Pacific atoll nations launch global plan to preserve heritage
Pacific atoll nations on Wednesday launched a new global partnership to preserve their sovereignty and heritage as their countries disappear under rising seas triggered...
Former Opposition MP Salote Radrodro to serve 24 months in prison; remaining six months...
Former Fiji Opposition MP Salote Radrodro has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Suva.
Radrodro was...
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Samoa Government scraps COVID-19 travel requirement
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U.S, India engaging on Pacific Islands: Biden’s deputy assistant Kurt Campbell
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U.S, UK join Pacific allies in Fijian military exercise
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NZDF joins largest Pacific military exercise in decades
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PM Hu’akavameiliku highlights Tonga’s case at ‘Ocean Nations’ meeting”
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Marshall Islands head: We must tame ‘climate change monster’
It was 31 years ago when the Marshall Islands’ first president, Amata Kabua, appeared before the UN General Assembly to sound the alarm over...
Pacific Islands Forum to promote PIF agenda at UNGA77
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By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
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By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
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