Fix PNG poll system: Webster
Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (NRI) research fellow Dr Thomas Webster has described General Election 2022 (GE22) as worse than the ones in...
Conference to address Pacific transnational crime
Pacific leaders, law enforcement officials and academics will be brought together to address transnational crime in the Pacific region at the inaugural Pacific Regional...
Guam governor says Pacific islands must keep vigilance against China’s intrusion
Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has expressed support for the Federated States of Micronesia’s move to oppose China’s proposed “action plan” for the Pacific...
Bill to amend media laws tabled in Fiji Parliament
The Fijian parliament will debate the Media Industry Development (Budget Amendment) Bill 2010 later this week.
The Bill seeks to amend the Act to ensure...
PNG defence forces deployed to streets
Terrified Port Moresby residents have welcomed soldiers in armoured vehicles on the streets of the capital after two days of chaos and fear created...
Korean doomsday sect gets rich in Fiji with Government help- OCCRP
By Aubrey Belford (OCCRP), OCCRP Pacific, Hyein Kang (KCIJ-Newstapa), and Myungju Lee (KCIJ-Newstapa)
Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching...
Commonwealth observers advise “urgent review” as many voters left out of Papua New Guinea...
A Commonwealth team observing Papua New Guinea’s election has expressed concern about the voting process.
Releasing its interim statement in Port Moresby, the Commonwealth Observer...
Forum Secretary General condemns latest killings and escalating election violence in PNG
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna has condemned the recent deaths and escalating violence in Papua New Guinea, including in Porgera and Port...
Election machete attack puts PNG capital on high alert
Residents of Papua New Guinea's capital were told to stay home and troops were deployed to its streets on Monday, after a brutal election-related...
‘No place like home’: Climate change threatens Fiji’s rugby nursery
The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
The Pacific Conference of Churches...
‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces...
For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
Fiji passport ranks 97th globally, opens 78 destinations
Fijian passport holders can access 78 overseas destinations without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, but Fiji ranks 97th globally and 11th among 14...