Vanuatu quest for ICJ climate ruling backed by 100 nations
More than 100 countries have backed a plan by Vanuatu to enlist the UN's top court in tackling climate change, after what the nation's...
$860 million pledge kicks off Our Ocean conference
A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off in Panama on Thursday with an EU pledge of more than US$860 million for...
PNG Government must be sensitive to role of media’
The government must be sensitive to mainstream media roles and responsibilities before drafting a National Media Development Policy, says a Papua New Guinea provincial...
Pacific Elders: Japan’s plan to dump toxic water into Pacific Ocean breaches human rights
Japan’s persistent plan to discharge radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a “disregard for the human rights”...
Vanuatu braces for another Cyclone following Judy’s devastation, over 400 evacuated
Just one day after being battered by Tropical Cyclone Judy, Vanuatu is bracing itself for a second cyclone which is intensifying with the possibility...
Baron Waqa’s tenure as Nauru’s president has been called a ‘very dark chapter’
There are already calls to reconsider former Nauru president Baron Waqa's appointment as Pacific Islands Forum secretary-general.
Waqa — who has a controversial record on...
PM in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares state of emergency
A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu following the damage to infrastructure and homes left by severe tropical cyclone Judy.
It comes as...
Indonesia protests Fiji PM’s meeting with Papua independence figure
Indonesia has protested to Fiji’s government after the prime minister of the Pacific island country met with a Papuan leader in a morale boost...
‘We can – collectively – eradicate corruption: Fiji AG
“Government is committed to consider the views of every person in all important decision making affecting the people. We now have a Government that...
Fukushima plant head: Too early to predict decommissioning
The head of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says details of the damage inside its reactors are only beginning to be known 12 years...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces...
For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
Fiji passport ranks 97th globally, opens 78 destinations
Fijian passport holders can access 78 overseas destinations without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, but Fiji ranks 97th globally and 11th among 14...