Public concern as Covid-19 uncertainty hits Samoa
– Additional reporting by Taylor Tutawa Samoa’s state of emergency, issued nine months ago, has been extended to 23 December after the country recorded its first positive test for Covid-19….
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Pacific leaders tip hat to Biden
Pacific leaders have joined a chorus of congratulatory messages to US-President Elect Joe Biden. The Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, said as he watched the polls unfold, he admired…
Researchers find upside in tough year for Pacific workers
Unemployed tourism workers in the Pacific have enjoyed a reconnection with their culture during the pandemic shutdown and are hoping this continues when life returns to normal. Thousands of workers…
Australia urged to take in 3000 Pacific Islanders to offset climate change
The Australian government is being urged to create a new visa for Pacific Islanders to relocate permanently to Australia, in a bid to manage the impact of climate change in…
Vanuatu hit by 5.7 magnitude quake – EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has struck Vanuatu this evening, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre says. The EMSC earlier said the magnitude was 6.6. The quake had a depth of…
Pasifika sharing their culture on TikTok, despite security fears
More than 58,000 TikTok users have watched Mikaele Oloa slice a banana leaf to make an ula laufa’i, a traditional Samoan necklace. The 29-year-old has also filmed himself performing a…
Pasifika health official stresses importance of being prepared
A Pasifika health boss in New Zealand is stressing the importance of mobilising medical and other resources to help equip Pacific communities and providers within those communities in case of…
How Pacific Island states are trying to find new income
Pacific Island states are looking at risky money making opportunities as they desperately seek ways to revive their economies hit hard by Covid-19. Tourism keeps many countries and territories such…
Fears Pasifika deaths from Covid-19 could rise in US
There are fears that the death toll from Covid-19 among Pacific Islanders in the United States could go much higher if people don’t listen to the advice they are being…
Suspension of vital Pacific fisheries observers set to continue
With no end in sight to the Covid-19 pandemic, the suspension of 100 percent fisheries observer coverage on all purse seine fishing vessels in the Pacific is set to be…