Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific
Climate change forecasters have warned for years that the warmer and wetter world created by the climate crisis will drive a surge in mosquito-borne...
Worry, frustration as UN tries to finally agree high seas treaty
UN member states have much work to do to finally agree a treaty to protect the high seas before scheduled negotiations close in five...
No leader from outside for the Fiji Police Force : Home Affairs Minister
Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has revealed his plans for the Fiji Police, and one of them is for it to be...
PACER Plus an opportunity for regenerative development, trade, and investment in Vanuatu
Vanuatu has taken a major step to boost its economy and improve the livelihood of its people by ratifying the Pacific Agreement on Closer...
Japan’s ‘transparency’ eases concerns over nuclear wastewater release into the Pacific Ocean
Japan’s “transparency” over its plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean this year has helped ease the region’s concerns over the...
WHO: Nations step closer to global guidelines on pandemics, disease outbreaks
Governments agreed on a way forward to update disease outbreak regulations ahead of meetings to draft new global guidelines for tackling pandemics, the World...
Filipo Tarakinikini to be Fiji’s next PRUN in New York
By Pita Ligaiula
Former military spokesman retired Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini will be Fiji's next Permanent Representative to the United Nations (PRUN) in New York.
He will...
Pacific solidarity restored, declares Fiji PM
By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau Nadi
Fiji's Prime Minister and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Chair Sitiveni Rabuka says the Pacific solidarity has been restored after...
Fiji says sorry to Pacific Islands Forum
By Pita Ligaiula in Denarau, Nadi
A special meeting of leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum got off to a good start with the...
Kiribati glad to be back in PIF
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau says they are overjoyed to be back in the Pacific Island Forum.
Speaking after his bilateral meeting in Nadi, in the...
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Pacific Foreign Ministers back regional security plan as threats grow more complex
Pacific foreign ministers have endorsed a new regional peace and security action plan as the region faces an increasingly complex security environment, including illicit...
Forum Foreign Ministers support stronger Climate push ahead of COP31
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