Pacific yet to receive U.S aid promised by President Biden
The Pacific island nations are hoping they will not have to wait another 12 months for “much-needed” foreign aid promised by the United States.
When...
PNG senior alternate director at ADB is a strong advocate for Pacific Developing Member...
Papua New Guinea’s seconded alternate director at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Damien Horiambe is using the opportunity to not only raise issues for...
U.S Pacific security deal with Marshall Islands at risk over Nuclear payments description
The United States struck security agreements last week with Pacific Island nations seen as a key part of U.S plans to counter China’s territorial...
Pacific Island summit at White House ‘collaborative’: U.S official
Senior U.S officials said on Friday that a White House summit with a dozen Pacific Islands leaders last week was successful, and that Washington...
Reduced visa processing time a good start: Australian foreign Minister Wong
The Australian government has reduced the visa processing time for Fijians visiting Australia.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said this is a good...
For Pacific regionalism to work, we must be willing to work together: Forum Chair...
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown has emphasised the importance of member states to ‘work together’ as Forum Foreign...
Cook Islands PM Mark Brown meets with Samoa PM in Fiji ahead of Forum...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa in Suva this week ahead of the upcoming Forum Foreign...
Cook Islands and Nauru discuss Pacific partnerships for prosperity
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with his Nauru counterpart Russ Kun Thursday ahead of today’s Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting (FFMM) to be...
China shipped real guns to Solomon Islands, not replicas, diplomats claimed
China likely shipped genuine firearms to the Solomon Islands when its donation of “replica” weapons to police last year sparked a political firestorm in...
Gaps in progress and time is not on our side, Tonga PM tells SIDS...
Tonga is hosting the Regional Preparatory Meeting of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), that opened this week.
About 70 international delgates are gathered...
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COVID19 a wake-up call for Pacific countries to strengthen social security systems
The COVID19 crisis was a wake-up call for many Pacific Island Countries to enhance their social security systems.
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...
‘End the licences’: Vanuatu oil rig registry sparks concern amid climate advocacy
Thousands of kilometres away from the Pacific, an oil rig in the North Sea operates under the flag of Vanuatu.
In the Black Sea, a...
Pacific Defence Ministers to meet in New Caledonia
Defence ministers from several Asian and Pacific States are scheduled to meet in New Caledonia for two days during the first week of December,...