Pacific Beat

The Fiji Cancer Society and Walk on, Walk Strong or WOWS are crossing their fingers that a long-running dispute over a joint funding account will be resolved this afternoon.

A rise in the number of suicides in Fiji has authorities worried.

Recently we reported on the story about the search for a legendary hoard of Japanese gold in the Solomon Islands.

Quade Cooper has been ruled out of the Wallabies playing side by Coach Robbie Deans for the British and Irish Lion series.

The closing of the Nauru Election Polls on Saturday has brought about a significant change with at least six parliament members losing their seats.

Following a big win in Lautoka last weekend, the Fiji men's rugby team is left reeling after a narrow loss to Canada on Wednesday last week in the Pacific Nations Cup.

A major donor-supported effort to relieve drought in the Marshall Islands continues, with teams of relief workers installing water-making units on remote outer islands.

What place does social media have in faith and religious practice?Will the pulpit be traded for Twitter and Facebook as the preferred medium for the delivery of church messages and teachings?The Catholic Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands discussed the issue of new media and social networks during the Annual General Meeting in Madang recently.

Cook Islands' Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters has been appointed as the new Queen's Representative.

Scientists, social workers, singers, a cyclist and a motor-cyclist are among the recipients of this years Queen's Birthday honours list.

The death of a prominent Samoan church leader has left the Samoan community in mourning worldwide.

A three-day conference on witchcraft and sorcery in Papua New Guinea wrapped up at the Australian National University in Canberra last week.

The Fiji Cancer Society and Walk on, Walk Strong or WOWS are crossing their fingers that a long-running dispute over a joint funding account will be resolved this afternoon.

More than 20 newly-graduated police officers will bolster security on the streets of Port Moresby during the second Rugby League State of Origin, to try to contain drunken violence.

The United Nations is calling for immediate action to protect women in Melanesian countries from the extreme violence associated with accusations of witchcraft and sorcery.

Delegates at the conference have included several Human Rights Defenders from the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Samoan businesses and the public appear to be relieved the Prime Minister has rejected a Chinese company's proposal to invest in the country.

Later this year Australian scientists will be given access to one of the most advanced pieces of marine technology in the world.

Invasive species are a problem throughout the Pacific islands and there are many projects aimed at eradicating them.