ADB at 60: Kanda puts people first, pledges stronger support amid global turmoil
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) must remain a “reliable partner” for countries navigating an increasingly uncertain global...
ADB Insight: A Conversation with President Kanda
Hear from ADB President Masato Kanda on the issues shaping development in Asia and the Pacific, and what’s next for ADB’s work.
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AI Can Help Build a Smarter Public Sector Across Asia and the Pacific
By Saad Parachas
As the region lays out its digital highways, governments must learn in real time. Artificial intelligence tools can help public servants deliver...
Pacific climate experts convene in Fiji to assess recent La Niña impacts
Loss of life, damage to agricultural crops, coral reefs and domestic and commercial property damages were among the impacts reported at the 18th Pacific...
PINA Statement for World Press Freedom Day 2026
By President, Kalafi Moala
On this World Press Freedom Day, we gather under a powerful and timely theme: “Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting...
Neither a Christian State nor a Secular One: What Fiji’s Constitution actually needs
The debate about our new constitution is missing the most important question.
By Filipo Tarakinikini Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations
The debate about...
High oil prices are devastating Island states – and moving the needle on Climate
By Fenton Lutunatabua
This week, over 50 countries are joining forces to move the needle on what is proving to be one of the world’s...
Powerful states are trying to sabotage decarbonisation of shipping
Pacific Island states cannot and will not allow key climate shipping agreement to be watered down.
By Ralph Regenvanu
The global fallout of the closure...
The unusual ways Fijians predict when a cyclone is approaching
By Frankie Adkins
Creeping yams and bees behaving strangely – in Fiji, farmers read nature's warning signs to predict hurricane season.
It's July, a month when...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s ongoing path to self-determination
By Jennis Naidu
The question of Kanaky New Caledonia (KNC) remains one of the most complex and unresolved decolonisation processes in the contemporary Pacific. Although...
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Pacific Economic Ministers remain cautious on Iran-U.S deal as fuel price uncertainty persists
Pacific countries are not placing significant confidence in the emerging Iran-United States agreement and will continue preparing for fuel market volatility as uncertainty in...
Forum expands effort to tackle Correspondent Banking challenges across Pacific
Forum Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa says the Pacific’s Correspondent Banking Relationship (CBR) office is now fully established and working to address banking challenges...
Pacific Private sector warns Ministers of rising costs as fuel crisis dominates talks
Rising energy costs and the impact of the Middle East fuel crisis dominated discussions between Pacific finance ministers and private sector leaders during a...