300 foreign officers to be deployed to Solomon Islands for elections: Police Chief Mangau
About 300 foreign personnel will be deployed to Solomon Islands to support the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force provide security at next month’s joint...
A crime against humanity has been committed in Yahukimo: ULMWP President Wenda
The video from Yahukimo showing Indonesian soldiers torturing a West Papuan man is horrifying, says Benny Wenda the President of the United Liberation Movement...
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...
Survival of Small Island States depends on implementation: AOSIS chair
Chair of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Samoan Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster has expressed AOSIS’s readiness to...
Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Samoa and Tonga ahead of CHOGM and Forum Leaders Meeting
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland , will embark on official visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga from 25 March 2024.
In both countries,...
Fiji resets police cooperation with China, scraps short-term deployments
Fiji will continue police cooperation with China but won’t have Chinese officers stationed inside its force, a government minister said, following a review of...
Too many parties causing instability: Vanuatu PM
The main reason for political instability in Vanuatu is that there are too many political parties and the frequent switching of sides by politicians.
This...
Defence calls for suspended sentence in former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner...
Fiji's former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho are at the centre of a legal case where the defence counsel...
Nuclear legacy likely to persist as the staple of U.S-Marshall Islands talks
Despite compromises that have been reached on nuclear reparations, the lingering impact of the massive U.S nuclear testing in Bikini Atoll is likely to...
U.S Deputy Secretary Campbell’s meeting with Forum Secretary General Puna
U. S deputy secretary of State Kurt Campbell last week met with a high-level delegation from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) including Secretary General...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...