Pacific Beat

A major effort to eradicate Yaws from Vanuatu is underway, involving Vanuatu Health authorities and World Health Organisation.

An Australian economist who staunchly advocated private land ownership and free markets in the Pacific Islands has died.

Vanuatu's Acting Reserve Bank Governor, Peter Tari told the business community in Australia that Vanuatu is good for foreign investment.

A new report from the world's largest partnership of conservation organisations says the status of the world's birds continues to get worse with many species slipping towards extinction or in steep decline.

Like many tourist destinations Guam is flooded with cheap souvenirs that are made somewhere else, but use the local attractions as a selling point.

The foundation of Australia's sugar industry the northeastern state of Queensland and its dependence on Pacific workers, is featured in an exhibition in the state capital, Brisbane.

Just days out from the kick-off of the Rugby Sevens World Cup in Moscow and Samoa Men's team has overnight announced a very strong and experienced side.

A New Zealand MP is warning Samoans considering applying for New Zealand citizenship - that they should think twice.

Women from across the Pacific gathered in Fiji to find ways of using culture to overcome violence.

Fisheries workshops and surveys have been conducted in Tuvalu to help promote food security.

Questions are being raised about the tens of millions of dollars Australia is spending to help fight the spread of TB in a coastal region of Papua New Guinea, close to Australia.

A young Marshall Islander is about to embark on a career with the US Coast Guard, realising an ambition he has held since he was a small boy.

Community involvement has helped to significantly lower the rate of malaria in a province of Solomon Islands, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Cook Islands Police are hoping to set up a programme to deal with deal with youth crime, including youth at risk in the Cook Islands and youth returning from New Zealand and Australia.

Guam's economy is no longer in deficit.

The leaders meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group was officially opened in New Caledonia last night, in which Fiji's Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama handed over the Chairmanship of the MSG to the FLNKS.

The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are preparing for the opening of their annual gathering in New Caledonia.

Tonga's dependency on overseas aid donors could have serious implications for the country's independence.

The human rights group Amnesty International has expressed it's Disappointment after the Nauruan Supreme Court dismissed a challenge against the lawfulness of detaining asylum seekers in the country.