Biden declares state of emergency for Guam and CNMI
President Biden Monday declared a state of emergency for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and ordered federal assistance to supplement local responses to...
PNG PM Marape condemns Hamas attack on Israel
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has condemned the attack on Israel, saying war-related violence is out of place in this modern day...
PNG Terrorism Act to be introduced
Papua New Guinea’s bill to amend the Terrorism Act has been drafted and ready to be presented to Cabinet before it is tabled in...
Question mark still remains over who will lead the Forum
With the countdown now on till the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Rarotonga, a question mark still remains over who will take over...
Forum to develop regional strategy on labour mobility
By Richard Naidu
The annual meeting of Trade Ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji has agreed on the need to develop a...
Charlot Salwai elected prime minister of Vanuatu
Vanuatu's prime minister Sato Kilman has been voted out through a motion-of-no-confidence in the country's parliament Friday in Port Vila.
The motion was carried by...
PNG threatens to send refugees back to Australia unless it keeps funding humanitarian programme
Refugees exiled to Papua New Guinea a decade ago will be sent back to Australia if the Australian government fails to continue funding PNG’s...
Sato Kilman ousted as Vanuatu prime minister
Vanuatu's prime minister Sato Kilman has been voted out of office in a motion of no confidence at parliament this afternoon in Port Vila.
The...
PNG PM appeals for Australia, Singapore help to fight corruption
The government of Papua New Guinea has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police to link money...
Vanuatu PM Kilman lost his MPs ahead of facing no confidence motion today
In the lead-up to today's no-confidence motion, Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman has experienced a significant loss of support among his Members of Parliament...
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UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch
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