Oceania Samoa A thanksgiving service for 2022 sports achievements was held at the Mulivai Cathedral; Toa Samoa entered history last month for being the first Pacific team to play in the Rugby League World Cup
Oceania Tuvalu Tuvalu still has hopes of joining the world football body, FIFA; however, the country faces climate change, which often renders the airstrip used as an alternative football pitch unusable
Oceania Palau Palau was equipped with a state-of-the-art intensive care isolation unit on the occasion of its official handover by Japanese government: a prefabricated, fully equipped facility containing 4 beds and fully installed and ready-to-use medical equipment
Oceania Papua New Guinea Air Niugini, the Papua New Guinea airline, has again successfully passed the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), giving the company validation for the next two years
Oceania Tonga King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u, with members of Tonga's Royal Family, are celebrating the Christmas and New Year holidays in 'Eua
Oceania Solomon Islands The casket of the late Solomon Islands Ambassador to PRC was saluted on the tarmac by PM yesterday; John Moffat Fugui, key to the Pacific nation’s growing ties with China, has died during Beijing’s Covid wave, stunning diplomats
Oceania Vanuatu Vanuatu National Bureau of Statistics officially confirmed its name change to the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics
Oceania Australia A leading supermarket chain has pulled a popular cheese product from its shelves and urged anyone who has bought it not to eat it after quality testing revealed microbial contamination of E.Coli in small batches of the product
Oceania Nauru The young under-18 rugby team participated in the World School Sevens tournament this weekend
Oceania Fiji After the tensions of 2022 general elections, the head of the Catholic Church in Fiji Archbishop Peter Loy Chong in his Christmas message says the country needs “healed and peaceful politicians and leaders”
Oceania Marshall Islands Club Mejerik, representing First Lady Ginger Kabua and the wives of Nitijela members, as well as some local businesses and the ROC Embassy, sponsored the Christmas lighting ceremony
Oceania Kiribati The Kiribati Tourism Authority has appointed Carl Obst and Mark Lound as specialists to support the organisation and the Ministry in developing appropriate indicators to measure the performance of the tourism industry
Oceania Fiji The Social Democratic Liberal Party of Fiji said it would form a coalition with two other parties, a move that would displace current Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, marking the end of the former military leader's 16 years in power