The #Pacific Daily

thediplomat.com - China is a better friend to Pacific Island countries than the United States, says Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa. Certainly, the emerging giant’s growing presence in the region has captured the pub...

worldbank.org - Information and communication technology outreach is happening fast in one of the most dispersed regions on Earth, the Pacific. It’s a region comprised of some 9,000 islands spread across a vast oc...

pacific.scoop.co.nz - An Oxfam video marking the “Risk and resilence” report. Oxfam New Zealand has called for radical  changes to the way the country engages with the Pacific and to tackle the region’s vulnerability. “...

en.mercopress.com - The four Pacific countries presidents during their last meeting (Photo: AP) “The businesspeople will have the opportunity to meet with heads of state, of government, ministers and regional official...

radioaustralia.net.au - Speakers: Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand; Ganesh Pangare, head of Asia Water Program, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Banglades...

channelnewsasia.com - SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old man was charged with importing 21 puppies without a licence and subjecting them to unnecessary suffering. Koh Cheow Chuan, a sales representative, is facing two charges und...

act.oceana.org - Act now to save the Mola mola and other wildlife from deadly drift gillnets. Mile-long drift gillnets are left out to soak overnight in the waters off of southern California. Intended to catch swor...

komonews.com - Scientists excited about new lab at bottom of Pacific Ocean By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press Published: May 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM PDT Chief eng...

act.oceana.org - Act now to save the Mola mola and other wildlife from deadly drift gillnets. Mile-long drift gillnets are left out to soak overnight in the waters off of southern California. Intended to catch swor...

radioaustralia.net.au - The warning comes from one of Papua New Guinea's most respected leaders. Former PNG lawyer and diplomat Dame Meg Taylor, set up the World Bank group's mining grievance process and for the past 15 y...

skynews.com.au - Solar Impulse, the first aircraft that can fly day and night fuelled entirely by energy from the sun, has embarked on the second leg of its historic journey across the American continent. The solar...

trust.org - About 75 per cent of emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region suffer from low levels of water security, with millions still living without safe water supplies and sanitation facilities, accord...

eastasiaforum.org - Authors: Melissa Conley Tyler and Samantha Shearman, AIIA With the release of the Defence White Paper 2013 on 3 May, Australia officially has a new region, the ‘Indo-Pacific’: a strategic arc ‘conn...

nst.com.my - TOKYO: Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a local official said Wednesday. It was the first t...

seashipnews.com - Guangzhou: Électricité de France (EDF), a top utility company, has decided to jointly launch China’s first international coal price index platform at Xiamen with Singapore-headquartered Great Easte...

rt.com - China has agreed to cap greenhouse emissions by 2016, after previously refusing to commit to global guidelines. Beijing’s regime change signaled a move to a greener policy, as rising levels of toxi...

channelnewsasia.com - SINGAPORE: The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has appointed the Air Transport Training College (ATTC) as the National Continuing Education and Training (CET) Institute for the aerospace industr...