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New Guardian-class patrol boat: a welcome asset to tackle illegal fishing in Solomon Islands
Pacific News Service
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Tackling illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is often a challenge for countries in the Pacific due to many reasons. Unavailability of maritime assets is one. On Monday, 28 June 2021, Solomon Islands officially took ownership of a...
Pacific news in brief for 28 July
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Test for leptospirosis in laboratory, conceptual image. Photo: DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/FCA/Science Photo Libraray via AFP American Samoa - health American Samoa's Department of Health is warning about the risk of leptospirosis after...
UK delivers AUKUS reassurance in the face of US review
Crikey
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July 27, 2025
UK BOOSTS AUKUS AS ALBO WAVERS ON PALESTINE Top UK security officials have used the ongoing Exercise Talisman Sabre to declare AUKUS nuclear submarines and other military technology are the “bedrocks” of the country’s relationship with Australia,...
Trump’s revival of WWII era alien registration law sparks privacy, legal battles
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
The Trump administration’s unexpected reactivation of a forgotten wartime law requiring noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and carry registration documents has launched intense controversy. What began as a little‑known provision from...
COCA COLA FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTS WASH PROGRAM IN ESP
PNG Haus Bung
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July 27, 2025
People accessing health facilities in the East Sepik Province (ESP) can expect access to clean water and sanitation thanks to the continuous support from the Coca Cola Foundation, supporting the WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) programmes in...
Divine Word University strengthens ties with Sisters of Mercy in historic agreement
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 22, 2025
In a landmark moment for higher education in Papua New Guinea, Divine Word University (DWU) and the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) renewed a transformative partnership through the signing of a Memorandum...
Nauru seeks transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Nauru's Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority creates a licensing and regulatory scheme for digital asset transfers, including cryptocurrency lending and exchange. Photo: RNZ Pacific / AFP An Australian finance director has flown to Nauru with...
Address internet addiction among youths
The National
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INTERNET addiction among youths in Papua New Guinea is a growing concern that requires urgent attention from policymakers, parents, educators, and healthcare professionals. As the digital revolution continues to transform the way we live, work,...
How Biden Could Restrict Fossil Fuel Financing and Make It Trump-Proof
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Los Angeles, CA (Capital & Main) Welcome to "Feet to the Fire: Big Oil and the Climate Crisis," a newsletter in which we share our latest reporting on how the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and influences climate policy in five of the...
Bird: Joblessness destroys people
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 22, 2025
LACK of employment opportunities had made people disoriented, disenfranchised and become destructive, says an Opposition MP. East Sepik Governor Allan Bird (pictured) made this statement last week citing a Papua New Guinea Business Council (PNGBC)...
Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development
RNZ
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July 22, 2025
Joe Lera (file image) Photo: Bougainville Care Foundation A longtime Bougainville politician, Joe Lera, wants to see widespread changes in the way the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is run. The Papua New Guinea region, which is seeking...
Israel’s little-known allies in the South Pacific
The Times of Israel
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July 27, 2025
Every time UN members vote on anything Israel and Palestine-related, South Pacific islanders wake up to an endless stream of derogatory comments on social media. That’s the price Oceania pays for being the one and only region in the Global South...
These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
The Independent
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July 25, 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...
Marape highlights PNG-Japan ties at Osaka World Expo
NBC PNG
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Prime Minister James Marape engages with Section PNG Commissioner General Amb. Gabriel Dusava and PNG Pavilion Manager Rossano Perano at the PNG Pavilion (PMs Media) Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape marked PNG’s National Day at the...
Darkest-ever dwarfgoby fish gets named after Darth Vader
Mongabay
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July 21, 2025
From the volcanic fjords of Tufi in Papua New Guinea, researchers have described a new-to-science species of a coral reef fish called a dwarfgoby with an unusual purplish-black color. The tiny fish is the “darkest of all described dwarfgobies,”...
PM Marape addresses PNG National Day at Osaka World Expo
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape this morning officiated at the PNG National Day at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka where he underscored the close, enduring 51-year-old bilateral partnership of Papua New Guinea and Japan. At the National Day Grand...
Government pushes to revive agricultural research as sector targets K30 billion by 2030
NBC PNG
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Members of the NARS Technical Working Group (Image: Supplied) The Papua New Guinea government is ramping up efforts to revive agricultural research and development, identifying it as a critical pillar to drive the agriculture sector’s ambitious...
Rising risks: What’s driving violence against Pacific children
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 20, 2025
BY Betty Barkha Children across the Pacific are facing escalating risks to their safety and wellbeing. Research from Save the Children reveals that violence against children is on the rise across five Pacific Island countries — Fiji, Vanuatu,...
Gap between oral health and services
The National
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DENTAL health is a critical component of overall wellbeing, yet access to oral care services remains a challenge for many Papua New Guineans. In Papua New Guinea, inadequate access to dental services, limited oral health infrastructure, and a lack...
PNG Resources Week Golf Challenge to drive lifesaving impact
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 21, 2025
The greens of the Royal Port Moresby Golf Course will come alive on Friday, July 25, 2025, as the PNG Resources Week Charity Golf Challenge begins with a powerful mission: to raise funds for hospitals and health facilities across Papua New Guinea....