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Coast Guard’s Petty Officer Aviles strengthens Pacific fight against illegal fishing
KUAM
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September 9, 2025
Aviles brought her expertise to the RFSC, where she worked alongside 32 secondees and partners from 13 FFA Member nations, including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Republic of...
Fiji Futsal finalizes squad for OFC Futsal Cup
FBC News
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September 9, 2025
José Gerardo [Source: Fiji Football Association/Facebook] The Fiji national futsal team has finalized its 14-member squad for the OFC Men’s Futsal Cup 2025, which kicks off next weekend at the Vodafone Arena. Head coach José Gerardo has confirmed...
Pacific now a major drug corridor for Brazilian cartels
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 7, 2025
Last week when nearly half a tonne of cocaine was discovered on a foreign yacht, Vanuatu's police minister, said it was a sign that the Pacific is not isolated from the international drug trade. For Rodrigo Duton, a lieutenant colonel in the Rio...
Case proposal advances to further strengthen US-Pacific Islands partnerships
Maui Now - Hawaii
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File PC: (June 12, 2024) Office of Congressman Ed Case via YouTube US Rep. Ed Case announced that the US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan foreign policy measure that included a provision of his Pacific Partnership Act to strengthen...
The countries with the most vacation days in the world
Conde Nast Traveller
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September 9, 2025
How much you travel depends on how much you’re allowed to—and, as it turns out, some countries are far more generous with time off than others. According to the Global Paid Leave Report for 2025 by Moorepay, a UK organisation that provides HR...
ESafety commissioner announces AI codes to prevent childrens’ access to harmful material
Crikey
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September 8, 2025
NEW ONLINE CODES It’s one of those mornings where everyone is leading with a different news story with not much common ground between them. However, there’s plenty going on, so let’s get going. The ABC led overnight on the news eSafety...
Manele assumes PIF Chairmanship, ready to endorse Rabuka’s concept
FBC News
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September 8, 2025
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has officially assumed the role of Pacific Islands Forum Chair. In his first address following the handover from Tonga, Manele described the leaders’ meeting in Honiara as historic, as Forum members...
Live: PM says he believes Vanuatu agreement will be signed 'soon'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 8, 2025
11m agoTue 9 Sep 2025 at 7:00am 'Racism is a big problem in this country': Thorpe says of Nampijinpa Price's remarks Lidia Thorpe says she was very disappointed with Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments about Indian migration. She...
One $785 payslip in 14 months: The life of Australia's 'country liaison officers'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 8, 2025
The mental strain kept building with every month Rosa Muller Norman went unpaid. The 73-year-old from Darwin was working as a country liaison officer for the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme — an Australian government-backed...
Community rocked by stabbing death of 15yo in Melbourne's outer-west
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 6, 2025
The father of a 15-year-old killed in a stabbing attack in Melbourne's outer-west is calling for answers, as police investigate two deaths overnight. Two children were killed overnight in the suburb of Cobblebank, with police believing the...
Visa-Free Countries For UAE Residents in 2025
Times of Dubai
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September 8, 2025
15Dubai, September 8, 2025- Residents of the UAE enjoy freedom of spectacular travel in 2025 with visa-free access to many countries worldwide. Keeping a UAE residence visa opens the doors of more than 140 countries, where no visas are required,...
From Fashion Runways to Runaway Excuses: Michael Mausio’s $10K Pilgrimage Dream Turns Into a $10M Blame Game. If 170+ passengers paid $10,000 each, that’s over $1.8 million collected. Where's the money?
Fiji Leaks
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September 8, 2025
Michael Mausio has broken his silence on Facebook, posting an emotional defence of his failed Fiji–Israel charter flight project. Semi Tukana and others have reproduced it on their own Facebook sites. What Mausio frames as a visionary plan to turn...
The best Royal Caribbean cruises for 2025 and beyond
The Independent
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September 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
What would you do with the money?
Starts at 60
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September 8, 2025
Each winner must now choose between a tidy US$893.5 million annuity check that grows every year like a mutating fungus, or a US$410.3 million lump sum that will still have the tax man rubbing his hands together like he’s just invented chocolate....
One $785 payslip in 14 months: The life of Australia's 'country liaison officers'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 8, 2025
The mental strain kept building with every month Rosa Muller Norman went unpaid. The 73-year-old from Darwin was working as a country liaison officer for the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme — an Australian government-backed...
US launches largest multilateral exercise hosted in Sri Lanka this year
Colombo Gazette
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September 8, 2025
The United States, on Monday, launched PACIFIC ANGEL (Pac Angel) 25, the largest multilateral exercise hosted in Sri Lanka this year. U.S. Defense Attaché Lt. Col. Matthew House joined Sri Lanka Air Force leaders to open the exercise at the...
Do We Need a Pacific Peace Index?
Inter Press Service
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September 8, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, Indigenous Rights, Peace, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations...
China and Australia in a high-speed race to win control of the Pacific
The Sydney Morning Herald
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September 8, 2025
The very islands that a hostile Imperial Japanese Army occupied to cut off Australia’s economic and military lifelines in WWII were falling under the influence of China. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese Premier Li...
Accelerating Value in Insurance with AI: From Experimentation to Realized Enterprise Value
Banking Dive
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The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining
Samoa News
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September 8, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. But this united front is now under strain as some...