Oceania

A man from Long Islands, USA was charged last week with smuggling more than $200.000 worth of wildlife from the Solomon Islands

At recent request of Tuvalu's government to reduce the fruit fly problem on Niulakita island, Secretariat of the Pacific Community immediately started collaboration to implement an effective biosecurity strategy

The signing ceremony of the agreement between the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent US development agency, and the Republic of Kiribati, was presided over by the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Australia Post has opened a new $75 million state-of-the-art parcel sorting facility to meet the country's growing demand for e-commerce

The largest infrastructure of the Vanuatu Mobile Force at Cook Barracks, with new dormitories, a new fire truck station and facilities for training, cooking and catering, is expected to open around April 2024

Tropical Storm Bolaven strengthened after passing through the Federated States of Micronesia and is expected to intensify through Tuesday afternoon, possibly becoming a typhoon

Stationing a US missile system in Palau would be aimed at security and not aggression, President Surangel Whipps said amid local criticism of the proposal

Chinese Ambassador to Kiribati Zhou Limin presented credentials to Kiribati President Taneti Maamau

A team of more than 80 health experts from around the world is currently at Colonial War Memorial Hospital preparing vital medical equipment for an important mission in the country

Transportation will be provided for students sitting for their Year 8 examination that will be held next week

Dr Irene Taafaki, a woman who had a huge impact on education in the Marshall Islands, died unexpectedly in Majuro last week

The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League has appointed Tony Archer as Manager of Competition Governance and Match Officials

Discrimination on the basis of gender and disability - as long as it does not conflict with traditional values - has been banned under a new constitution that came into effect this week