Pacific Islands

US will donate COVID-19 vaccine to pacific island nations with no stings attached: President Joe Biden

By admin1 on August 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

In a recorded message on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden told a forum of Pacific island leaders, the United States would donate COVID-19 vaccines without strings attached. The development comes in the wake of China becoming an increasingly more assertive… Read More ›

China flexes it financial muscles in the South Pacific

By admin1 on August 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

China’s lending program to the island nations of the South Pacific has gone from zero to more than $1.3 billion over a decade. The relatively high cost of debt-servicing in these tiny economies have stoked fears that the entire region… Read More ›