Wallis and Futuna News

Still a wee bit shaky after today's events. I got a text message from GDACS - the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System - letting me know about an 8.1 magnitude quake near the Solomons today could send us a tsunami.

From Sailors and Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples , by Alastair Couper , pp.

Papua New Guinea has secured the rights to host the 2015 Pacific Games. This was confirmed after the Pacific Games Council meeting today in Rarotonga where PNG secured 25 votes beating Tonga with 22 votes.

The French government last Friday announced it was sending significant medical back-up teams to both New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wake of a series of suspected H1N1 influenza-related deaths.

The French government last Friday announced it was sending significant medical back-up teams to both New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wake of a series of suspected H1N1 influenza-related deaths.

The French government is sending medical back-up teams to both New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wake of a series of suspected H1N1 influenza-related deaths this week.

The numbers are not good. Let's start with this one: Number of Americans with no health insurance cover - 47 million.

The Third France-Oceania summit was held in the New Caledonia capital city of Noumea on Friday.

The biggest youth gathering in the Pacific region kicked off in the last hour in Suva with a march.

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

The French Navy is coming. A patrol boat normally based in Noumea is due to arrive in Auckland next Thursday morning for a four day visit.

The following lists the most and least risky places for natural disasters, in terms of likely deaths, according to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction .

THE crew of the Neptune Shipping vessel MV Scarlett Lucy has been presented with a Certification of Appreciation by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

The Kiribati Shipping Services Limited has formally signed an agreement with the governments of Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Wallis and Futuna to provide regular feeder shipping services to these countries.

Pacific Ministers from Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Tonga with representatives from Niue, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia.

Transport Ministers from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu with representatives from Niue, and Wallis and Futuna IMPROVING essential shipping to and between Small Island States in the Pacific will be the focus point of deliberations for the Small Island States Ministers of Transport and Maritime ...

France's political parties are preparing to launch their campaigns for the European elections in June, despite internal squabbling over the composition of electoral lists within the ruling centre-right UMP and opposition Socialist parties - EurActiv France offers an overview.

Paul Geraghty with the newly launched book at the Pacific Regional Seminary yesterday.

Update: 4:36PM TWELVE of the 22 Pacific Island countries invited to the Pacific Youth Festival have confirmed their attendance, says the Ministry of Youth.

Twelve countries have so far indicated their intention to attend the Pacific youth festival which will be held in Suva.