Category: South Pacific
Sensitivity as Indonesia grapples with a measles outbreak in Papua
The Indonesian Government is grappling with a measles outbreak in the Papuan district of Asmat, where at least 65 children have died since the epidemic began in October. Almost 600 people, including adults, have been treated for the disease in the remote…
Perubahan iklim, topik panas Kepulauan Pasifik bulan ini
TabloidJubi.com, Mei adalah bulan yang penuh dengan momen penting, dalam hal perubahan iklim di Pasifik dengan dilaksanakannya beberapa pertemuan penting dan konstruksi pusat perubahan iklim di kawasan kita. Dialog tingkat tinggi tentang perubahan iklim dan keanekaragaman hayati antara para pemimpin…
Dikritisi media, PM Tonga terima lapang dada
Nukuʻalofa, Jubi – Sebuah petisi telah diedarkan di Tonga yang menuntut agar Perdana Menteri Akilisi Pohiva diberhentikan secepatnya. PM Pohiva membenarkan berita ini pada upacara pembukaan KTT Media Pasifik ke-5 di Nuku’alofa, Selasa lalu (08/05/2018). PM Pohiva mengatakan dia yakin bahwa…
Vanuatu to host International Table Tennis Federation Continental Cup
By Raymond Nasse –Vanuatu Daily Post When China announced that Korman Complex costed roughly around 4 billion vatu, Vanuatu had to step up and make use of the new multi sports complex right after the successful 2017 Pacific Mini Games. Football…
GM welcomes fishing ban
General Manager (GM) of Moorings Hotel, Joe Tamata has welcomed the banning of fishing all along the coast of Port Vila Harbour saying it is a tremendous boost to enable the lagoon to replenish itself of marine life, as well as…
MACFest event outline now online
The main program for the upcoming 6th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) is now available online to get a glimpse of what the festival will be like. The National Organising Committee (NOC) has released the program and is encouraging…
New bishop for the Diocese of Vanuatu, New Caledonia
SolomonStarNews – The Anglican Church of Melanesia Diocesan Electoral Board has on Thursday the 12th of April 2018 elected the Reverend James Tama as the sixth bishop for the Diocese of Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The meeting which was preceded…
Chinese Military Bases in Vanuatu ‘impossible’
The Daily Post Vanuatu – A Chinese embassy spokesman said yesterday that reports of a plan to establish a military base here in Vanuatu were ‘ridiculous’. “That’s impossible”, said Chen Ke, a spokesman for the Ambassador. A senior Vanuatu government advisor concurred:…
‘Impossible’: China denies planning military base in Vanuatu
Chinese ambassador calls the idea of a base ‘ridiculous’ and stresses humanitarian program A Chinese embassy spokesman has said the idea that China is planning to establish a military base in Vanuatu is “ridiculous”.Australia’s Fairfax Media reported on Tuesday that China was eyeing a…