pacific markets (excl PNG) of Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Kiribati, as well as Timor-Leste, following a decision to exit US community banking in American Samoa and Guam. ANZ Regional Executive Pacific, Tessa Price,…
MELBOURNE, (ANZ) — ANZ last week announced it has successfully executed the first ever Australian-bank issued Australian dollar stablecoin (A$DC) payment through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency with a value linked to a commodity, currency or algorithm to manage supply. ANZ minted 30 million of A$DC using an ANZ built…
AUCKLAND, (RNZ PACIFIC) — Shocking insights from a new study have confirmed that online video gaming is a gateway to problem gambling for Pasifika youth. The New Zealand research has been carried out by three organisations – Pasifika Youth Online Gaming and Gambling Research, Mapu Maia Pasifika Service and Moana Research. They have found children…
APIA, (SAMOA OBSERVER) — The Samoa Government will add more plastic items to the national ban that is currently in place on single-use plastic, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(MNRE)CEO has revealed. Lealaisalanoa Frances Reupena-Brown told the Samoa Observer the country joined the global fight against plastic pollution when it introduced the Waste (Plastic…