The Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, has just appointed a Guadeloupean to be in charge of France’s diplomatic mission in Vanuatu. Robby Judes is the new French Ambassador to Vanuatu replacing Gilles Favret whose contract...
Category - Pacific News
Pacific students gain professional qualifications in climate change adaptation & disaster risk reduction
Twenty four students attended face-to-face training sessions in Suva last week as the final step of an intensive 16 week training programme on climate change adaptation & disaster risk reduction. The successful...
4 months ago
Humanitarian relief: Caledonians lost trust in Vanuatu’s NGOs
After Cyclone Pam, many appeals have been made for help and many humanitarian aid supplies have reached Vanuatu. Reports received from people living in New Caledonia said many people in the French Territory hesitate a...
4 months ago
PNG will not back Vanuatu push for West Papua’
PNG Minister for Trade Rimbink Pato. Picture: RNZ Papua New Guinea will not and does not support the issue of West Papua now being pushed by Vanuatu at the United Nations. This is because according to Foreign Affairs...
4 months ago
Samoa installs battery energy storage systems first in the Pacific
Samoa has become the first country in the Pacific to install battery energy storage systems and micro grid controller. The US$8,844,817.03 million (T$22.7m) facilities, housed at the Fiaga Power Station compound, allows...
6 months ago
Taiwan’s airline picks up Palau flights in China’s wake
Taiwan’s main airline China Airlines is adding two more weekly flights to Palau after a crackdown on Chinese tourism to the Pacific nation. Palau Pacific Airways said last week it would suspend China flights...
6 months ago
