Pacific News
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El Nino puts millions of children into malnutrition: study
Changing rain patterns caused by the El Nino warming phenomenon frequently drives millions of children into malnutrition and saddles them...
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Guam halts vacation-and-vax tours as virus cases rise
The U.S. Pacific territory of Guam has suspended a program allowing international visitors to receive a COVID-19 vaccination while enjoying...
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Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China
The Pacific island of Nauru is negotiating for the construction of an undersea communications cable that could hook up to...
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Bangladesh has ADB’s rapt attention
The Daily Star was in Nadi, Fiji for the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank’s Board of Governors...
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GVB Board Director Flori-Anne wins 2019 PATA Face of the Future award
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has named Flori-Anne dela Cruz, youth representative to the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) Board of...
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Asia-Pacific apparel sales to grow slightly in 2019
Sales of apparel items in emerging Asia-Pacific countries will continue to grow slightly in 2019 while it will decline in...
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Cathay Pacific honours mistake of selling $16,000 tickets for $675
Cathay Pacific, the flag carrier of Honk Kong, is honouring a blunder they made by accidentally selling first class fares...
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US, allies to bring electricity to most of Papua New Guinea
The U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Australia say they'll bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea's people by...
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Cathay Pacific spells own name wrong on plane
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific painted its name as "Cathay Paciic" on the side of the jet.Eagle-eyed travellers spotted the mistake...