BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Knowledge  and familiarity  with  information  and  communication  technology (ICT) in the Pacific  is  receiving  a  boost  with  the holding of a key United Nations training  programme  for  some of the region’s policy-makers and government officials.

SUVA, FIJI: Pacific trade officials head to Brussels this week to hammer out the details of a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union – amidst worldwide concern that the EU has failed to offer genuine development agreements to its ex-colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the ACP). 

Suva, Fiji: Young entrepreneurs and business managers from Fiji, Kiribati and Tuvalu will attend a week-long training in Suva from September 1-5 to better their business skills.

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.