Oceania Fiji A foreign investor is looking for locations in the Yasawa Group, the archipelago in the Ba province, to build a six-star hotel that would employ 4500 people, announced the Economy Minister, who stressed the government's efforts to provide jobs for Fijians
Oceania Kiribati 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
Oceania Palau Attendance was estimated a little less than 50%, Minister Dale Jenkins said of the first day back to school after four weeks of closure due to the Covid-19 outbreak
Oceania Samoa Imports last December exceeded exports, causing a $100 million trade deficit, according to a recently released report by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics titled "Overseas Merchandise Trade"
Oceania Marshall Islands Laura village resident Nicky Komanta went house to house monitoring salinity levels in private groundwater wells for 7 months, ending in November, with data on 240 wells to study future impacts of sea level rise
Oceania Vanuatu A workshop launched by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophone (AUF) on the theme "innovation" starts today and will involve students from across Vanuatu to help them be more creative and productive
Oceania Micronesia Sarah Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technologies, visited the country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, looking at investment opportunities including the technology, renewable energy, transport and tourism sectors
Oceania Tuvalu Through a partnership with Australia, a two-storey, 12-classroom block was added to Nauti Primary School, the largest institution in the capital where 45% of the total primary school students are enrolled, making it more resilient to climate disasters
Oceania Nauru 6 officers of the Nauru Police Force have left the island after being selected for a three-week training in Turkey
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG Power has restored power supply in the highlands region, notwithstanding adverse weather conditions making the job more difficult
Oceania Tonga The government expressed regret over the 'misunderstanding' over canned pork, given as part of the delivery of Chinese emergency food aid, stopped by the government on the basis of the Animal Disease Act; no further details or the action taken were given
Oceania Australia After a dramatic decline in numbers due to deforestation, fire, drought and disease, the country has declared the koala an endangered species on much of its east coast; it is estimated that there may only be 50.000 animals left in the wild
Oceania Samoa The National University of Samoa expects 3.000 students to enrol during this year's registration, despite recent problems with enrolment processes