Oceania Papua New Guinea Australia will provide A$580 million, about US$418 million, to the country to upgrade strategic ports; the deal will serve to enable and support Papua New Guinea's sovereignty, independence and self-sufficiency according to the Australian PM
Oceania Tonga A week after the explosion, whose power NASA estimated to be the equivalent of 500 Hiroshima bombs, more help is on the way among amid fears that this could overexpose the country to Covid-19
Oceania Samoa The completion of the Christian Church building in the Worship Centre may be delayed by current difficulties of the shipping and imported goods markets, but it is still expected to be ready by the first quarter of this year
Oceania Australia The country's largest renewable energy hub will to be operational in 2024; the billion-dollar plant will bring the renewable energy portfolio to more than 2500MW, over 1/8 of the country's current solar, wind and battery capacity
Oceania Micronesia The Department of Military Science at the University of Guam has released its first volume of The Leadership Journal of Micronesia, which features the stories of 11 men and women who have served as notable examples of leadership in Micronesia
Oceania New Zealand Two New Zealand navy ships are heading to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency supplies and diving teams
Oceania Kiribati Curfew has begun after the first commercial flight in almost two years brought 40 cases to the country which until now had been virtually untouched by the virus
Oceania Palau A deal with Cryptic Labs launches the Digital Residency programme, the first time global citizens can claim digital residency supported by blockchain and a sovereign entity acting as a digital identity with the functionality and validity of a global state
Oceania Vanuatu Local company Oceans Logistics Limited has begun the operation of removing the wreckage of the 5 ships abandoned on the shores of the Iririki after Cyclone Pam, of which the 2 smallest have already been removed; a final cleaning of the area will follow
Oceania Tuvalu The Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation has confirmed that the nation has selected US internet giant GoDaddy to manage the .tv domain, which is guaranteeing income to the country since over a decade
Oceania Kiribati A month ago marked the 3rd anniversary of Hope Radio, that has become an informer, educator and entertainer, as well as a powerful evangelistic platform leading to baptisms of a considerable number of new families in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Oceania Tonga The undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted, causing rogue waves and generating large quantities of ash, which reached a height of 20km; a state of alert was also issued to neighbouring countries
Oceania Nauru The Government does not longer have to buy water tanks from abroad as there is now a machine owned and operated by a local business man for this purpose