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Your quick guide to the Solomon Islands elections

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By Priestley Habru, University of Adelaide and 360info Staff Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare could retain power on April 17, but who stands in his way of making history? Solomon Islands sits on the edge of a monumental moment. Solomon Islands writer Dr Tarcisius Kabutaulaka called the April 17 election “perhaps the most important to the Solomon Islands since independence.” If you monitor...

Voters must re-register to participate in the 2026 general elections

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With Parliaments’ approval, all eligible voters under law including Samoa’s diaspora must register or re-register to vote in the next general elections. And the Office of the Electoral Commissioner is already on the ground beginning the re-registration nationwide for all Samoan based voters. The re-registration initiative, according to the Minister in Charge of the Electoral Commission, Faualo Lefau Harry Schuster is...

Washington nixes Guam and American Samoa’s bid for PIF membership

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The federal government has poured cold water on Guam and American Samoa’s hopes of gaining membership of the Pacific Islands Forum, stating that U.S territories are constitutionally restricted from representing themselves in foreign policy-making bodies. “Because the United States is not a member of the PIF and because of the political nature and foreign policy aspects of the PIF, the...

Samoa, Vanuatu lead Forum Observer team to 2024 Solomon Islands Joint Election

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At the invitation of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has deployed an election observer mission to the Solomon Islands to observe the upcoming Joint Election on 17 April 2024. The Forum Election Observer team is led by Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, High Commissioner of Samoa to Fiji, with Lawson Samuel, Secretary of the Law Reform Commission,...

Vanuatu secure final spot at OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024

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Vanuatu has triumphed at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 – Qualifying by downing a 10-man Cook Islands 2-0 in front of a fervent home crowd at VFF Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila. The win means Vanuatu has fended off challenges from the Cook Islands, Tonga and American Samoa to secure the last remaining place at July’s OFC U-19 Men’s...

Forum DSG Nayasi calls for unified action against transnational organised crime in the Pacific

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At the launch of the Pacific Regional Transnational Organised Crime (TNOC) Disruption Strategy in Suva this week, Forum deputy secretary General Esala Nayasi says transnational organised crime is a threat to regional security. “For far too long, organised criminal groups have been able to remain ahead and out of reach of law enforcement in the region. Our region is under...

18 Young Leaders selected for Samoa 2024 Commonwealth Youth Forum Task force

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18 young people have been selected to form an international task force that will lead the planning and delivery of the 2024 Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in Apia, Samoa. The dedicated youth leaders representing 56 Commonwealth countries will work with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), and the Government of Samoa to design and execute a forum that...

Tonga’s 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting launched – PM calls for more results, action for a Resilient Pacific

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Tonga Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni says the people of Tonga wants to see more results and action for the Pacific in 2050. Speaking at the formal launch of the 53rd PIFLM theme, logo, and dates in Tonga, with the Crown Prince, Tupouto’a ‘UIukalala leading the launch as guest of honour, PM Hu’akavameiliku said the focus theme “Transformative Resilient Pasifiki:...

Sopoaga scolds Australia and fossil fuel industry

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A former Tuvalu Prime Minister scolded the Australian Government and its fossil fuel industry at a recent climate integrity summit in Canberra. Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu's Prime Minister from 2013-2019, was keynote speaker at the Canberra conference last month. He used the opportunity in the Australian capital to tell the Australian Government that it appears “the fossil fuel industry has total control...

Journey to Ottawa: Pacific countries ready to negotiate revised draft text of plastics treaty

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To say waste generation - including plastic pollution is a global problem - would be stating things quite mildly. The statistics are in fact staggering, and even more concerning especially for Pacific countries who despite contributing less than 1.3 percent to global plastic pollution, are disproportionately affected by the plastic pollution crisis, threatening livelihoods, health and economies. According to a new...

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Your quick guide to the Solomon Islands elections

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By Priestley Habru, University of Adelaide and 360info Staff Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare could retain power on April 17, but who stands in his way...

Voters must re-register to participate in the 2026 general elections

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With Parliaments’ approval, all eligible voters under law including Samoa’s diaspora must register or re-register to vote in the next general elections. And the Office...

Washington nixes Guam and American Samoa’s bid for PIF membership

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The federal government has poured cold water on Guam and American Samoa’s hopes of gaining membership of the Pacific Islands Forum, stating that U.S...