Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
Wednesday
18th March
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so…
Coronavirus
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
9th April
2020
There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and six…
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
16th April
2020
Infection figures remain low for the Pacific, but they have more than doubled since last week. The World Health Organization…
How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?
Tuesday
28th April
2020
A more sophisticated and nuanced Pacific Step-up that addresses the challenges posed by coronavirus provides Australia with an opportunity to…
Pacific Finance and Economic Ministers meet online
Thursday
20th August
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Earlier this month the Finance and Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 27 October
Wednesday
27th October
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 cases at the Vanuatu border Vanuatu authorities are reporting that…
Fighting the giant
Tuesday
17th March
2020
The threat of COVID-19 in the Pacific islands requires a disaster response mobilisation. A chief from the remote…
The great ‘Global Coronavirus Crisis’ and the PICs
Friday
8th May
2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the globe very hard, especially given the economies were still recovering from…
COVID-19 and Solomon Islands: How is the economy holding up?
Tuesday
9th June
2020
With the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic around the world, attention has turned to its impact on the…
Imagining a new post-COVID-19 international economic order for the Pacific islands
Thursday
9th July
2020
A new international economic order must be embraced for the Pacific islands which places our peoples and cultural heritage at…