UN Humanitarian Fund approves US$1.7m to support Vanuatu’s cyclone recovery
The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has approved US$1.7 million funding for recovery efforts in Vanuatu following twin Category-4 cyclones Judy and Kevin...
Port Vila call for a just transition to a fossil fuel free Pacific
We, the Ministers and officials from the Kingdom of Tonga, the Republic of Fiji, Niue, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu,...
Pacific Ministers urged to set global example and declare the Pacific free of fossil...
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Port Vila
Civil society organisations in Vanuatu and the Pacific are calling on governments to set global example...
Shifting from dependence on fossil fuel energy will be challenging: Fiji’s Assistant Minister
Regional Ministers and officials attending the 2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue On Pathways for the Global Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels were Thursday given...
Multi-Stakeholder Expert Groups to Develop the Implementation Plan of the 2050 Strategy
A regional multi-stakeholder mechanism has been set up by the Pacific Islands Forum to develop the implementation and monitoring plan for the 2050 Strategy...
Emerging collective call for fossil fuel free Pacific
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Port Vila
As Pacific Ministers wrap up their three-day dialogue in Port Vila today, there’s strong calls for...
No longer ‘hole of Asia-Pacific doughnut’, South Pacific eyes China trade deal
China and a group of South Pacific island countries could start talks this year toward their first formal trade agreement, according to an official...
No jab, No job policy revoked in Fiji: AG Turaga
Fiji's Attorney General Siromi Turaga has confirmed that the government has revoked the No Jab, No Job policy.
Turaga said cabinet has decided to revoke...
Samoan PM and Commonwealth SG urge stronger efforts to get more women into leadership
The Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, have called for stronger efforts to address the gender imbalance...
Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers meet to discuss responses to global crises
Foreign Ministers from across the Commonwealth met this week for the 22nd annual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM). The meeting was held in...
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Pacific shipping lifeline faces crisis as experts push wind-powered transition
For many Pacific Island communities, a delayed ship does not just mean inconvenience. It can mean empty store shelves, fuel shortages and isolation.
“Shipping is...
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organised crime’, President José Ramos-Horta says
Timor-Leste is vulnerable to “infiltration by foreign organised crime”, the country’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has warned.
His comments come as Australian federal police (AFP) confirmed...
Fiji Climate Change Minister set key priorities to accelerate Pacific climate action
“1.5 is not negotiable and is a red line grounded in science and in our lived reality.”
This was the strong reminder from Fiji's Minister...