Pacific Resilience Facility gains momentum
Zarak Khan, Director of Programmes and Initiatives at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Friday laid out the roadmap for the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF)...
American Samoa advance bid for Associate Membership in Pacific Islands Forum
The American Samoa delegation this week met with Forum Deputy Secretary General, Esala Nayasi at the Forum Secretariat in Suva.
The focus of the meeting...
U.S still seeks delayed Pacific funds amid China push in region: senior diplomat
A day after a US$95 billion foreign aid package left out economic help promised for the Indo-Pacific as the U.S tries to blunt China’s...
Samoa, as AOSIS Chair, encouraged by work of Pacific SIDS in plastics treaty negotiations
The work to strengthen the capacity of Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) to engage and amplify the one Pacific voice in sessions of...
PNG PM wins vote of confidence motion, Opposition MPs storm out
Papua New Guinea leader of Government Business and Minister for Finance Rainbo Paita has moved a motion of vote of confidence in Prime Minister...
Difficult to predict fate of Australia-Tuvalu deal on climate and security, intelligence boss says
A senior Australian intelligence chief has acknowledged a landmark climate and security deal with Tuvalu may be at risk in the wake of the...
Australian Defence chief unaware of commander’s Naliva torture allegation
Australia’s Defence Force chief was unaware a Fijian officer who became a deputy commander of 3000 troops was alleged to have committed torture.
Colonel Penioni...
PNG Government asking court interpretation on Allan Bird’s eligibility as alternate prime minister
The Special Parliamentary Committee deliberating on the Vote of No confidence met Wednesday to discuss the motion to bring a no confidence vote to...
U.S Senate fails to add Compact Funds to aid package
A last-minute bipartisan effort to add key funding aimed at countering China in the Pacific has failed in the U.S Senate even as a...
PM Marape addresses Opposition’s Vote-of-No-Confidence motion with confidence
-Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has openly welcomed the Opposition’s motion for a vote-of-no-confidence against him.
This announcement came after the Acting Speaker,...
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PNG among 12 countries hit by new U.S visa bond rule
The United States State Department is expanding its visa bond programme to 50 countries, including Papua New Guinea, requiring some travelers to pay up...
Cook Islands PM Brown reaffirms relationship with NZ
Prime Minister Mark Brown has reaffirmed that the Cook Islands’ relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand 'remains enduring, grounded in shared history, values, and mutual...
Deep-sea mining target area moves closer to Guam
Guam leaders vowed to continue fighting the U.S federal government's plans to lease 69 million acres of seabed near Guam for mining of rare...