Port Moresby, PNG: Australian parliamentary secretary for international development assistance, Bob McMullen, yesterday announced a K250 million (US$95 million) Australian Government initiative

Suva, Fiji: There is no fear of threats in Fiji because police, supported by the military have things under control, says interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama

Manila, Philippines: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide assistance to Kiribati to help strengthen public financial management through long-term budget strategies and to improve the efficiency of public enterprises.

Suva, Fiji: The 12th Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Port Vila, Vanuatu 27 – 29 October has proposed some measures to improve further the design of temporary movement of labour schemes.

Port Moresby, PNG: United Nations Development Programme representative Dr Jacqui Badcock has urged the media in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Asia Pacific to play the role as one of

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: The passing of the Cook Islands supplementary budget, touted as a simple appropriation of the Chinese soft loan, has not been without a few hitches this

TARAWA, KIRIBATI: The people in Kiribati are being encouraged to return to planting their own food products instead of relying on imports, reports Radio New Zealand Internationa

APIA, SAMOA: The  Samoan  Ggovernment has announced approval of the purchase of four acres of land in South Auckland for the construction of a new Consul General&rsquo

The approaching elections in New Zealand have brought out in sharp relief the different policy approaches that New Zealand’s two leading political parties –the ruling Labour Party he

SUVA, FIJI: The Pacific is today mourning the untimely passing away of the immediate past secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Greg Urwin.