Tuvalu ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Tuvalu has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), bringing the total number of Treaty ratifications to 172 and underscoring the Pacific island state’s commitment...
Fiji’s 2022 General Election will be highly contested
Fiji's 2022 General Election will be a highly contested one that can only be won by political parties that work together says former politician,...
Nauru records first COVID cases
Nauru’s President Lionel Aingimea has announced the first two COVID-19 cases in Nauru, while stressing that there is no cause for panic.
The two COVID-positive...
‘We are not interested in dirty money’, Palau President Whipps says
The response to Palau’s much-ballyhooed digital residency programme has been much slower than expected. So far, 800 people have signed up since the programme...
Fijiana Drua bust Waratahs’ Super W streak
Fijiana Drua have burst the NSW Waratahs' bubble to all but book a berth in the Super W final.
The Drua turned on the style...
Scientists to set sail for Tonga to map sea floor following eruption
NIWA scientists are sailing to Tonga next week to survey the ocean around the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano after the devastating eruption in January.
Thousands of...
SPREP farewells Kosi Latu as Director General
Commemorating over a decade of achievements made, the staff of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) had a special virtual farewell...
UN health agency launches bid to stop a new global pandemic
“Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion people, they’re a deadly threat – which is...
Scientists decode why Tonga volcanic eruption was so explosive
A smaller eruption in Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano may have primed it for the massive explosion that happened in January this year,...
China, Solomon Islands agree controversial security pact
The Solomon Islands on Thursday said it had inked a wide-ranging security pact with Beijing, an agreement Western allies fear will pave the way...
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AI must support journalists, not replace them: Pacific Media summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific newsrooms must use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to strengthen journalism without sacrificing human judgement, editorial standards and cultural expertise,...
Pacific Leaders unite to advance Global Ocean action and protect the Blue Pacific
As the world prepares for the largest annual climate summit in the coming months, Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have reaffirmed their collective commitment to...
Fiji Govt rejects claims Constitution review was rushed
The Coalition Government has defended the pace of Fiji’s constitutional review process, rejecting criticism that it has been rushed.
The Constitutional Review Commission’s (CRC) report...