Pacific Latter-day Saint women build faith, self-reliance and hope through service

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Kumuls aim to shake up Pacific Championships

The 2025 Pacific Championships is heating up, and this week’s round two action promises a blockbuster showdown with Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Kumuls set to unveil a supercharged lineup headlined by the return of five key stars, including skipper...

WHP steps up fight against tobacco use in Western Pacific

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Governments in the Western Pacific have made progress in advancing their tobacco control laws and expanding smoke-free environments. The sale of e-cigarettes, for example, is banned in 10 countries in the region,...

Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 14 October

Photo: Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League Facebook League Australia won all four of the Prime Minister's XIII league matches in Port Moresby on Sunday. The Australian men's 13 defeated PNG 28-10, while the Australian women's team put 50 points...

RC Blog: Who’s willing to pay for sustainability in the Pacific?

Written by Simona Marinescu, Isabella Massa, Guillaume Lafortune After major setbacks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Pacific needs fairer access to financing as it fights to overcome climate challenges. Crises in climate, geopolitics...

Which countries have never qualified for World Cup?

A place at the World Cup is the high point of an international career but the dream remains unfulfilled for hundreds of national teams ahead of the 2026 competition in USA, Canada, and Mexico. Continental qualification requires national sides to...

Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 13 October

Manu Samoa team bows in prayer after their 31-12 loss to Chile on Sunday morning. Photo: Supplied/Manu Samoa Rugby Manu Samoa has missed out on playing Italy in a rugby international clash on 22 November. The Samoans were originally billed to meet...

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for teen Tyson-Tainui Rukuwai Te Tomo who killed gang rival

Thompson took the gun off him, pointed it at him and pulled the trigger. Te Tomo went into the house and grabbed a .22 calibre rifle, fired a shot into the air. He was having trouble reloading the weapon when Thompson’s associate started chasing...

Iran charges 17 tanker crew members after oil seizure

Iran has charged 17 seafarers from a tanker seized over alleged oil smuggling in July. The foreign nationals now face a trial, according to the head of Hormozgan province’s justice department. Mojtaba Ghahremani was cited by Iran International as...

'Five live chances': League's big reward for new world order

Sunday afternoon's Pacific Championships thriller between New Zealand and Samoa had some of the game's all-time greats in Billy Slater and Andrew Johns salivating at the Nine commentary desk - but the truth is, the best is yet to come. Ben...

Former St Helens and Hull KR stars among trio of exits from Toulouse

French side Toulouse Olympique have confirmed the exits of Dominique Peyroux, Greg Richards, and Radean Robinson ahead of their return to Super League in 2026. Toulouse’s return to the top flight was confirmed last week after being selected...

Koroisau, Sivo, Kikau absent from Fiji Bati squad

The Fiji Bati rugby league team has confirmed its 25-man squad for the upcoming 2025 Pacific Championships, where they will compete against the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea in PNG from 18 October 18 to 01 November. Simultaneously, the Fiji...

How to watch Liverpool vs Man United: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, preview, team news

Games do not come much bigger than Liverpool vs Man United. This particular clash between the deadly rivals could have a huge bearing on both the title race and Ruben Amorim’s future. The Reds go into this match having lost three consecutive games...

The Difficulty of Bringing Criminal Cases for Submarine Cable Damage – the Eagle S Case

[co-author: Avi Marcus] A recent decision from a Finnish district court has cast light on the legal and operational challenges surrounding damage to submarine infrastructure, particularly in contested or sensitive maritime zones. The case...

Anchors Away

Case dismissed! At Helsinki District Court, a pivotal trial involving three international seafarers has just ended. The three officers were in charge of the shadow tanker that struck at least five undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland in December...

Ashes countdown—Kangaroos to clash with France in two 'match' series

They aren’t test matches. But Australia will face France in a pair of opposed training sessions in London next weekend, as the two sides prepare for very different international challenges. Kevin Walters will use the sessions on October 17 and 18...

Palestine and the Pacific

Why have island nations been so prominent among supporters of Israel? By Nic Maclellan Standing beside Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on 17 September, Fijian prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka declared that “the people of Fiji share a very close...

Couple who fabricated trust deed lose Supreme Court bid over property sales

A couple jailed for failing to provide the necessities of life to their toddler found themselves in a desperate financial situation so they turned to a solicitor for help. Anthony and Mikhal Schmidt were struggling to pay the mortgages on two...

Pacific Championships 2025 Week 1 - team lists, ones to watch, game times and more

Pacific Championships — it's that time of the year again, and this year's competition will be significant as a test run for teams in the southern hemisphere who are building towards the 2026 Rugby League World Cup. This year, reigning Pacific...

The Pacific’s Rugby League revolution

A RECENT edition of this column commented on the festival of rugby league that is taking place in the sport this autumn, and looked ahead to the keenly anticipated return of the Ashes series between England and Australia, which begins with the...