Australia must increase 2030 emissions target to help avoid ‘catastrophic’ heating, Samoan PM says
Australia needs to increase the ambition of its 2030 emissions reduction target and “come back to the climate financing table” at the looming Cop26...
Fiji records 55 new cases of COVID-19, nine deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 55 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 51,258 and 645 deaths since the outbreak in...
Urgent national response required for illicit drugs problem, says King Tupou VI
Tongan King Tupou VI in addressing the first National Symposium on illicit drugs Wednesday said the problem is a national issue that requires an...
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline : WHO
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with 3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported...
Tax evasion topped list of case reports in 2020: Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit
Tax evasion topped the list of case reports that was picked up by the Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit last year.
This equates to $54,216,419 (US$25,820,346.71)...
Major leak of offshore data exposes Rarotonga based Trust company
The Cook Islands made an appearance in the Pandora Papers – the leaked cache of 11.9 million financial records – which includes a high-profile...
Samoan connections unearthed in Pandora Papers leak
The global Pandora Papers leak has shed light on the links between an Australian accountant who set up an offshore financial advisory firm in...
Third COVID-19 surge worst: Port Moresby General Hospital CEO Dr Molumi
Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital, which recorded four Covid-19 deaths in one week, and more than 80 patients admitted, will scale down services from...
Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 percent of coral reefs vanish
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 percent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the...
Constitutional case filed against Vanuatu President
A constitutional case over the recent pardoning of three former Prime Ministers of Vanuatu, Rialuth Serge Vohor, Joe Natuman and Charlot Salwai, has been...
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Tagelagi re-elected as Niue Prime Minister
Dalton Tagelagi has been re-elected as Prime Minister of Niue, extending his leadership following the country’s general election earlier this month.
The Niue Assembly confirmed...
Ombudsman Commission’s Chief Justice referral seen as dangerous precedent: PNG Opposition
The Papua New Guinea Ombudsman Commission’s referral of Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika to the National Executive Council (NEC) for alleged misconduct in office...
Pact signed, Melanesian committed to protect & sustainably manage the Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape, alongside Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat, have officially signed the historic...