Global investors must step up for Pacific resilience: Forum SG Waqa
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa has issued a strong call for private finance to play a greater role in supporting Small Island...
Over 100 deaths a day: UN warns of air pollution’s toll on young children...
More than 100 children under the age of five die each day in East Asia and the Pacific from air pollution-related causes, said UNICEF,...
Cook Islands ditches passport plan after New Zealand ‘ultimatum’
Cook Islands has dropped the controversial passport proposal, Prime Minister Mark Brown confirmed Wednesday, after discussions to convince New Zealand that it would not...
Fiji aims to expand economic cooperation with the U.S
Fiji is keen on expanding its economic cooperation with the United States of America in key areas such as trade agreements, investment partnerships, and...
Fiji remains on tax blacklist
Fiji's continued presence on the European Union’s list of tax non-cooperative tax jurisdictions was among key issues raised by permanent secretary for Trade Shaheen...
State visit to China- strengthening the Cook Islands’ global partnerships: Foreign Ministry
Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown will undertake a State visit to China from 10 – 14 February, reinforcing the Cook Islands’ commitment to...
Wenda rejects Jakarta’s dialogue offer: “West Papua is not another Aceh”
West Papua’s struggle for self-determination is not up for negotiation, says Benny Wenda, the Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
Fiji reaffirms strong bilateral relations with the U.S
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with U.S Congressman and Chair of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus Ed Case in Washington Wednesday, reaffirming Fiji's...
Too early to confirm party affiliation: Vanuatu MP Bohn
Vanuatu Progressive Development Party (VPDP) President and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epi constituency, Robert Murray Bohn, said it is too early to...
Solomon Islands, Australia and PNG work on new visa system
Immigration officers from Solomon Islands, Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are in Honiara to advance the next phase of the new Solomon Islands...
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Fiji backs UN call to end U.S embargo on Cuba, citing Charter and humanitarian...
Fiji has defended its vote in favour of ending the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, saying its position is grounded...
El Niño makes its presence felt across the Pacific; countries share impacts at PICOF-19
The current ‘super El Niño’ that has been established in the Pacific is making its presence known, and felt, across the region.
Countries attending the...
GCF invests US$15m in Pacific climate businesses fund
A US$15 million Green Climate Fund (GCF) investment will help establish a US$60 million fund to finance locally owned businesses protecting reefs and strengthening...