Fiji is slowly transitioning to normalcy
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji remains on track to welcome back tourists in less than one week.
Speaking on Radio Fiji One’s –...
Cook Islands PM repeats calls for international recognition of climate
The Cook Islands Prime Minister is calling on the international finance community to recognise the debt small island states are taking on for climate...
New faces in Tonga Parliament, no women elected
Surprises were the order of the day as the 17 Peoples' Representatives for the new Tonga parliamentary session were announced last night.
Tonga has elected...
Abortions and same sex marriages not on Samoa Government’s agenda – PM Mata’afa
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has clarified that her government will not change the laws only to satisfy some of the recommendations by...
Some positives were achieved in COP26: UN
United Nations Resident Coordinator to Fiji Sanaka Samarasinha says it is important to note that there were some successes achieved at the COP26 in...
Nine Nobles elected in Tonga
Voting for nine Tongan nobles’ representatives was held Thursday at the Palace Office in Nuku’alofa.
The nine newly elected Nobles Members of Parliament include:
*Lord Vaea
*Lord...
Election will go ahead: PNG PM
The 2022 general election in Papua New Guinea will go ahead as scheduled, starting with a issuing of writs on 28 April, says Prime...
Polls in Tonga open for 2021 election, Lord Fusitu’a vacate seat
About 60,000 Tongan voters are able to vote in a new government today.
They will be electing 17 People's Representatives for the 26-member legislature.
The 33...
One-third of people in Pacific paid a bribe in the last year, says corruption...
Survey of more than 6,000 people by Transparency International is the most comprehensive look at corruption in the Pacific region to date
One in three...
Pacific dismay over India and China’s move to water down COP26 deal
Tuvalu's climate minister has hit out at a last minute move to water down a new climate deal that 197 countries signed off on...
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Strategic competition in Pacific here to stay, Australian Minister says
Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy says strategic competition with China in the Pacific is a permanent...
Cook Islands General Election set for 12 August
The Cook Islands 2026 General Election will be held on Wednesday, August 12, the King’s Representative, Sir Tom Marsters, announced this morning.
In a radio...
Fiji PM says next election due between 24 December and early February 2027
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s next general election is expected to be held between 24 December 2026, and the first week of February...