Second lot of Commonwealth countries put Samoa’s logistics and planning under the microscope for...
The second advance visit for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October 2024 took place on 24 and 25 July 2024.
Sixty-five delegates...
Foreign Minister Wong announces new digital cable centre to limit China’s influence in Indo-Pacific
Australia is stepping up its attempts to limit China’s influence in the Pacific, with the establishment of a new “cable connectivity and resilience centre”...
Pacific Women Leaders Call for Action to End ‘Epidemic’ of Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive and devastating crisis for women and girls in the region with Pacific women ministers urging governments and communities...
Pacific Women Leaders want action on nuclear legacy and gender disparities
Almost eight decades after the last nuclear bomb detonated in the Marshall Islands, there is a call from the Pacific region for a concerted...
‘Demonising China’ is not my concern, says Solomon Islands PM Manele
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says “demonising China” is not his concern.
When responding to questions from the media if he is concern that...
Former FBC CEO Sayed-Khaiyum, CFO charged
Former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) Chief Executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Chief Financial Officer Vimlesh Sagar have been charged by the Fiji Independent Commission Against...
The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges...
The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme...
Pacific delegates highlight ocean governance at key ISA Council session in Kingston
Pacific delegates are among the international community at the 2nd Part of the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) currently happening in...
Forum SG Waqa, RMI ready for 2024 Women Leaders meeting
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says the Pacific Forum Women Leaders have had a 'front row seat' to the state of Gender,...
Japan planning to build missile training site on Pacific Island
Japan plans to build a training site for surface-to-ship missile launches on a remote Pacific island, a Defence Ministry official said Thursday, in its...
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U.S to link Pacific drug investigations with South Asia crime networks
The United States is looking to connect its law enforcement operations in the Pacific with expertise and investigations in South Asia as criminal networks...
Fiji should retain immunity for 1987 and 2006 coups says Deputy DPP Rabuku
Fiji should retain the immunity provisions covering the 1987 and 2006 coups because they were guarantees made to the coup leaders in exchange for...
U.S links Pacific drug trade to Latin American networks
The United States says Latin American drug trafficking networks are increasingly using contacts and distributors in Pacific Island countries to move and sell illicit...