CHOGM in Samoa a chance for member states to witness the effect of Climate...
By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola
Samoa’s hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2024 is an opportunity for the island nation to...
Fiji Election: Commonwealth Secretary General voice of the people will be heard
By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has offered her best wishes to the people of Fiji as they go to...
Fiji on black out period before polls
Fiji goes on a 48-hour blackout period at midnight tonight before its General Election on Wednesday, 14 December.
The blackout period means there will no...
Luanda hosts 10th Summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola
Angola’s capital Luanda will this week will host the 10th Summit of Organisation Head of State and Government of...
Nations come together as historic climate justice vote draws near
Thursday’s release of the question to be voted on at the UN General Assembly as part of the bid for an International Court of...
MSC certification issue not in Tuna Commission agenda at WCPFC19: Teo
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
The outgoing executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) says the threat by Marine...
Climate change to be a permanent regular item for WCPFC
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, in Vietnam
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has adopted a resolution for climate change to be part...
State of play: Skipjack Tuna management measures to be adopted at WCPFC19
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
Senior executives of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) are adamant the Commission will adopt management...
New WCPFC executive director will trail blaze for young women and girls in the...
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, in Vietnam
The chair of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has praised the appointment of Rhea...
Calls for concrete binding measures on fishers’safety, security and well-being regulation at WCPFC 19
By Pita Ligaiula in Da Nang, Vietnam
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) observing at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC 19) meeting this week in...
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