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Wed, 25 May 2022 15:20:42 +1200
Failed Tahitian Village project set to be revived
The French Polynesian government plans to relaunch the Tahitian Village project later this month after years of setbacks and downgrades.

Wed, 25 May 2022 15:00:12 +1200
Ratings house revises PNG fiscal outlook upwards
On the eve of the national elections in Papua New Guinea, the financial ratings house Standard and Poors has revised the country's outlook from negative to stable.

Wed, 25 May 2022 11:32:23 +1200
Fiji acts to protect against potential outbreak of monkeypox
Fiji's Ministry of Health is putting in place strategies to protect Fiji from Monkeypox

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:02:42 +1200
Lemanu launches new programme to deal with drug abuse
American Samoa has launched a new programme to tackle drug use.

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:41:25 +1200
Drua to be based in Fiji for 2023 season says coach
Fijian Drua will be based in Fiji for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season.

Wed, 25 May 2022 17:50:41 +1200
Pacific News in brief
Son of Jacques Lafleur eyes political career, penalties for funeral homes, new airline for Northern Marianas, and American Samoa looks to buy land in Hawaii

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:52:35 +1200
Kiribati included in China's Foreign Minister’s visit to Pacific region
Kiribati will host an official state visit for a delegation from China led by Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tarawa on Friday.

Wed, 25 May 2022 07:32:03 +1200
Samoa's HRPP leader suspended indefinitely from Parliament
The leader of Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, and the party's secretary Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi have been suspended indefinitely without pay from Parliament.

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:52:35 +1200
Australia promises the Pacific a new look
Australia's newly sworn-in foreign minister, Penny Wong, says the new Labor Government 'will be a generous, respectful and reliable member of the Pacific family.'

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:52:36 +1200
Cook Islands Budget focuses on health, minimum wage and pensions
The Cook Islands 2022 Budget, called 'Keeping the Faith', includes a boost to the pension and minimum wage.

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:52:36 +1200
Tuvalu mourns deputy prime minister
Tuvalu's acting prime minister says his country is mourning the loss of an important and influential figure after its deputy prime minister Alapati Taupo died.

Tue, 24 May 2022 19:38:43 +1200
Air Force Orion locates seven missing in boats near Kiribati
Seven people missing in two boats near Kiribati have been found by an Air Force Orion.

Wed, 25 May 2022 15:54:32 +1200
More details on China’s high-level delegation visit to the Pacific
The Solomon Islands government has confirmed the much anticipated high-level visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the country is ahead of schedule this week.

Tue, 24 May 2022 22:35:54 +1200
Samoa's govt commemorates one year since constitutional crisis
Today marks the one-year anniversary since newly elected members of Parliament, from Samoa's FAST party, took their oath of office.

Tue, 24 May 2022 17:49:36 +1200
CNMI Governor Torres' alleged offences to be made public
Northern Marianas Governor, Ralph Torres, may have been acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial, but it's not stopping the House of Representatives.

Tue, 24 May 2022 16:41:38 +1200
News in Brief from around the Pacific for May 24
How will Pacific communities benefit from security deals?; Entry permit into American Samoa from Samoa discussed; More Covid cases reported in French Polynesia, and more

Tue, 24 May 2022 12:06:04 +1200
Challenge on property sale tax in French Polynesia rejected by court
France's highest administrative court has rejected a challenge to a law hiking the tax on property sale profits in French Polynesia.

Tue, 24 May 2022 08:56:32 +1200
Talks underway on air links between French Polynesia and the Cook Islands
Plans are afoot to resume air links between French Polynesia and the Cook Islands to bolster the two destinations' chances of receiving tourists.



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