Oceania

The huge brain drain of nationals moving to Australia has an especially hard impact on the country's hospitals

Quarantine management costs on the government have exceeded $18,5 million to date

In a virtual meeting, representatives from the country and India discussed the development and expansion of current cooperation and the local capacity-building mechanism, in a move some think would be useful to India to expand into the region

The country has welcomed a recent decision by Australia, which will allow unlimited importation of kava for commercial purposes from the country, a major producer of the plant

Digital payment network Ripple will help the country develop its own digital currency; initially its development will be backed by the US dollar to help facilitate cross-border payments

Health authorities are carrying out vaccination in schools across the country with three vaccines obtained with UNICEF support

Fiji Airways operated the first commercial flight landing in the country after 20 months; the 193 passengers from Sydney are the first of nearly 1000 tourists reaching the country in the next couple of days from Australia and the USA

From today, patient data will be transferred from paper to the digital National Health Information System, the first ever commissioned

A new report by the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee has called for an urgent review of the size of the defense force - considered too small compared to neighboring countries - questioning its current ability to keep the country safe

After it was voted twice to maintain the ban on dual citizenship, a vote will be taken again to change this law, in a move strongly supported by Micronesians living abroad

Today ends Movember, defined by Health Minister as an opportunity to reflect on cancer, particularly prostate; the ministry is keen to reach out to people who are not satisfied with their check-ups at local health centres