Nautical Tourists Stay Longer Because of a lack of data on the yachting industry in Kiribati, Market Development Facility (MDF), the Kiribati Tourism Office and the Kiribati Customs Administration and...

International Operation Seizes Tonnes of Cocaine The six-week Operation Orion involving agencies from 62 countries, stopped six semi-submersible vessels and seized 225 tonnes of cocaine. One of the vessels was...

Normal Tropical Season Predicted Tropical Cyclones* have a significant impact across the Southwest Pacific, with the season starting in November and lasting through to April of the following year. For...

According to a senior research scientist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Niños typically come about once every four years or so. “We’re due one,” NOAA’s...

Formalities in Kiribati Raise the “Q” flag as soon as you enter the Tarawa channel and make sure your country flag is flying. Entering the channel, we hailed Tarawa Radio...

I’m sailing my Robert’s 53′ back to Washington state from Sydney, Au. My plan is to go to Fiji, Hawaii, and then to the Columbia River. I would leave Sydney...