Pacific Islands Forum Chair welcomes Micronesia position
The Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Acting Prime Minister of Fiji Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum says the temporary suspension of the FSM withdrawal from the Pacific...
PNG to reopen borders shut by Covid
Papua New Guinea will reopen to vaccinated travellers from Wednesday, ending two years of strict border closures that virtually sealed the Melanesian nation off...
Pacific Islands Forum’s head to be replaced, FSM President David Panuelo says, after leadership...
A top Micronesian leader says Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) secretary-general Henry Puna will quit the position in order to stop the key regional diplomatic...
Cook Islands detects first Covid case
The Cook Islands has detected its first case of Covid-19.
Prime Minister Mark Brown said this case was not connected to the visitor who tested...
Micronesian leaders expect Forum Secretary General to step down by June
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says his country has paused its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum as they expect the...
Pacific Islands Forum saved from collapse at last minute as Micronesian states ‘temporarily’ rescind...
The collapse of a key Pacific diplomatic body seems to have been averted at the last minute, with Micronesian countries “temporarily” rescinding their withdrawal.
The...
Blinken says century will be shaped by Indo-Pacfic region
The United States remains focused long-term on the Indo-Pacific region despite concerns over Russian aggression toward Ukraine, U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...
SpaceX may provide permanent internet fix to some Tongan islands
A team of workers from Elon Musk's SpaceX are in Fiji trying to re-establish full internet communications in Tonga, with a Starlink broadband connection.
Starlink...
Kiribati records first Covid death
Kiribati has announced its first Covid-19 death and 207 new cases in the community.
There are now almost 2,000 positive infections, with more than 50...
PNG Polling date moved forward
Papua New Guinea Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai has announced that polling will commence on Saturday 18 June 2022 and not the initial date of...
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Pacific Leaders’ 2050 Plan gains ground but gaps remain, Forum report shows
Pacific Islands Forum members are making progress on a long-term regional plan, but challenges remain in turning commitments into results, according to a new...
Lopsided deal: Legal analysis raises concerns over Tonga’s deep-sea mining agreement
When Pacific leaders gather to discuss the future of deep-sea mining, the conversation often centres on economic opportunity. For Tonga, that promise has come...
China-U.S competition for rare earths sparks plan to mine Pacific seabed near Guam
A U.S plan to potentially mine an area of Pacific seabed roughly the size of Nevada near two U.S territories is the latest example...