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Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued
RNZ
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July 5, 2025
Palau's Health Ministry is asking everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Photo: Facebook / Office of the President, Republic of Palau Palau's Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned athletes and officials at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to...
WWE SmackDown Review: Amazing Show That Could Have Been Longer
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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July 5, 2025
Posted in: Sports, TV, WWE | Tagged: recaps, wrestling, wwe smackdown The Chadster reviews WWE SmackDown's perfect July 4th episode! Plus, Tony Khan invaded The Chadster's dreams again. Auughh man! So unfair! 🎆🤼♂️😤 WWE SmackDown crushed it on...
Simon Scores An Explosive Hat-trick As Vanuatu Power Past Tonga In Group B Opener
Scoop
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The striker scored twice in the first half and saved her best for last, a 53rd minute long range effort that will take some beating to not be the goal of the tournament. Jean Robert Yelou’s side had struggled in recent OFC tournaments, and they...
Pacific Partnership 2025 commences mission stop in Kingdom of Tonga
Seapower Magazine
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June 26, 2025
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (June 18, 2025) Capt. Mark B. Stefanik, right, mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2025 (PP-25), provides remarks during a nursing workshop at Vaiola Hospital as part of PP-25 in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June 18, 2025. (U.S. Navy...
Pacific news in brief for 27 June
RNZ
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June 26, 2025
USP Photo: Facebook / USP Papua New Guinea - education The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape has announced that PNG students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) campuses will receive govenment financial support. He also said...
WWE star to turn babyface for the first time; join Jacob Fatu’s side vs. Solo Sikoa’s MFT? Potential explored
Sportskeeda
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July 5, 2025
On last night's episode of SmackDown, new WWE United States Champion Solo Sikoa officially rebranded his alliance, and the term he used was a familiar one: MFT. Sikoa defeated Jacob Fatu at Night of Champions with help from his new enforcer, JC...
Rhea Ripley reacts to Drew McIntyre publicly joking about her a**
Sportskeeda
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July 23, 2025
Rhea Ripley has reacted to Drew McIntyre's recent comment about her, which many fans found inappropriate. The Scottish Warrior joked on IMPAULSIVE that Mami's a** is the only thing that gets more engagement than him on social media. Drew McIntyre...
Jimmy Uso to disappear from WWE for a while after what went down on SmackDown this week? Exploring the possibility
Sportskeeda
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July 6, 2025
On the latest episode of WWE SmackDown, Jimmy Uso joined forces with Jacob Fatu against Solo Sikoa's faction. The Samoan Werewolf was in search of a partner, and Big Jim allied with him. Despite their alliance, Sikoa's group dominated the duo and...
Political battle lines disappear: Sorrow falls on Parliament after MP’s death
Waikato Herald
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“Takutai was more than just a colleague to us, she was our sister and we loved her dearly.” Kemp’s sudden death shocked Parliament. Ministers and MPs hugged their political opponents in the debating chamber and many wiped away tears as others...
Pacific governments can improve state owned enterprises
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 25, 2025
Pacific governments can improve the performance of their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and reduce fiscal risks by implementing clearer and more consistent government ownership and oversight arrangements, according to a policy brief published on...
In the Pacific, 'who has kava is king' but some fear it's hurting families
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 5, 2025
Michael Louze has seen a kava-led boom unfolding on the roads of Vanuatu's remote islands. Over the 25 years he's exported the crop, he's never seen prices so high — or growers so flush with cash. "Farmers are buying Land Cruisers with cash...
Solo Sikoa to bring a new leader, another new member officially added? 3 changes that could be made to MFT
Sportskeeda
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July 5, 2025
Solo Sikoa shocked the world when he dethroned his former stablemate, Jacob Fatu, to win the WWE United States Championship at Night of Champions. However, he did not do it alone, as Tala Tonga (fka Hikuleo) made his long-awaited debut and Tonga...
Scotland Rugby Survives Māori All Blacks In Pacific Tour Opener
FloRugby - Texas
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July 5, 2025
Sam Nook led the Haka for the Māori All Blacks then scored a try in first 40 seconds to shock Scotland in Whangārei, New Zealand, but then George Horne scored two tries in the first half and the Scots took the lead and eventually won the opening...
Seabed-mining firm faces legal questions over controversial Trump policy
The Straits Times
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July 22, 2025
Two months ago, President Donald Trump took an extraordinary step toward issuing permits to mine vast tracts of the ocean floor in international waters where valuable minerals are abundant. It was a boon to The Metals Company, an ambitious startup...
All Blacks vs France Score, Live Updates | International Rugby News
FloRugby - Texas
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July 5, 2025
The New Zealand All Blacks and France Rugby will open their 2025 test campaigns on July 5 at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:05 a.m. ET, with live coverage in the United States available on FloRugby and the FloSports...
DIKA TOEA LEADS TEAM PNG’S GOLD RUSH IN PACIFIC MINI GAMES
PNG Haus Bung
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July 5, 2025
Veteran weightlifter Dika Toua headlined an unforgettable day for Team Papua New Guinea at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games on Friday, 4 July, as PNG’s athletes delivered a string of impressive performances across several sports with most notably in...
Big Al is on Shaun Wane's watchlist for an England Ashes call-up
St. Helens Star
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England head coach Shaun Wane said this week that the 35-year-old prop is “on a watchlist” between now and the end of the domestic season with the final 24-man squad announced the day after October’s Grand Final. Walmsley was in the last England...
Tongan RSE workers thrive in Hawke’s Bay after cyclone disaster
Pacific Media Network
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Hundreds of Tongans are working in Hawke's Bay under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme, two years after Cyclone Gabrielle left them stranded. A Tongan government official says around 1800 workers are engaged in pruning and harvesting...
Lockdown restrictions relaxed in Tonga
Pacific News Service
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The 24 new COVID-19 positive cases Saturday, brings the total number of active cases in Tonga to 196, Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said. Hu’atolitoli Prison recorded one new case, while the other new cases are in the community. “The total number...
OFC U16 men’s champions 2025
Solomon Star
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July 23, 2025
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under 16 (U16) Men’s championship 2025 is set to take place from 17-30 of August-next month in Honiara with eight teams participating. As the countdown foe the highly anticipated youth competition...