International Women's Day
My latest visit to Suva happened to coincide with International Women’s Day (March 8th). It is an important event and allowed me an opportunity to say a few words to our staff in Fiji about how we as an organisation have much to be proud of but we must…
SINGAPORE – Lessons for the Pacific?
Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister and Dr Colin Tukuitonga, SPC Director-General
Recently, I had the pleasure of joining Pacific leaders, Ministers and colleagues from the Pacific region in a study tour of Singapore at the invitation of the…
First official visit to French Polynesia as Director-General
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting French Polynesia for the first time which was also my first official visit as Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC) to the territory.
French Polynesia is a valuable member of the Pacific Community and a…
DevPolicy Blog: Diabetes remains major health challenge in the Pacific
Participants at the Pacific NCD Summit, co-hosted by the Kingdom of Tonga and SPC, June 2016
My thanks to the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra, for publishing this post from me on one of the major issues for our…
Opinion: Pacific Community sharpens focus to meet islands’ development needs
At the Conference of the Pacific Community earlier this month, our country and territory members set the direction for our development organisation for the next five year