‘Kava’ name needs protection
By Dionisia Tabureguci
The rise of a kava extract market overseas has increased the urgency of protecting the word “kava” as a product known by...
How to enter the Pacific Engagement Visa ballot
By Stephen Howes and Athualla Rasheed
Australia is about to launch a new visa that will for the first time create a Pacific quota...
Health and Disaster Risk Management experts in Tuvalu discuss findings of climate change risk...
Climate change affects every facet of life for Pacific islanders, and for Tuvalu which is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts...
Joint statement between China and Nauru
-At the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President David Adeang of Nauru paid a state visit to China...
Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for Pacific media conference
Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific International Media...
If a diabetes policy of diet and exercise keeps failing, is it time for...
By Amy McLennan
Fifty years ago, a diabetes survey in the Republic of Nauru concluded that a third of Nauruans had type 2 diabetes. It...
Fijian Media Association AGM outcome
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) conducted its annual general meeting on Friday (22 March 2024), at the Fiji Museum in Suva, where it reviewed...
America’s human experiments in the Marshall Islands demand Justice
By Camilla Pohle
Members of a U.S Senate hearing on 14 March said that Washington’s relationships with Pacific Island countries are based on respect. If...
IMO agrees possible outline for maritime “net-zero framework”
International Maritime Organisation IMO has agreed on an illustration of a possible draft outline of an “IMO net-zero framework” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions...
Pacific leaders must hold Japan accountable at PALM10 for Fukushima nuclear waste
Op-ed by Joey Tau
Last month’s visit to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat by Japanese Foreign Minister, Yōko Kamikawa, to convene an interim Ministerial meeting...
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Cook Islands declared ‘world leader’ in seabed sector
Seabed mining is no longer a distant ambition for the Cook Islands as at last week’s Pacific Agenda: Investment, Security and Shared Prosperity summit...
‘We’re not interested in being guinea pigs out here;” Guam bucks U.S plans to...
Guam Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio did not mince words in his meeting this week with visiting Department of the Interior officials, telling them that...
Fiji Embassy confirms Fijians in Israel safe amid regional tensions
The Embassy of the Republic of Fiji in Jerusalem has issued a security advisory to all Fijian nationals in Israel following significant military developments...