By Brian Lezutuni COMMERCIAL Kava exports into Australia could begin at the end of this year, according to Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Zed Seselja. In 2019, the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison announced Australia…
BY BEN BILUAGizo PACIFIC Trade Ministers have noted that there is a need for a comprehensive assessment on the existing labour mobility arrangements in the region. A Labour Mobility Reference Group has been engaged to guide the process. “We had…
BY BEN BILUAGizo AUSTRALIA is committed to keeping the doors open for Pacific seasonal workers and to ensuring conditions for workers arriving from Asia on new visa schemes match those of Pacific workers. Australia’s Minister for International Development and the…
BY JARED KOLI PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the Government will consider ways to provide support to students in Fiji while continually assessing the COVID-19 situation there. “The Oversight Committee is discussing the Fiji situation today [yesterday] and will…
BY JARED KOLI THE University of the South Pacific (USP) School of Pacific Arts, Communication & Education (SPACE), in collaboration with the School of Business and Management (SBM), has launched a brand-new Bachelor of Arts (BA) Programme. The new programme,…
BY BEN BILUAGizo Officials of Civil Society Organisation (CSO) present during the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) say that the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) needs inclusive governance mechanism to achieve its objectives. Speaking to the media last week,…
BY JARED KOLI Public are raising serious concerns about the frequent Fiji Airways cargo flight every Thursday. Yesterday a photograph of a Fiji Airways cargo flight at Henderson International Airport posted on a popular local Facebook Forum ‘Yumi Toktok Forum’…
UNICEF and the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday announced a new US$1.5 million partnership to support governments around the region, including Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia and…
BY JARED KOLI Another 12 students in Fiji have reportedly tested positive for covid-19, bringing the total to 22. Two weeks ago, 10 Solomon Islands students were reported having tested positive. Yesterday, Island Sun was reliably informed of 12 more…
PAPUA New Guinea High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Moses Kaul has announced that the level of Covid19 restrictions enforced by his Government has been elevated recently by the State of Emergency Controller David Manning. Kaul stated that all who wish…
