Hockey stars in South Pacific (International Hockey Federation)
(Source: International Hockey Federation) Hockey is challenging soccer as the number one sport in the Solomon Islands. This is according to one keen player - Alan Temoa, one of the Solomon Island...
View ArticleRugby: Hard work ahead for Messam, Williams
Forget the Rugby World Cup - Sonny Bill Williams and Liam Messam can expect some really hard work as they train to join the All Blacks Sevens for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. New Zealand coach Sir Gordon...
View ArticleDarwin port: Deal to lease site of military base to Chinese company for 99...
Australia’s Prime Minister has been forced to defend the controversial leasing of a strategically important port to a Chinese company, saying the military could seize control in a...
View ArticleGSL delivers fourth patrol vessel for Indian Coast Guard
Vasco: Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has delivered Yard 1221, fourth in the series of six indigenously-built offshore patrol vessel for the Indian...
View ArticleDigicel cuts 51 expat jobs
DIGICEL has confirmed the release of 51 expatriate members of its team with expectations that the positions will be taken up by locals. The telecoms company did not specify whether the outgoing...
View ArticleAsylum seekers land in Indonesia after Australian turn-back
Sixteen asylum seekers have come ashore in Indonesia after their boat was turned back from Australia, police said on Friday, prompting fresh concern from Jakarta over Canberra's tough immigration...
View ArticleMigrants arrive in Indonesia after Australian turn-back: police
Sixteen asylum seekers have come ashore in Indonesia after their boat was turned back from Australia, police said Friday, prompting fresh concern from Jakarta over Canberra's tough immigration...
View ArticleClaims costly MH370 search leaves Australia blind to illegal fishing
Australia has been left largely blind to the movement of foreign ships and struggling to police highly destructive illegal fishing operations in a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean after Defence...
View ArticleAustal launches US Navy’s Twelfth Littoral Combat Ship (Austal Limited)
(Source: Austal Limited) Austal (ASX:ASB) has launched the twelfth Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Omaha (LCS 12), at its state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility in Mobile,...
View ArticlePort Metro Vancouver and Port Moody team up to resolve abandoned and...
(Source: VFPA - Vancouver Fraser Port Authority) November 12, 2015 Vancouver, B.C. Port Metro Vancouver and the City of Port Moody have together taken a crucial step in resolving issues associated with...
View ArticleLabor champions plan to resettle Pacific climate change migrants
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Marles, the opposition immigration spokesman, returns from Pacific islands tour and says Australia should plan early to accept ‘people on the move’...
View ArticleInquiry hears seasonal workers could be key to boosting food production and...
Queensland's peak horticulture industry group has told a federal inquiry into the Seasonal Worker Program that its expansion could help growers increase food production and capitalise on new export...
View ArticleThe incredible plan to make money grow on trees
One of the most cutting-edge projects to tackle climate change is being pioneered in one of the most remote, undeveloped countries on earth. Does it have any hope of succeeding? By Sam Knight...
View ArticleJapan could risk Chinese anger by joining US sea patrols
Shinzo Abe reported told Barack Obama that Tokyo would think about participating in operations in South China Sea...
View ArticleShipbuilder at the Navy Yard renamed Philly Shipyard Inc.
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has a new name: Philly Shipyard Inc. Shareholders of the region's only commercial shipyard, meeting Monday in Oslo, Norway, where parent company Aker ASA is located, approved...
View ArticlePacific Governments Curb Spending as Fiscal, Climate Shocks Rise - ADB (ADB -...
(Source: ADB - Asian Development Bank) AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Larger Pacific governments are facing lower growth and tighter fiscal conditions sparked by low commodity prices, while other countries in...
View ArticleA Slice of Heaven (Royal Australian Navy)
(Source: Royal Australian Navy) Six Navy members attached to HS Red, currently embarked in HMAS Leeuwin, were recently deployed to an uninhabited island to erect and maintain a tidal and boat camp as...
View ArticleHigh Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (Department of Foreign Affairs and...
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Government) Media release 2 December 2015 Today I announce the appointment of Mr Bruce Davis as Australia's next High Commissioner to Papua...
View ArticlePalau Signs International Treaty to Protect Marine Sanctuary From Illegal...
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) KOROR, Palau-The Palau Congress voted unanimously today to ratify the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty designed to help stop illegally...
View ArticleWestern ports expand in anticipation of more ships from China
Ports in the west are speeding up the upgrading of infrastructure and building new terminals to catch volume from China amid the “big ship era”. As the industry has suffered a significant downturn,...
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