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Pacific island states and countries failed on Friday to strike a deal to protect shrinking supplies of tuna and adopt cutbacks following a regional conference, officials said, sparking condemnation from conservationists. The Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest tuna fishing ground, accounting for almost 60% of the global catch. But supplies are dwindling and conservationists […]

Government of Guam employees and their families took up every available space on Sunday to celebrate Labor Day at the Gov. Joseph Flores Beach Park. Almost every agency had a presence at the annual islandwide celebration dedicated to the workforce. Some agencies had programs and shows within their tents, but the occasional contest brought spectators […]

$700 million will support mass screening of Ebeye Islanders in the Marshall Islands MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Marianas Variety, Sept 5, 2016) – The United States government has approved over $700 million to target one of three tuberculosis “hot spots” in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific island area. A mass screening of the population of 12,000 on Ebeye […]

Solomon Islands PM increasing support for Pacific Coalition on West Papua WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Sept. 5, 2016) – Two more countries have joined the Pacific Coalition on West Papua, voicing their concerns over human rights abuses in the Indonesian province and asking that the United Nations intervene. The group was set […]

Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services, through its PCR laboratory at Mataika House in Tamavua, will soon have the capacity to carry out lab tests for the Zika virus. Previously Fiji did not have the required lab to carry out such tests and had to send samples to Singapore, New Zealand and French Polynesia. […]

A major topic of discussion at the 2nd Pacific Agribusiness Forum in Samoa this week is increasing island grown food and drinks that’s served to tourists. The CEO of the Samoa Tourism Authority Papalii Sonya Hunter reports that Samoa has been able to retain some of the $43 million (US$17 million) that tourists to Samoa […]