UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers...
UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the...
Cook Islands detects first positive Covid-19 case
A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since 21 May, 2021 has tested positive for Covid-19, after requesting to be...
Fiji reports alarming 83 new positive cases; new cluster in Naitasiri Province
Fiji has recorded an alarmingly high 83 new cases on Sunday, its highest daily figure yet.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr...
New Samoa Government should be delayed: Fonotoe
Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) deputy leader Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo says no Government should be formed in Parliament until election-related legal issues have...
Pacific nations want answers to questions, more evidence in Japan plans to dump Fukushima...
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has called for more answers and evidence-based science on Japan’s plans to dump more than a million...
Restoration call for area ‘the size of China’ to protect falling biodiversity and food...
An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to...
UN states seek more teeth and sting in the corruption fight
By Samisoni Pareti
Ensuring general elections are transparent, free and fair and that the independence of the judiciary are upheld are among key features...
UN hails new anti-corruption network, as ‘important step’ to build trust, promote justice
With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN launched an initiative on Thursday to “empower all countries” to find practical solutions...
Negotiations underway between Samoa political leaders HRPP, FAST
Samoa's outgoing prime minister and prime minister-elect met on Thursday afternoon as part of secretly-held negotiations about the transition to a new national government.
However,...
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Fiji PM Rabuka calls for “Constructive Pacific Journalism” while defending media freedom
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called for what he described as “Constructive Pacific Journalism”, urging media organisations to...
Pacific must have a strong voice in shaping its own destiny: Fiji PM Rabuka
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called on Pacific media to help strengthen the region’s vision of an Ocean...
PINA honours PM Rabuka for repeal of Fiji’s media law
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has recognised Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka for the repeal of the Media...