UN stands with Papua New Guinea to hold major polluters accountable
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has hailed Papua New Guinea’s climate leadership and biodiversity stewardship, pledging that the UN will stand firmly with the...
Cook Islands’ top diplomat resigns amid diplomatic tensions with New Zealand
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) has resigned after about a decade in the role, a surprise decision that...
FAST leads with 15 seats, HRPP secures 9
The Samoan Electoral Commission has confirmed 27 parliamentary seats, as the official count for the 2025 general election enters its third day.
Twelve seats were...
Vanuatu seized 450kg cocaine, Chinese and Turkish crew arrested
More than 450 kilograms of cocaine were seized from the yacht Mi Amore in a major drug bust carried out through a joint operation...
UN SG Guterres applauds PNG Climate leadership, urges global action
On his historic first visit to Papua New Guinea, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres praised the nation’s climate leadership and resilience, declaring: “Your country...
Pacific Islands Forum to Observe Samoa’s national elections
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has deployed an election observer mission to observe the upcoming Samoa national election on 29 August 2025.
The Mission is...
Vanuatu MP Simeon to appeal two-year jail sentence
Epi Member of Vanuatu Parliament Seoule Simeon has revealed his intention to appeal the Supreme Court verdict that sentenced him to two years and...
Australia and PNG to sign milestone Defence Treaty on 15 September
Papua New Guinea and Australia have taken a major step toward signing a historic Defence Treaty after Foreign Affairs Secretary Elias Wohengu and Australia’s...
Kosrae-Nauru-Kiribati subsea cable set to start operating by November
The long-stalled undersea cable that will interlink Micronesian islands is expected to be up and running by November, following the fiber optic cable landing...
Tariff tensions: Pacific islands brace for impacts of Trump policy
While Pacific island nations are not directly tied to high-volume manufacturing exports, economic volatility across the Asia-Pacific region poses indirect threats that are difficult...
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Samoa calls for climate finance reform as island states face mounting pressures
Samoa has called for a major overhaul of the international financial system, warning that small island states are being forced to finance both development...
Fiji to ‘hold the line’ on 1.5°C at Pre-COP31
Hold the line on science and 1.5, is the first position Fiji will take into Pre-COP31, as Ministry of environment and climate change permanent...
Why Fiji is urging the world to slow down on deep-sea mining
By Sera Tikotikovatu - Sefeti
It is a Friday afternoon, and the sun hangs high over the Yasawa Islands, pouring light across a vast expanse...