Keep raising your voices, UN chief tells young climate leaders
With the climate crisis already devastating lives and incomes, young people will be critical to driving global action forward, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told...
Fiji records 70 new cases of COVID-19
Fiji has recorded 70 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, increasing the total number of cases to 50,953 and 622 deaths since the outbreak in...
1.5-degree world will safeguard our region’s sustainable future: Fiji PM Bainimarama
Fijian Prime Minister and Forum Chair Voreqe Bainimarama has reaffirmed a 1.5-degree world will safeguard the region’s sustainable future.
Speaking at the Pacific -ACP Leaders...
Delta surge in PNG
Papua New Guinea is now grappling with a surge in the deadly (Covid-19 Delta variant, with cases tripling from 30 on 01 September, to...
75 candidates register for 18 November Tonga general election
A total of 75 candidates had registered for the Tonga General Election on 18 November, when registration closed at 3:00pm Tuesday, 28 September 2021.
Meanwhile,...
Cook Islands border restrictions extended until November
Border restrictions to the Cook Islands have been extended until November.
A statement from Prime Minister Mark Brown’s office late Tuesday afternoon said Cook Islands...
PIF chair reflects on painful legacy of nuclear testing, calls for disarmament
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair Dr Satyendra Prasad said he was concerned about the more than 13,000 nuclear weapons around the world, many of...
Savai’i voters praise electoral change
-Voters from the big island of Savai'i have applauded new amendments made to the Electoral Act, passed in Samoa Parliament on Tuesday night aimed...
Fiji Health Ministry prepares for lifting of international travel restrictions
Fiji's Ministry of Health and Medical Services is preparing for the lifting of international travel restrictions, and other social and workplace engagement restrictions, noting...
Solomon Islands PM warns about nuclear pollution in Pacific by AUKUS
Addressing the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) last week Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sovagare said his country being party to...
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President Whipps Attends Pacific Islands Forum Troika Meeting in Brisbane Ahead of PIF 2026
President Surangel Whipps Jr. departed Palau on Monday for Brisbane, Australia, where he will attend a high-level Pacific Islands Forum Troika meeting this week...
Second by-election confirmed as Sāmoa MP quits Parliament to join ruling FAST party
Independent MP Motuopuaa Seve Henny Papalii has resigned from Sāmoa’s Legislative Assembly, prompting a by-election in the Vaisigano II electorate as he prepares to...
Now is the time to export goods as exchange rate is in country’s favour:...
Prime Minister James Marape says that the current exchange rate favours exporters.
“At present, the Kina exchange rate is favourable for exporters,” he said.
“When you...