Banaba Island, whose phosphate-rich soil has boosted agriculture in Australia and New Zealand, is now facing its own food crisis due to a severe drought and the quarantine of new supplies such as rice

The second Embraer E190-E2 of Air Kiribati safely landed in Kirimati, greeted with a spectacular water salute by the Airport’s firetrucks; it was then scheduled to fly to Tarawa and Brisbane

Two new 30-seater buses are set to improve student transportation after Rainbow Company Limited and Lu's Marine Services donated the vehicles to the Ministry of Education in a show of growing private sector support for education

34 new nurses, including eight future outer island doctors, are ready to begin their service in clinics across Kiribati after graduating from the classrooms of Bikenibeu

A blue alert for rotavirus remains in effect, especially in Betio, accounting for the most cases, as well as a blue alert for DENV-1 and DENV-2, with most cases counted in South Tarawa but a transmission rate still contained