Navigating AI in the Pacific: Opportunities, Challenges, and Sustainable Practices from Regional Security Conference
The Pacific Regional and National Security Conference (PRNSC), this week dedicated session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) brought to the forefront the transformative potential of...
A Deep Connection to the Sea: Youth advocate calls for climate action in the...
In the heart of the Pacific, where the ocean's waves touch the shores of countless islands, one voice stands out in the call for...
Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to West Papua
An unheralded visit to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining a push for a United Nations human...
Fiji Fisheries Minister Ravu granted bail
Fiji’s Magistrates Court in Sigatoka Thursday granted bail to Minister for Fisheries and Forests Kalaveti Ravu who is charged with one count of Abuse...
No attempt to amend FijiFirst Constitution, legacy will remain unmatched: Seruiratu
Fiji's leader of Opposition Inia Seruiratu has confirmed that there has been no genuine attempt by the FijiFirst Party to amend its Constitution, as...
60 days and counting – Forum SG Waqa, Tonga PM discuss PIFLM53
The upcoming regional Forum Leaders Meeting led the agenda for the first visit of Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa to Tonga this...
Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence
Nearly five years after the islanders of remote Bougainville voted decisively in a referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG), local frustrations are...
Climate and humanitarian actors must work together: ECOSOC
The climate crisis and the humanitarian crisis are “two in one,” said Emeline Siale Ilolahia, Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental...
Fiji’s Fisheries Minister charged by FICAC
Fisheries and Forestry Minister Kalaveti Ravu will be appearing in the Sigatoka Magistrates Court this afternoon.
He has been charged by Fiji Independent Commission Against...
Solomon Islands prime minister says his visits to Australia and China focus on creating...
The new prime minister of the Solomon Islands said Wednesday that his visits to Australia and China are focussed on creating jobs in the...
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...