Elected PNG MP and Member for Wewak, Kevin Isifu dies
An elected Member of the PNG Parliament and Member for Wewak Kevin Eziro Isifu has died early this morning in Port Moresby.
Isifu was elected...
11th Parliament yet to start
The 11th National Parliament is yet to get underway, having gone past an hour of the scheduled time of 10 am.
About 79 elected members...
Wenge returns after ten years
Counting for the Morobe Regional Seat successfully continued into exclusion 35, to have a Governor elected as of quarter past four this morning.
Despite minor...
84 seats declared so far
A total of 34 seats remain to be declared as of midday today.
From the total 118 seats, 84 seats have been declared, but one...
Four Pacific countries ratifies Port State Measures Agreement
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Four Pacific countries have ratified Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA).
This was revealed by Pacific Oceans Commissioner and Forum Secretary-General,...
Tuvalu attend UN Oceans conference despite diplomatic spat with China
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon
The Pacific nation of Tuvalu is well represented at the UN oceans Conference(UNOC) in Lisbon this week despite diplomatic spat...
Calls on UN member states to join the Declaration on Preserving Maritime Zones in...
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
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Small-scale fishers call for global leaders to act now on oceans, curb Illegal practices,...
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Voices of Small scale fisheries are often undervalued and unrecognised in global food systems, delegates and experts at...
Calls on Pacific leaders to stand in solidarity against deep sea mining
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
Chair of the Pacific Parliamentarians Alliance on Deep Sea Mining (PPADSM)has called on Pacific nations of Nauru, Cook Islands,...
Tonga recognises the importance of science, and transfer of marine technology to SIDS
By Pita Ligaiula in Lisbon, Portugal
The Tongan government has joined other countries in the call for the adoption of the “Declaration for the enhancement...
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