Noumea, New Caledonia: Unions representing workers at New Caledonia's largest nickel mine are opposing a proposal to cut working hours by 10 per cent

Noumea, New Caledonia: A business analyst says New Caledonia’s nickel industry is also facing pressures to adjust to the economic crisis.

Noumea, New Caledonia: New Caledonia's biggest nickel company, Societe Le Nickel (SLN), says it will be forced to cut working hours dramatically as the price of nickel continues to fall

Noumea, New Caledonia: Dengue fever in New Caledonia has now reached the threshold of some 500 new cases since the beginning of this year, local authorities said

Pape'ete, French Polynesia:  French Polynesia’s international carrier has decided to drop some destinations in the face of the global economic problems

Noumea, New Caledonia: The New Caledonian Government has increased the minimum wage by almost US$11 a month to match the country's spiralling inflation rates

Noumea, New Caledonia: One of New Caledonia’s world class nickel mining project, Koniambo, in the North of the main island of New Caledonia, has secured a new string of investments

Noumea, New Caledonia: French Prime minister François Fillon is scheduled to visit the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia early March

Noumea, New Caledonia: Two of  New Caledonia’s pro-independence groups have filed a joint  motion in the local Congress (Parliament) to debate what they call a “New Caledonian citizen identity card.”

Noumea, New Caledonia: Next week, the Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce (PAPITaF) will meet in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 November, to discuss the current state of preparedness