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Cierra's Team Broke Down Social Media Strategy Before 'Love Island' Exit
Us Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Cierra Ortega’s social media team broke down their strategy for her online presence — including how they weathered viewer backlash — just days before her racism scandal led to her Love Island USA exit. Cierra’s friend and the person running her...
6 Love Island USA Behind The Scenes Secrets Revealed
Screen Rant
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June 27, 2025
Love Island USA has taken the country by storm, sparking curiosity about the logistics of shooting the show and the things that go on behind the scenes. Love Island USA season 7 is nearly midway through to the end, but couples are still exploring...
Pacific Islands Forum head: Island region 'must remain a beacon of hope and unity'
The Pacific Island Times
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July 7, 2025
The Pacific Islands Forum's secretary general has reaffirmed the region’s commitment to a united, resilient and inclusive Blue Pacific Continent. “In a world increasingly marked by turbulence, the Pacific must remain a beacon of hope and unity,"...
BUDGET 2025-2026 | VAT removed on mechanical harvester service by sugarcane cooperatives
The Fiji Times
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June 28, 2025
Cooperatives using mechanical harvesters won’t be required to pay Value Added Tax (VAT), states Fiji Revenue and Customs Service in its 2025-2026 National Budget Summary of Revenue Policies. This incentive is aimed at including sugar cane farmers...
Pacific leaders call for peace amid Middle East tensions as Melanesia eyes regional solidarity
Pacific Media Network
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Pacific leaders have voiced their worries about the ongoing political unrest around the world, especially the conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The concerns were shared during a meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group...
Lae factory will deliver clean water to PNG households -Rotomold
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 7, 2025
The man behind one of the South Pacific’s biggest tank manufacturers says a new factory in Lae will help ease long-running water shortages across Papua New Guinea. Prakash Chand, the Managing Director and Chairman of Rotomould Group, officially...
What’s Actually Going On Between Bonnie Blue & Annie Knight?
Marie Claire Australia
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July 8, 2025
Australian OnlyFans creator Annie Knight has weighed in on the not-so-subtle criticism she received from Bonnie Blue after the adult content star was banned from the profitable platform. Speaking with Us Weekly, Knight dismissed any notion of a...
Abuse of office trial set for November
Fiji Sun
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July 8, 2025
Bail was extended for all three accused persons. Former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, former Health Minister Neil Sharma and former Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Photo: Ronald Kumar The High Court in Suva has set a trial date to hear...
Govt focuses on a new national hospital, upgrade of current hospitals and improvement in medicine supply
Fijivillage
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Govt focuses on a new national hospital, upgrade of current hospitals and improvement in medicine supply The government is currently focused on determining the most appropriate location for Fiji’s new national hospital. While delivering the...
Pacific Islands Forum head: Island region ‘must remain a beacon of…
Pacific News Service
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The Pacific Islands Forum’s secretary general has reaffirmed the region’s commitment to a united, resilient and inclusive Blue Pacific Continent. “In a world increasingly marked by turbulence, the Pacific must remain a beacon of hope and unity,”...
Not the whole chicken, not egotistic either: Prasad
Fiji Sun
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June 28, 2025
Minister for Finance Biman Prasad. Photo: Fiji Govt “We’re not touching the whole chicken,” Finance minister Biman Prasad said at the a post budget breakfast hosted by Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation. Protection is there for a purpose, he...
FNU and Toppan Ecquaria signed a MoU to drive sustainable digital growth
Fijivillage
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The Fiji National University and Toppan Ecquaria signed a partnership to help the development of technology in driving sustainable digital growth for young students. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade Manoa Kamikamica says the goal for...
Stranded Royal Navy F-35B moved into hangar as UK engineers arrive in India
Forces Network
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Engineers from the UK have arrived in India to assess the stricken Royal Navy F-35B that has been there for around three weeks. The Lightning has been stuck at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala since landing there following an...
Exploring new avenues of experiential tourism
The Fiji Times
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July 8, 2025
THE Government is exploring new avenues to build on experiential and gastronomy tourism, says Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation permanent secretary Salaseini Daunabuna. Ms Daunabuna was among the attendees of a three-day regional workshop on...
From a Holiday-Inspired Spray Tan to a Pink Facial, Here’s Four Salon Treatments We’ve Tried
ProCollective
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July 8, 2025
From a Holiday-Inspired Spray Tan to a Pink Facial, Here’s Four Salon Treatments We’ve Tried PB’s Hannah Gay flags four noteworthy treatments she’s tried (and loved) of late. What: SunEscape Spray Tan Where: The Parlour Room, Clovelly, Sydney A...
Cairns Airport becoming a north Australian international hub as its ownership group goes up for sale
Routes
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When one thinks of Australia, the town of Cairns does not automatically spring to mind. This north-Queensland town is the busiest north-Australian airport, and much of that is down to nearby tourist attractions, including the Great Barrier Reef. A...
James Gunn slams Zack Snyder on cameo
FBC News
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July 8, 2025
Source: Entertainment Weekly James Gunn and Zack Snyder are going head to head over Superman — though maybe not in the way fans expected. Days before Gunn’s Superman movie flies into theaters, the filmmaker and DC Studios co-chief joined forces...
The Truth About 'Love Island's' Food & Drink Rules
Delish
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July 7, 2025
We’re in the thick of Love Island summer, and more than half of the people I know are tuning in six nights a week. Whether you love or hate the show, you have to admit that watching a group of Islanders find love in (almost) real time from the...
Playing Super Rugby has always been my dream - Mayanavanua
Fijivillage
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Playing Super Rugby has always been a dream of new Swire Shipping Fijian Drua signing Temo Mayanavanua, and it is now set to become a reality when he runs out in the Drua jersey next year. Mayanavanua was at the Drua base in Legalega, Nadi earlier...
Taking matters into our own hands: aid dependency in the Pacific
Island Times
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July 8, 2025
By Dr Aisake Valu Eke and Tuya Altangerel SUVA, (DEVPOLICY.ORG) — There has been a marked decline in Pacific development and progress against the SDGs since the early 2000s, attributable to the impacts of major disaster events, remoteness of...