RNZ Pacific – A Kiribati judge, who has been battling a government determined to have him removed from his post, has now left the country. David Lambourne, for nearly four years, has…
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David Lambourne: Australia-born judge facing potential deportation from Kiribati
RNZ Pacific – An Australian-born judge in Kiribati could well face deportation later this week after a tribunal ruling that he should be removed from his post. The tribunal’s report has just…
Exclusive-Chinese police work in Kiribati, Hawaii’s Pacific neighbour
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and a crime database program,…
Seven Pacific Island countries sign UN High Seas Treaty
(Island Times) NEW YORK, 25 SEPTEMBER 2023 (SPREP)– The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has become the first Pacific country to sign the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, also commonly referred…
Kiribati vice president expresses serious concern over Japan’s dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater
Global Times – Kiribati Vice President Teuea Toatu expressed serious concern and disappointment on Wednesday regarding Japan’s dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, according to China Energy News. Toatu made these…
Marshall Islands end US Compact hold-out
RNZ Pacific – Analysis: Majuro – When an 11th hour appeal for more nuclear test compensation by Marshall Islands leaders fell flat in the United States Congress in mid-July, the government endorsed a stalled funding…
New Zealand help to nurture Kiribati language
RNZ Pacific Island – Kiribati communities are celebrating Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati – Kiribati Language Week. New Zealand’s Minister for Pacific Peoples, Barbara Edmonds, said the theme for the week translates…
Marshall Islands Compact held up by nuclear legacy
RNZ Pacific – Marshall Islands’ parliamentary speaker says a lack of agreement on the US nuclear legacy is holding up the country’s Compact Review negotiations with Washington. The Island Times reports the Marshall Islands…
Kiribati has high hopes that new Centre will reduce TB cases
RNZ Pacific – A new facility to treat hundreds of i-Kiribati people suffering from tuberculosis (TB) – has opened at the Tungaru Central Hospital on Tarawa. Kiribati continues to battle with one…
After a long break, Kiribati enters Pacific Islands Forum again
ABC Pacific – Kiribati has confirmed its intention to rejoin the Pacific’s peak political forum, ending a persistent and bitter leadership split. The Pacific nation wrote to Fijian prime minister and Pacific…