13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Stat of the week: In 2022, inflation in Samoa reached 11%
In 2022, inflation in Samoa reached 11%, up from 3.1% in 2021. High inflation erodes purchasing power.
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Pacific Community and SPREP strengthen collaboration on climate change and resilience
Dr Stuart Minchin, Director General of the Pacific Community (SPC), joined the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Partnership Dialogue as part of its annual meetings this week in Samoa.
Dr Minchin emphasised the deeply…
The Pacific Community Strengthens Relations with Samoa
Aquaponics, a sustainable model for improving Pacific Island food security
Promoting Biomaterials as an Alternative to Plastics
Stat of the week: 50 is the estimated population living in Pitcairn
50 is the estimated population living in Pitcairn. The people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn Island is approximately 3.2km (2 miles) long and 1.6km (1 mile) wide with the capital…
Stat of the week: In French Polynesia, the prevalence of undernourishment is 4% in 2020
In French Polynesia, the prevalence of undernourishment is 4% in 2020.
Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a…