Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Samoa and Tonga ahead of CHOGM and Forum Leaders Meeting
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland , will embark on official visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga from 25 March 2024.
In both countries,...
Fiji resets police cooperation with China, scraps short-term deployments
Fiji will continue police cooperation with China but won’t have Chinese officers stationed inside its force, a government minister said, following a review of...
Blue Pacific – an Ocean of Peace
By Satyendra Prasad
The Blue Pacific as an Ocean of Peace has evolved as one the core ideas of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and...
Samoa CHOGM logo and website officially launched
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)2024 taskforce has officially unveiled the Samoa CHOGM logo and website for the three-day gathering scheduled for October...
First MSG Heads of Immigration meeting, a success
The first Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Heads of Immigration Meeting (HOIM) was successfully convened in Apia, Samoa, Tuesday to discuss the MSG Business Travel...
Marshall Islands President calls for enhanced global dialogue; Hopes for Japan’s mediating role
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine Wednesday stressed the importance of dialogue between developed countries and the emerging and developing countries collectively known as the...
Cook Islands Progress extended Continental shelf claim at third round of meetings with subcommission
Since transmitting its revised submission concerning the Manihiki Plateau to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in 2021, several meetings...
Pacific States discuss protection against chemical warfare
Fiji and other Pacific island countries are stepping up security around the region by developing a legislation at the Chemical Weapons Convention currently underway...
Marshall Islands seeks to partner with Japan on nuclear issues
The president of the Marshall Islands has asked Japan to share what it learned from the wartime atomic bombings and the 2011 nuclear disaster...
Palau’s President relieved by security pact funding approval
Critical funds to counter China in the Pacific are finally on their way to three U.S allies: Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
On Friday,...
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Corruption in Tonga has shifted into Civil Service: PINA President Moala
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Veteran Tongan journalist and Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala says corruption in the Pacific is no...
UNODC warns climate funds face corruption risks as Pacific climate finance grows
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
The growing flow of climate and disaster finance into the Pacific must be matched by stronger accountability as complex...
Pacific journalists urged to scrutinise climate finance
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific journalists will examine corruption risks in climate finance and disaster response programmes Monday, focusing on how weak oversight...