Micronesia president says ‘transparency’ has eased Fukushima water concerns
Micronesian President David Panuelo said Friday that Japan’s “transparency” over its intention to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into...
People to vote for PNG PM
Papua New Guinea could be voting for a Prime Minister in 2027 if a Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) review on the form...
Allied forces converge on Guam for Cope North exercises amid tension over downed Chinese...
-Approximately 1,000 U.S airmen, marines and sailors will train alongside 1,000 combined Japan Air Self-Defence Force, Royal Australian Air Force and French Air and...
No one above the law’: Fiji Home Affairs Minister
No matter how high one’s public status is, no one is exempt from the law.
This was reiterated by Fiji'S Minister for Home Affairs Pio...
Cook Islands PM Brown welcomes Kiribati back into PIF
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is welcoming Kiribati back into the fold of the Pacific Islands Forum.
The Micronesian nation pulled out of the...
‘Prioritise recruitment of skilled Melanesians’: Vanuatu PM
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau, who is also chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian...
Crown Law mum on review of Cook Islands Crimes Bill
Moves to remove homosexuality from the Cook Islands Crimes Act are still awaiting sign off from Crown Law.
Cook Islands News has been attempting to...
Mango Island residents have a place to call home after Tongan eruption and tsunami...
After the Tongan volcanic eruption and tsunami of January 2022, Mango Island was destroyed, making it uninhabitable for the residents.
A new community has been...
Papua New Guinea crowned Miss Pacific Islands
Twenty-four-year-old Miss Papua New Guinea Josie Nicholas was crowned Miss Pacific Islands on Friday.
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid, the pageant was held...
In the midst of neocolonialism – What are the threats to Pacific solidarity?
By Robert Underwood
The state of Pacific island solidarity in the midst of a serious crisis pertaining to climate change and the strategic competition...
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Tuvalu has inaugurated its first woman Governor-General, Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, in a historic change of leadership on the eve of the country’s 48th...
Pacific civil society demands fossil fuel phase-out ahead of COP31
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Pacific solidarity remains our greatest strength and most effective tool for influencing outcomes at the upcoming 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN...