Pacific Islands Forum: the first casualty of a changing culture of dialogue
by Hermann Mückler
The withdrawal of the five Micronesian members from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) may be seen by pessimists as the beginning of...
RNZAF delivers PPE to PNG to help with COVID-19 response
Crew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 have carried out a contactless delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Port Moresby...
Early school break for PNG, as government plans to arrest current surge in Covid-19...
Term one of the school year has been cut short, and a four-week holiday begins on Monday, as the Papua New Guinea Government implements...
PNG could already have Covid vaccines if Australia and others had not blocked waiver,...
Papua New Guinea could have received Covid-19 vaccines before its current crisis if Australia had not been part of a group of countries that...
We are in the crisis of the century’: Europe threatens to seize AstraZeneca factories
Europe has threatened to seize AstraZeneca factories and strip the pharmaceutical giant of its intellectual property rights in a fresh escalation of the bitter...
Democratic Party reject calls for decade-long ban on seabed mining in policy flip
Following a recent public consultation in the northern group and an internal policy review, the Cook Islands Opposition Democratic Party has come out against...
PNG welcomes Australia’s promise of 8,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses as infections increase at ‘alarming’...
One of Papua New Guinea's leading doctors says Australia's promise to share COVID-19 vaccine doses is of vital importance.
“We desperately need the vaccine because...
Fiji affirms commitment to building resilient infrastructure
Fiji is at the forefront of global efforts to strengthen disaster and climate resilience by pursuing resilient infrastructure development.
This message was conveyed at the...
Health experts give green light to Janssen COVID jab, allay clotting concerns
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE, which allayed concerns over...
Fresh water and a new desalination plant arrives in Banaba
The people of Banaba in Kiribati have received the much-needed fresh water supplies from the capital Tarawa on Sunday – after a year without...
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New report warns of Solomon Islands health system under strain
Australia is being accused of draining skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries to fix its own shortage of care workers, pushing fragile health...
Fiji secures agreement on Ocean and climate action Resolution at UNEA-7
Pacific delegations at the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) are celebrating a breakthrough in Nairobi with Fiji securing an agreement on...
The Late Akilisi Pōhiva: A Tongan Voice for Justice and Liberation of West Papua
By Mele Tuuakitau, USP Journalism Student
Tonga’s Support for decolonisation in the Pacific: Can we do more?
As a small island state in the Pacific,...