C. Frances Koya

Pacific Daughter. Mother. Educator. Poet. Artist.

[FBC News Fiji @FBC_News]

Nearly 400 Fijians took to the streets of Suva today raising their voices in a fervent plea to safeguard the ocean and secure the well-being of generations to come.
https://t.co/QmBEj5DorV
#FBCNews #FijiNews #Fiji #newsupdate #japannuclear #Fukushima

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Forum SG @HenrytPuna statement on #Japan #Fukushima treated nuclear wastewater release at https://t.co/mbZWWnJ8Mt

"...I recognise the sovereignty and prerogative of Forum Members to determine their own national positions. 1/2

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

July has already seen:

The hottest three-week period ever recorded.

The three hottest days on record.

The highest-ever ocean temperatures for this time of year.

It is still possible to avoid the very worst of climate change, but only with dramatic, immediate #ClimateAction.

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

#PacificPeoples l About 40 participants from the Pacific Theological College visited SPC, interested to learn about how SPC works collaboratively in the region given the different pace at which PICs develop & how SPC transfers knowledge to the next generation. #PacificCultures

[Marian Faa @marianfaa]

The PNG 🇵🇬 Science Council has confirmed Harvard researchers did NOT follow due process when recovering fragments from an interstellar meteor ☄️ off Manus Island last month. It suggests they also didn’t get approval to transfer material out of PNG.

Read the full statement:

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

#PacificPeoples l As the 37th Council of Pacific Arts & Culture (CPAC) meeting drew to a close this week, Pacific Island Countries reaffirmed their support for Hawai’i as hosts of the next festival. SPC will continue to work with Hawai'i to track progress towards the festival.

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

#PacificPeoples l Pacific Culture Ministers have endorsed the 5-yr Implementation Plan of the Pacific Regional Culture Strategy (PRCS) & expressed support for the PRCS Resource Mobilisation Plan development, marking the conclusion of the 6th Pacific Culture Ministers meeting.

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

#PacificCultures l “Our life depends on science, but art & culture is what makes it worth living.” SPC is hosting Pacific culture delegations in New Caledonia this week to mark the 37th Council of Pacific Arts & Culture meeting, & 6th Pacific Culture Ministers' meeting.

[C. Frances Koya @1angrynative]

Wonderful news this morning that #BBNJ Treaty is endorsed!

[Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea @undoalos]

Today, after nearly 2 decades of efforts, UN delegates adopted the ambitious new #BBNJ Agreement, crucial for addressing the triple planetary crisis, #GlobalGoals, and #KMGBF, including the target to effectively conserve and manage at least 30% of marine and coastal areas by 2030

[Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster]

Decolonisation of six #Pacific colonies (amongst others) on @UN agenda over next two weeks (12-23 June) in New York.

Livestream (C-24): https://t.co/QvFmxYCOp3

#AmericanSamoa #FrenchPolynesia #Guam #NewCaledonia #Pitcairn #Tokelau #NouvelleCaledonie #decolonization

[Dr. Siobhan McDonnell @SiobhanADM]

In #Vanuatu in last decade over half the population has been #displaced. There is no finance for planned relocation in the Pacific. #Vanuatu has a National Planned Relocation Plan, that prioritises 5 climate vulnerable communities. Where is the #lossanddamage finance?

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Remarks on regionalism from #Samoa leader, PM Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, welcoming Forum SG Puna for his PIF Special Address in Apia- see https://t.co/mibibxXfDw or join the 'stream @samoagovt on Meta. #OurBluePacific #Pacific2050

[C. Frances Koya @1angrynative]

@TumeliTuqota Or you have the plot and everything flows but when you get halfway, you want to rewrite? Lol

[C. Frances Koya @1angrynative]

@damiengock What is a citizenship certificate? Isn't your birth certificate and old passport proof enough?

[C. Frances Koya @1angrynative]

@TumeliTuqota I agree with your sentiments. Thank you for sharing. We need to discuss these issues more openly.

[C. Frances Koya @1angrynative]

@TumeliTuqota Us writers get this too & many share the view about decolonisation and the opportunity to learn more about other cultures. Would they ask this of a Japanese film maker or someone from another culture? You have creative license and it's your call. We can't please everyone.

[Scott Hamilton RTM @SikotiHamiltonR]

As an MP & minister Vanuatu's Ralph Regenvanu has undertaken some of the most interesting political experiments of the 21st C Pacific. But before he was a politician Regenvanu was artist. He painted this astonishing revision of The Last Supper while still at high school.

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

#PacificEducation 📖 | Today we launched the "Status of the #Pacific #Education report 2022" at USP with key attendance from @dfat and @UNESCO.
The report provides the data needed for ministries, professionals and experts to improve the foundations of education
@MFATinAuckland

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

🎧 Join Hon. Isikeli Tuiwailevu, Asst/Minister, iTaukei Affairs Fiji, as he shares insights on Fiji's preps for 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture. Get ready for #FESTPac2024, to be held in Hawai'i, 6th to 16th June 2024. Let's celebrate & embrace #PacificCultures together!

[Pacific Community @spc_cps]

Huge congrats to @GovHawaii and @spc_cps for taking the lead in hosting the extraordinary #FestPac in June 2024, backed by incredible support of the US Govt and the State of Hawaii!🌺🌴🌊 @GovJoshGreenMD Read more: https://t.co/xz21x7SlDz @Miles_young20 #PacificCultures