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Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Latest News [Page 5]
SPC’s new Director-General
Thursday, 23 January 2014, 12:02 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Dr Colin Tukuitonga took up the post of Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), today, 23 January 2014. He will be based at SPC’s headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia. More >>
Heilala Vanilla shines in Japanese market
Friday, 17 January 2014, 12:44 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Friday 17 January 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva – Heilala Vanilla is fast becoming a premium brand name in Japan. The world class vanilla producer from Tonga is this month completing its eighth shipment of award-winning vanilla ... More >>
Pacific HIV response gets international attention
Monday, 25 November 2013, 12:31 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A packed Pacific satellite session at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in Bangkok, Thailand last week catapulted Pacific perspectives, data and successes onto the international stage. More >>
Prisoner health is public health
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:39 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Despite the considerable progress on HIV and STI education and prevention programmes in Fiji, there can be even more progress made if people in prisons are included. This was one of the key findings highlighted by the first-ever longitudinal study ... More >>
SPREP achieves implementation status for Climate Change
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 10:29 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has been accredited as a Regional Implementing Entity by the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) under the Kyoto Protocol, from 1 November 2013. More >>
We don’t know what we don’t know
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 11:14 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
In his opening address at the Pacific Damage and Loss (PDaLo) Workshop, Timothy Wilcox, Sub-Regional Coordinator (Pacific) of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction began with the quote, ‘We don’t know what we don’t know. This means ... More >>
Understanding risk to enhance community safety
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 7:19 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
From 14 to 17 October, a team from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Geoscience and Applied Technology Division (SOPAC) will be visiting French Polynesia. They will report on the results of a series of studies designed to reduce the risk ... More >>
You can’t improve what you don’t measure
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 10:09 am | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
– Once a disaster starts to unfold, it is too late to start looking for the information needed to manage it. This truism has been discussed for the past decade and remains relevant today for the disaster management business. More >>
Clean Pacific Campaign Makes a Difference
Friday, 20 September 2013, 5:33 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
19 September 2013, Apia Samoa, 24SM - A successful Clean Pacific Campaign led by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme was commended by members today. More >>
EU boosts renewable and efficiency energy project in Pacific
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 12:21 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A major renewable energy and energy efficiency project, the North Pacific Renewable Energy Efficiency Project, or North-REP, for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of Palau (Palau) and Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) was given a ... More >>
Central Pacific Shipping Commission assumes regulatory role
Monday, 9 September 2013, 3:33 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Central Pacific Shipping Commission (CPSC) scheduled for 18–20 September 2013 is expected to pass an endorsement for CPSC to become fully operational and have necessary enforcement abilities to regulate ... More >>
Observers Help Crack Down On Illegal Tuna Fishing
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 2:35 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Evidence given by Pacific Island fisheries observers has helped secure judgements against the owners, operators and fishing masters of six tuna purse seiners, with heavy fines imposed – over USD 1.5 million in total. More >>
Regional Training For Simulator Instructors
Monday, 2 September 2013, 5:21 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Instructors from nine Pacific Island States and Territories (PICTs) are in Suva this week (26 - 30 August 2013) participating in a week-long simulator training course for instructors. More >>
SPC: Public Health Surveillance Support to Wallis & Futuna
Monday, 2 September 2013, 1:56 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Pacific Mini-Games will begin today in Wallis and Futuna. To protect the population’s health security during the games, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Wallis and Futuna Health Agency have put in place strengthened public health ... More >>
Regional Energy Workshops Strengthen National Capacity
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 4:18 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Economic Development Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is currently conducting a series of regional workshops in an effort to strengthen the capability of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to: (i) formulate ... More >>
Coastal Fisheries In the Pacific ‘A Mixed Report’
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:31 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A new report on the status of reef and near-shore fisheries of Pacific Islands has delivered a mixed verdict about their health. More >>
Tagged Tuna Recaptured After 13 Years On the Run
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 4:26 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A bigeye tuna has been re-captured nearly 13 years after it was originally caught, tagged and released as part of a scientific experiment. More >>
Protein-Packed Squid Show Promise In the Cook Islands
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 4:22 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The first trials seeking to catch giant squid off Aitutaki in the Cook Islands netted a haul of four diamondback squids and a neon flying squid after the first casting of nine fishing lines last Saturday (27 July 2013). The squid, weighing from 8 ... More >>
Tagged Tuna Recaptured After 13 Years On the Run
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 3:58 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
A bigeye tuna has been re-captured, nearly 13 years after it was originally caught, tagged and released as part of a scientific experiment. More >>
Pacific Network Identifies Cause of Diarrhoea Outbreak
Friday, 26 July 2013, 5:51 pm | Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The pathogen causing the diarrhoea outbreak currently affecting Kiribati has been identified by Mataika House Laboratory in Fiji yesterday. It is a rotavirus. More >>
