Author: TMC Palau

Lakapi Samoa is disappointed that the Oceania 7s rugby tournament has been cancelled.Chief executive Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun told the Samoa Observer in Apia on Tuesday the cancellation will affect the Samoan national sevens teams’ preparation for World Rugby qualification series next year.Ngau Chun said both the Manu Samoa 7s and Manusina 7s teams were training in Apia for the Rotorua event, initially scheduled for October 31 and November 1.Oceania Rugby cancelled the event last Friday, pointing to lack of funding as the main reason for the decision.”Both teams had already started training and were preparing for the tournament when…

The musician will headline the Brighton venue on October 20, 2026. Palau, who recently announced her new single Atwater, will also be touring the UK, Germany and Austria in Fall 2026. The single comes just months after the artist released her latest album, You Better Get Used to It, which she toured across Europe. Atwater is an indie anthem about stepping out of everyday life and travelling far away from everything familiar in search of new inspiration, only to arrive and be overwhelmed by homesickness, wondering why you left in the first place. Fans of Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee and Elliott…

Pacific leaders urge for more global action on climate issuesPacific leaders pulled no punches in their climate messaging at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month.Countries from all three regions – Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia – have called on the international community to do far more on climate action.They say climate change is not merely an environmental concern, but an existential problem of planetary proportion.Tonga’s Prime Minister Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua questioned why the Pacific’s climate concerns are still a reccuring theme at the UNGA.Lord Fakafanua was among several other Pacific leaders who pointed out that the…

Three hundred years after its premiere in Leipzig in 1727, the St Matthew Passion remains one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most monumental and moving works. The tercentenary takes on special significance at the Palau de la Música Catalana, given its long tradition of performing the Passions and the Orfeó Català’s historic connection with this repertoire. In a season featuring three Passions to mark this anniversary, this performance revisits an interpretation that has become almost canonical: that of Simon Rattle, who fifteen years ago conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker in Peter Sellars’s iconic staged version. Without altering a single note of the…

The Cook Islands has been named as Oceania’s Leading Island Destination for a fourth consecutive year at the 2026 World Travel Awards (WTA).The awards, often referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel industry, recognised the Cook Islands ahead of seven other Pacific Island countries, including Fiji, Tahiti and Palau.According to the Cook Islands News, the WTA recognise and celebrate excellence across the global travel and tourism industry, with winners selected through voting by tourism professionals and consumers worldwide.”This award reflects the hard work of everyone across our tourism sector, from accommodation providers and tour operators to our airline partners,”…

UAE Ambassador meets Philippine Secretary of Defense H.E. Mohamed Obaid Alqataam Alzaabi, UAE Ambassador in Manila, met with H.E. Gilberto C. Teodoro, Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) of the Republic of the Philippines, together with Staff Colonel Ahmed Saeed Ali Al Ramli Alketbi, Non-Resident Military Attaché to the UAE Mission to the Philippines. View Details Source link

Australian aid Australia will link funding of AUD980 million over ten years to the finalisation of a bilateral treaty with Solomon Islands. The proposed package reportedly includes AUD142 million over two years directed toward Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s signature free education program and AUD68 million over three years to support Solomon Islands MPs’ local development priorities. It is not clear whether the latter would come in the form of direct funding through MPs’ Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) and, if so, how this would be aligned with DFAT’s various risk and compliance requirements for aid spending. Nor is it clear whether…

FC Barcelona members will have the opportunity to exclusively experience seven EuroLeague games live at the Palau Blaugrana during the 2026/27 season. The games against Zalgiris (9 October), Olympiacos (16 October), Red Star (20 November), Besiktas (6 January), Hapoel Tel Aviv (19 March), Panathinaikos (2 April) and Partizan (16 April) will be reserved exclusively for Barça members. This special promotion allows members to purchase discounted tickets to enjoy games against some of the best teams in European basketball. Members will receive a 30% discount on ticket prices for the games against Zalgiris, Olympiacos, Red Star, Besiktas, Hapoel Tel Aviv and…

Fiji police have confirmed that nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine stored in a High Court exhibit room were found to have been replaced with flour.The 39 cocaine bars, worth millions of dollars in street value, were stored in the Suva High Court exhibit room.In a statement on Tuesday, Fiji Police confirmed that “forensic tests” on the remaining drug exhibits had all returned negative.”The exhibits were all tampered with and the investigation is focused on those directly charged with the management of the exhibits at the High Court Registry,” the statement said.Police also confirmed that one person of interest allegedly involved…

Security forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state have rescued the Honour 25, a Palau-flagged petroleum products tanker seized by pirates in April, Puntland’s state television channel reported on Tuesday.The broadcaster said pirates who had been holding the vessel had been detained and would be brought to court.Puntland officials did not respond to requests for comment.The Honour 25 was seized on April 21 around 30 nautical miles off Puntland’s coast with 17 crew members on board, including 10 Pakistanis. Source link