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RSIPF brass band continues tradition of being anniversary celebration highlight
The Islandsun
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July 8, 2025
BY IRWIN ANGIKI It is one of the traditional highlights of any Independence Day celebrations – the police brass band performance. Since the first celebrations of our Independence Day, the programme is never complete without the beloved RSIPF Brass...
Tonga's archery team shines in Palau
Matangi Tonga Online
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July 8, 2025
Reporting from Team Tonga in Palau Tonga's archers shone at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, winning 10 medals, including two golds for Arne Jensen. The archers, who returned home Monday at the end of their competition, are leading...
Pacific Island Countries See Australia as Preferred Partner Over China: Research
The Epoch Times
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July 6, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the leader’s retreat during the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Vava’u, Tonga, on Aug. 29, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch Pacific Island countries (PIC) welcome Beijing’s contribution to...
Local musicians honoured following in PNG’s Pacific Story finale
Solomon Star
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June 15, 2025
The Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency William Soaki, together with the Solomon Islands community in Port Moresby, co-hosted an informal farewell dinner on 1 June 2025 at the High Commission’s Haus Win to honour...
Entries come from far afield as Magnetic Island Race Week prepares to unfold
Mysailing
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July 8, 2025
Whether you are sailing the largest boats in the fleet, such as 60 footers Awen and Samurai, or the smallest, like Guilty Pleasures X and Peow Peow, at 6.50 metres each, all competitors will have equal amount of racing and fun at 2025 SeaLink...
Tavuli Orchid Crowned Champions of PacificAus Sports Rugby 7s
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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June 13, 2025
By Crofton Utukana Tavuli Orchid Women’s Rugby Team emerged as champions of the PacificAus Sports Rugby 7s competition, which concluded successfully this evening at the Town Ground Rugby Stadium. Tavuli went unbeaten throughout the tournament and...
Pacific Mini Games to Unite Region through sports and sister state partnerships
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
KOROR, Palau – Palau is preparing to host its largest-ever regional event, the 22nd Pacific Mini Games, with more than 2,000 athletes confirmed to participate—making it the most attended Mini Games in over a decade. Two thousand eighty-five...
Tahiti extends lead on Day 7 of Pacific Mini Games 2025; Athletes push limits for country and glory
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
KOROR, Palau — With one day remaining in the Pacific Mini Games 2025, Tahiti has extended its dominant lead in the overall medal standings, closing Day 7 with a commanding 59 gold medals. Photos below capture the grit, passion, and unity of...
Tavuli remains unbeaten as PacificAus Sports 7s Series enters semis
Solomon Star
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June 11, 2025
Tavuli Women’s Rugby Club finished the preliminary stage of the PacificAus Sports Women’s Rugby7s Series undefeated. This followed the conclusion of round-robin play on Monday, 9 June at the Town Ground Rugby Stadium. In a competition featuring...
Guam’s Jordan Baden wins gold, shatters women’s 5K record at Mini Games
The Guam Daily Post
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With only three days remaining in the 12th Pacific Mini Games in Koror, Palau, Guam's mighty contingent earned five medals in athletics, baseball and judo. Two days ago, Guam's Jordan Baden won her first-ever medal while representing her island...
Christafari Gospel band rocks Honiara
The Islandsun
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June 10, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE Hundreds of fans gathered at Kukum Field for a powerful night of praise, worship and reggae music as internationally renowned Gospel reggae band Christafari lit up the capital with their high-energy performance. Despite the...
Running for people
The National
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IN the heart of Kamkumung, Lae, a place where many young boys fall into lives of crime and hardship, 26-year-old William Camilus Peka has chosen a different path. He’s not running away from his community. He’s running for it. Now representing...
Entries come from far afield as SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week prepares to unfold
Live Sail Die
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July 7, 2025
Whether you are sailing the largest boats in the fleet, such as 60 footers Awen and Samurai, or the smallest, like Guilty Pleasures X and Peow Peow, at 6.50 metres each, all competitors will have equal amount of racing and fun at 2025 SeaLink...
Delta Tigers secure EPL top spot
Fiji Sun
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July 6, 2025
Two second half goals from Sakaraia Naisua and Sitiveni Cavuilagi enabled Lautoka to beat Nasinu 2-0 after they were held 0-0 at halftime. Ajay Trading Rewa football players training at the Uprising Sports Centre in Pacific Harbour, Deuba, on May...
Athletics lead Team Cook Islands’ final medal push at Mini Games
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
Team Cook Islands hosted a thank you ceremony for their village mayor, the village liaison, the state governor for Ngaraard (the sister state), the Palau Community College president and their sister state liaison over the weekend. CISNOC/25070650...
KALW Almanac - Monday July 7, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Monday July 7, 2025 July 7 is the 188th day of the year 177 days remain until the end of the year 77 days until autumn begins the sun rose in San Francisco at 5:53:23 am and sunset will be at 8:35:15 pm Today we have 14 hours and 41...
Golden Wisil
The National
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PAPUA New Guinea sprinter Pais Wisil has lived up to the title of Pacific sprint king after winning the much-anticipated 100m final on Saturday, claiming gold for Team PNG at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau. Wisil’s gold among 19 other medals from...
Tech-free ‘cloisters’ can help young minds
The Times
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Sir, I share Niall Ferguson’s concern about the catastrophic effect of AI upon cognitive development (“AI’s great brain robbery — and how universities can fight back”, weekend essay, Jul 5). Founding, in 2007, the UK’s only screen-free school, we...
Day 2 fair draws massive crowd
The Islandsun
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July 4, 2025
BY NED GAGAHE The atmosphere at the National Trade Fair was electrifying on Day 2, Thursday, July 3, 2025 as hundreds flocked to the FOPA village to witness the vibrant display of Solomon Islands’ economic, cultural and social excitement. The...
China donates livelihood supplies to Malaita
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
THE Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands has donated a range of livelihood supplies to the Malaita Province, in a ceremony held at the JQY Enterprise Storage area at Lungga, North Central Guadalcanal on Wednesday. The donation which included an...