‘No time to lose’ curbing greenhouse gases: WMO
Last year, heat-trapping greenhouse gases reached a new record, surging above the planet's 2011-2020 average, and has continued in 2021, according to a new...
Mass burial approved in PNG
Papua New Guinea Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has authorised the mass burial of 200 bodies in the Port Moresby General Hospital mortuary.
The mortuary...
Urgent action needed as COVID-19 overwhelms PNG health system
The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) calls for concerted international action to support Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a surge...
Pacific Leaders must put Australia on notice, AUKUS “highly problematic” for the region
Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders for abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific's nuclear free accord,...
Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis
Former Australian prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, and former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr, have accused the Morrison government of “cynical indifference”...
China and U.S must cooperate to stop Pacific Islands from sinking, urges Micronesia president
Climate change is more of a threat to the Indo-Pacific region than a great power war, the president of the Pacific’s Federated States of...
Pacific likely to experience double-dip La Niña episode
The Pacific is likely to experience a rare occurrence of what is called a double dip La Niña in the coming months, Climate models...
Nine to twelve tropical cyclones predicted for 2021/2022 cyclone season
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has predicted that between nine to twelve tropical cyclones could impact the the Pacific region...
Fiji MPs cases adjourned to November, Parliament prorogued
Six current and one former Member of Parliament appeared in court today in relation to charges laid by the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption.
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United States provides additional $1.9 million for urgent COVID-19 assistance in the Pacific Islands
The U.S government—through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)— is providing an additional US$1.9 million to help Pacific Island countries manage the...
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France reaffirms commitment to Pacific disaster preparedness with €1 million contribution
As funding for humanitarian preparedness becomes increasingly constrained worldwide, the Pacific Community (SPC) has welcomed the Government of France’s €1 million (US$1.16 million) contribution...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia.
Representatives of the ULMWP were this...
Court to decide Solomon Islands PM’s fate on 01 May in Court of appeal...
After three weeks of intense legal arguments, the nation now waits for 01 May, when the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal will deliver a...