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Manila, PHILIPPINES — Pacific Health Ministers launched their shared vision to address interwoven health challenges and work towards a healthier and more equitable Pacific region.
The new Pacific Islands Multi-country Cooperation Strategy 2024-2029, or the MCCS, sets out the World Health...
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND — Researchers are calling for more targeted public health interventions, after a study found Māori and Pacific women are disproportionately affected by suicide involving heavy alcohol use.
The study, conducted by the University of Otago in Christchurch, was the first in...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is days away from hosting 56 country representatives for the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) under the theme 'One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Commonwealth'.
It's the first time the biennial event is being hosted by a Pacific island nation and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — King Charles III’s first royal visit to Australia begins — his first as monarch, and only the second head of state to step foot on Australian soil.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are undertaking a royal visit to Australia and a state visit to Samoa from October 18-26,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s Government is trying to reduce a feral pig population which is affecting agriculture and food security.
A recent study tour by a Samoan delegation to Queensland has provided valuable insights into managing the growing problem.
The delegation, which included...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa says a question mark hangs over whether work related to the Manawanui disaster will pause during King Charles' visit for the Commonwealth leaders' meeting.
About 60 New Zealand Defense Force personnel and specialists are...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — His career took him to the biggest heights in boxing, but now David Tua is swapping the spotlight for a subdued and simple island life.
Samoa "is calling" the former heavyweight, who wants to spend the next chapter of his life cracking coconuts instead of jaws.
Having moved...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The South Pacific tropical cyclone season is due to start in November and will run until the last day of April. On average there's nine each season and tropical cyclones can straddle either end of the season, as seen last year with Lola in October.
But what actually is a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country’s economy and workforce, according to a new poll.
When it comes to the risks posed by illegal immigration, though,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji's RFNS Puamau is being decommissioned after it ran aground on a reef earlier this year in Fulaga, located in Fiji's Southern Lau Group.
Australia gifted the Guardian-class patrol boat to Fiji in May this year only to run aground in June.
It suffered extensive...