World must ‘change track’ to protect oceans from climate crisis: Guterres
The planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres told the One Ocean Summit on Friday,...
Pacific Islands Forum solidarity may survive yet
There has been a reprieve for Pacific regionalism and the unity of the Pacific Islands Forum.
And U.S Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has welcomed...
SG Puna takes Blue Pacific priorities to France Summit
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has called on all States to play their part when it comes to maintaining the health of...
U.S plans Solomon Islands embassy in push to counter China
The United States will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday as he committed more diplomatic...
Blinken says U.S has a ‘long-term future’ in the Pacific Islands
As the first U.S secretary of state to visit Fiji in 36 years, Antony Blinken wanted to make clear that jetting here to meet...
PNG eases travel condition
No approval from the pandemic response controller will be required for international arrivals from Wednesday.
Controller David Manning told The National that this meant passengers...
Not a moment to lose, in race to meet Sustainable Development Goals: UN...
The President of the UN General Assembly convened the first system-wide meeting on Thursday, dedicated to galvanising action towards implementing the ground-breaking blueprint, known...
Samoan seasonal workers take legal action against Australian employers
Two Samoan workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employers Scheme in Australia have taken legal action against their Australian employers for wrongful dismissal.
The two workers...
99.9 percent of eligible population fully vaccinated in CNMI
As of Thursday, 10 January 2022, roughly 99.9 percent of the eligible population in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI), or 43,047 individuals,...
Freely Associated States at centre of U.S disconnect
There is an ongoing and remarkable disconnect in the American political world.
Multiple studies, think tanks, academics and political pundits, and U.S Congress people —...
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Bougainville independence must be resolved by PNG, Bougainville: Aust Foreign Minister Wong
Australia says the question of Bougainville’s independence must be resolved through negotiations between the Autonomous Bougainville Government and Papua New Guinea, while Canberra is...
PNG faces crisis due to impacts of El Niño, sends warning to rest of...
A severe environmental crisis.
Those were the words used by Papua New Guinea’s First Secretary for the Ministry of Transport, Coffee and Meteorology, Nos Werao...
Fiji takes South Fiji Basin claim to UN
Fiji is seeking international recognition of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the South Fiji Basin, with its...