COVID danger has not passed, States must support pandemic treaty: WHO chief Tedros
-UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged all countries on Monday to support a pandemic preparedness treaty, warning that it would be a...
The $3bn bargain: how China dominates Pacific mining, logging and fishing
By Josh Nicholas
One country dominates the Pacific’s resources extraction.
Guardian analysis of trade data has revealed that China received more than half the total...
Outgoing Pacific Forum head warns about external influences
The outgoing head of the Pacific Islands Forum has decried how the region is increasingly defined by the interests of external powers.
She has also...
Palau President Whipps rejects political dialogue with new PIF Secretary-General
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr on Wednesday rejected the call of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) new Secretary-General Henry Puna for a continued political...
Samoa Caretaker Prime Minister, former Speaker, AG and Clerk sued for contempt of Court
The Faatuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi –( FAST) party has lodged a contempt application in Court against the Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa...
Cook Islands Opposition leader support Samoa’s PM- elect Mata’afa
Cook Islands Opposition leader Tina Pupuke Browne has extended congratulations and support to Samoa’s prime minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, encouraging the first woman to...
Samoa CJ recusal, ‘attempt to undermine integrity’, dismissed
A Human Rights Protection Party(HRPP) member has failed in a bid this morning to have the Samoa Chief Justice,Satiu Simativa Perese, recused from an...
Peaceful march on Mulinuu for sixth Samoa woman MP
-More than 300 women dressed in white participated in a peaceful march on Monday morning at Mulinuu to show their support for the addition...
Cook Islands PM gets his first Pfizer jab
-“It was painless and efficient” commented Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown after receiving his first dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine at the...
COVID-19: On the spot fines to be legislated soon says Fiji PM
Fiji Government will soon present a legislation in Parliament to allow “on-the-spot” payment of fines for not wearing masks and businesses not adhering to...
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Samoa says Geneva Weeks strengthened its voice in global trade
Samoa says its participation in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Geneva Weeks helped strengthen its role in global trade discussions and laid the foundation...
Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...