Crucial conversations on Climate, Health and Education on the margins of SIDS4
Health is a powerful and compelling argument for climate action. We need to build coherence and foster collaboration across partners and donors alike to...
USP welcomes Professor Ahluwalia, Fiji PM acknowledges the power of one vote
Staff and students of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji welcomed Vice-Chancellor and President of USP, Professor Pal Ahluwalia at Laucala...
15 Pacific Island countries join hands to improve inclusive education
15 Pacific Island countries have launched the new Pacific Regional Inclusive Education Review Wednesday to ensure all children, including those living with disability and...
Australia pledges $20 million for Nauru Education
Australia's foreign minister announces education funding of at least $20 million (US$12.6 million) over five years in Nauru focusing on “long term change”.
Minister Penny...
Fiji committed to transforming education system to benefit all Fijian children
Fiji is committed to transforming its education system and revolutionise learning for the benefit of all Fijian children.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama at the three-day...
Delivering quality education in Small Island Developing States
By Simona Marinescu, Resident Coordinator of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, and Tokelau
With 147 million children around the world missing half of their in-person...
USP Council to decide: Fiji Economy Minister
Fijian Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says it is now up to the University of the South Pacific’s Council (USP) to investigate the alleged...
Samoa’s PM urges Fiji to give USP grant
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has called on the Fijian Government to release the grant that it continues to withhold from the University...
USP “students are hurting” says Pro Chancellor
By Samantha Magick
As Pacific leaders meet in Suva to discuss deepening regionalism through the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent, USP, the region’s...
Australia should rejoin UN climate fund to prove commitment to Pacific neighbours, thinktank argues
Australia must move on from a “crisis mentality” as it seeks to reset its relationship with Pacific island countries, including by rejoining a key...
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Pacific tuna advocates push WCPFC22 to end high-seas transshipment, calling it “a system built...
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
Calls to shut down high seas transshipment erupted at WCPFC22 on Thursday, with Sharks Pacific Policy Director Bubba Cook and...
Don’t lock FAD closure into Bigeye tuna management procedure: PNA
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have issued a firm warning to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission...
Pacific Political Climate Champion for Oceans Ainuu slams COP30, urges science-based decisions at WCPFC22
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
Niue’s Minister of Natural Resources and Pacific Political Climate Champion for Oceans, Mona Ainuu, delivered a sharp warning to...