Solomon Islands opens Honiara Summit with a call to accelerate efforts to achieve sustainable...
The Honiara Summit 2025 officially opened Tuesday in a colourful traditional ceremony, welcoming over 300 delegates from 28 countries to discuss global efforts towards...
PNG PM Marape calls for stronger action against illegal fishing at Honiara Summit
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has called for urgent global action against illegal fishing and the exploitation of Pacific fisheries, emphasising that...
Tuvalu’s PM calls for global action on Climate change and fisheries protection at Honiara...
Tuvalu's Prime Minister FeletiTeo addressed the urgent issue of climate change and its impact on oceanic and coastal fisheries at the Honiara Summit Tuesday.
He...
Pacific SDG14 Summit kicks off with ENBI Tripartite MOU
Pacific Leaders, Fisheries Ministers, Chief Executives and Oceans organisations are in Honiara this week unpacking one of the most widely known global sustainable development...
Fiji HIV infection estimate triples after health services ‘destroyed’ by neglect
The HIV outbreak in Fiji may be more severe than publicly acknowledged with estimates suggesting three times as many people are living with the...
New Caledonia’s politicians hold first bipartisan meeting in years
New Caledonia's opposing politicians, both pro-independence and pro-France, held a joint meeting for the first time in years, under the auspices of visiting French...
Samoa PM Fiame Mata’fa commands majority, vote of no-confidence fails
The vote of no confidence to unseat Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa and her cabinet failed when the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday voted...
Pacific islands to push for enhanced resource mobilisation at resumed biodiversity conference
Pacific Islands will be sitting at the global negotiations table this week, calling for increased funding and support to conserve and protect our Pacific...
Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO...
Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, with annual deathsfrom the disease projected to rise by 68 percent,...
Operation secures radium-226 in Fiji
Help was sent in September 2024 after two drums full of radium-226 were found abandoned at a Fiji's Ministry of Health facility.
Radium-226 has a...
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GCF throws support behind Pacific Resilience Facility in US$500m push
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has expressed support for the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF), with GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte confirming that the Fund...
Pacific leaders step up climate and disaster push ahead of COP31, approve Renewable Energy...
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific Islands Forum leaders have renewed their call for urgent global climate action, backing a stronger regional push to...
Transparency International calls for accountability in Pacific climate finance
By Pita Ligaiula in Koror, Palau
Pacific communities will not fully benefit from growing climate finance unless governments, development agencies and project leaders are...