Appeal against former Samoa PM Tuilaepa and Lealailepule resinstatement dismissed
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by the Samoa Speaker of the House on the reinstatement of two Opposition members, the Samoa...
PM Marape keen to strengthen PNG, Australia relations
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is set to enhance the long-standing relationship between PNG and Australia during his visit this week.
As a...
Winston’s Pacific tour: Geopolitical, security issues on the table
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters is heading on a whistle-stop tour of Polynesia this week — hard on the heels of his visit...
Despite Beijing’s attempts to ‘lure’ more support in the Pacific, Taiwan’s top diplomat in...
Taiwan's top representative to Australia has declared he's “quite confident” that Tuvalu won't follow Nauru's lead and switch diplomatic recognition to China, despite Beijing's...
Japan scheduled to host Pacific islands summit in July in Tokyo
Japan is scheduled to host a meeting of leaders from Pacific island countries and territories for three days from 16 July to discuss cooperation...
Miss Pacific Islands Moemoana relives mother’s journey 27 years apart
Even before Miss Samoa Moemoana Safa'ato'a Schwenke's name was announced, people at home already knew she had won it. Why wouldn't she? She was...
PINA Vice-President in Suva for MOU signing, anti-corruption event
Regional media leader and news publisher Robert Iroga is in Suva to speak at a commemorative event this morning at the Forum Secretariat.
The longtime...
Palau becomes the first UN Member State to ratify global Marine Biodiversity Treaty
The Pacific Island nation of Palau has become the first member state of the United Nations to deposit its instrument of ratification of the...
A new government in the making in Tuvalu
Reports coming from Funafuti seem to suggest that a new government is in the making – comprising Opposition members from the previous Parliament and...
Australia wary of China’s security ambitions in the Pacific
Australia considers itself the economic and security guardian of the Pacific region.
But increasingly China has ambitions to further its interests among island nations.
This week,...
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...