Pacific nations push for universal carbon levy for international shipping at IMO talks
The 83rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC83) reconvenes this week, and a global shipping levy remains on the table, Marshall Islands'...
PNG Parliament adjourned to 15 April
Papua New Guinea Parliament has been adjourned to 10am, 15 April 2025, to allow members to deliberate on a motion of no confidence against...
Indigenous leaders want same clout as world leaders at UN climate talks
Members of about 200 Indigenous communities from Latin American and Pacific territories, including Aboriginal Australians, were taking part in an annual gathering of Indigenous...
Tuvalu PM Teo leads delegation at CEDAW session, engages in key bilateral talks
During the Pacific Technical Cooperation Session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Pacific Islands Forum...
Blessed Peter ToRot to be canonised
The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is celebrating the long-awaited announcement of the upcoming canonisation of Blessed Peter ToRot, a...
WHO in the Western Pacific calls for urgent action to save mothers and newborns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on World Health Day is calling for immediate and decisive action to ensure that every mother and every baby...
Four political camps for VONC; PNG Government side locks in 82 Members
With just hours remaining before Papua New Guinea Parliament resumes to address the Vote of No Confidence (VONC), as directed by the PNG Supreme...
Do U.S tariffs signal an end to business as usual for Pacific
By Dr Satyendra Prasad
I normally avoid writing about domestic issues of countries other than my own. Such writing requires insights and depth that I...
Final Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui grounding and sinking in Samoa released
Twelve further factors, in addition to the direct causes, have been identified as contributing to the grounding and sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa,...
Loss and damage fund proposes helping governments first, local communities later
The body running the new UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) caused by climate change has recommended that it should focus...
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Private citizens offer to fund legal action over COI report
Leader of the Opposition Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has welcomed the support of private citizens who have come forward to assist with legal costs, as...
Fijian government negotiating confidential deal with Chief Justice over COI findings
The Fijian government is negotiating a secret deal with the country's highest-ranking judge after he was accused of corruption in a damning Commission of...
ADB President Welcomes Palau President in First-Ever Headquarters Visit
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda met with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. Wednesday in the first-ever visit by a Palau head...