New Zealand designates Indonesia, Fiji as high-risk countries due to COVID-19
The New Zealand Government has announced it was classifying Indonesia and Fiji as two “very high risk" countries, limiting travel from both countries to...
Fiji calls for action on latest climate report
Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways.
This is highlighted in the latest report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
PM Sogavare defends mandatory vaccination policy
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has defended his governments decision to enforce the mandatory administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaking during his weekly nationwide...
Forum SG Puna responds to latest IPCC report
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) Working Group 1 report this week confirms what the Blue Pacific already knows to be true –...
Fiji warns of “possible loss of entire countries within century” if global warming continues
Fiji warns of “possible loss of entire countries within century” if global warming continues.
The sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),...
‘Edge of extinction’: Small island nations warn of rising sea levels
Island nations across the world are warning that they face catastrophic consequences of rising sea levels and possible extinction, after a landmark UN report...
Fiji records 264 new cases of COVID-19, 10 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 264 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 new deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases to 37,776 and 325 deaths...
There’s no time left for empty promises says Pacific climate activist
The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions.
An Intergovernmetal...
UN report a “looming line in the sand for the Pacific”
The latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has prompted one of the co-authors to warn that it represents a...
IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest...
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Pacific must defeat corruption to prosper
A regional academic has warned that the Pacific cannot achieve peace or prosperity unless it confronts corruption head-on, calling it a “tapeworm” quietly draining...
World Bank warns of rising costs as Middle East conflict hits global markets
The World Bank Group says the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is already driving up global costs and disrupting supply chains, with developing...
Foreign crew charged after Australian police say ‘smuggling hides’ used in cocaine plot
Australian Police have charged six crew members of the high-profile MV Raider vessel with drug smuggling, saying they attempted to bring one tonne of...