PNG authorities order corpses to be swabbed amid fear of undetected Delta outbreak
One of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers have warned the country’s low testing rates, high percentage of positive tests and low vaccination rates...
Kiribati prolonged lockdown ends work arrangement with German shippers
Hundreds of Kiribati seafarers stranded overseas are pleading with their government to allow them to return home as the country continues to shut its...
Delta variant spreads in PNG
Three Covid-19 Delta cases have been reported in Western Province and Papua New Guinea Health Minister Jelta Wong says the priority now is to...
Low vaccine uptake makes Delta more dangerous for Pasifika and Maori – expert
A Pacific health expert is advising the Pasifika and Maori community to heed lockdown advice and stay home after more cases of the Delta...
Australia’s Pfizer purchase from vaccine-sharing Covax stockpile under fire
Australia’s purchase of 500,000 Pfizer doses from the global vaccine-sharing Covax initiative has renewed debate about whether more Covid-19 vaccines should be reserved for...
Cook Islands quarantine free travel from New Zealand suspended
Cook Islands travel bubble with New Zealand has been suspended after health officials have reported new Covid-19 community cases in Auckland.
Four community cases were...
Fiji records 590 new cases of COVID-19, 11 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 590 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 new deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases to 41,107 and 403 deaths...
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula wins case
Fiji’s Chief Justice Kamal Kumar Tuesday ruled that the Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem's decision to vacate Niko Nawaikula as a Member of Parliament...
12 cases of delta variant confirmed in PNG
Papua New Guinea deputy Controller for National Pandemic response Dr Daoni Esorom says the country has 12 confirmed cases of delta variant.
He said the...
Pacific Step-up or business as usual?
By Leonard Louma
Despite claims of a Pacific ‘Step-up’ and ‘Reset’, very little has changed in Australia and New Zealand’s attitude to the region,...
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Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...
Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...
Forum Economic Ministers to address global risks and regional resilience
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Economic and Finance Ministers will convene in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI)s, on 23 and 24 June 2026...