Australia accused of undermining Fiji-China relationship, amid uncertainty over police agreement
China has accused Australia of trying to sabotage its relationship with Fiji as questions swirl over whether the Pacific Island country will cut security...
Quad shares positive agenda for secure, sovereign and rule-based Indo-Pacific: Australian envoy
Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell on Monday said that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is looking forward to the forthcoming Quad Summit to...
ROC Taiwan respects Fiji
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While responding...
Upcoming summit will strengthen India’s relations
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the first half of 2020, in New York, at the 74th UN General Assembly, extended an invitation to...
King Charles’ coronation: Commentators under fire after making light of Tuvalu sinking
A panel of commentators who helped cover King Charles’ coronation are facing backlash after making light of rising sea levels threatening to wipe out...
PNG Polling system review ‘too early’
Papua New Guinea is not ready to adopt the system of the people electing the prime minister, says University of PNG political science lecturer...
Nations urge Tonga to give women land rights and improve LGBTQ record
Tonga has received mixed reactions during its human rights evaluation at the 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.
The Kingdom's Foreign Minister Fekitamoelo...
WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
The head of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared “with great hope” an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, stressing...
Pacific Islands Forum Chair looks to strengthen collaboration with Pacific Small Islands Developing States...
Chair of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS) Ilana Seid met with Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) Tepaeru...
PIF secretariat rues being left out of India and Pacific island countries regional dialogue
The Pacific’s premier regional body, the Pacific Islands Forum, is concerned that it is being left on the sidelines of a regional dialogue between...
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea Media Council President Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA),...
PNG secures bid to host 2028 Pacific Media Summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
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