Mining giant Rio Tinto is considering the future of its key stake in a company that has lost the right to mine in Bougainville. Bougainville Copper Ltd was stripped of all exploration and mining licences by the Autonomous Bougainville Government last week. “Rio Tinto has decided now is an appropriate time to review all options…
LONGLINE fishing vessels will be the next issue Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) will be targeting to engage in the vessel day scheme (VDS) to generate more revenue for member nations as well as control tuna harvesting in the region. Director of the organisation Dr Transform Aqorau highlighted this yesterday during his presentation at…
SPREP – Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands are part of a USD 6 million dollar project spanning five years, to conserve dugongs and sea-grass across the Indian and Pacific Ocean basins. This was announced at the Pacific Joint Preparatory Meeting to the Convention of Biological Diversity COP12, Convention on Migratory Species COP 11 and Ramsar…
The global number of children in child labour has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children and more than half of them, 85 million, are in hazardous work. Asia and the Pacific still has the largest numbers (almost 78 million or 9.3% of child population) involved in child labour…
RNZI: The latest figures from the Samoa Ministry of Health say eight people have been diagnosed with chikungunya virus after the first 20 specimens were sent overseas for tests. The Director General of Health and CEO, Leausa Toleafoa Dr Take Naseri, has also confirmed that as of Monday night 96 new suspected cases of chikungunya…
(SPC), Suva – This year marks the first year of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All. At the Pacific Regional Energy and Transport (Aviation and Maritime) Ministers’ Meeting in Nadi, Fiji, in April 2014, which was convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Ministers acknowledged the central enabling role of…
VANUATU DAILY POST: The Vanuatu government is collaborating with the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) and a local property owner in Suva to build an apartment complex for regional students studying at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the parties on July 29paving the…
RNZI: A survey of voters in Fiji suggests most people polled would choose Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama as Prime Minister, and would vote for his FijiFirst party. Fiji Times Online reports the results come from the latest Tebbutt-Times survey, which was conducted earlier week, showing 56 percent of respondents would vote for FijiFirst and Frank…
RNZI: Three missing Tongan fisherman are believed to have been found alive in Fiji’s Lau group. Matangi Tonga reports that the Tonga police were contacted by Fiji police yesterday, saying that divers had found three men, believed to be Tongan, swimming in the sea near Oneata. The police understand that the men were on a…
RNZI: A grocery store in American Samoa, K.S Mart, has agreed to pay over 85 thousand US dollars to 87 employees for violations of the minimum wage and overtime laws. A grocery store in American Samoa, K.S Mart, has agreed to pay over 85 thousand US dollars to 87 employees for violations of the minimum…