Strict bail for former Fiji PM Bainimarama and Qiliho
Fiji' former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho have been released on bail by the Suva’s Magistrates Court today.
Resident Magistrate...
Vulnerable nations set up alliance to prepare loss and damage action plans
-A group of least developed countries and small island states have joined forced with researchers to better support communities recover from climate damages.
Nepal, Bangladesh,...
“The ship has reached the shore”: why the historic Agreement to protect the High...
By Glen Wright, Senior Research Fellow, International Ocean Governance. Arne Langlet PhD student in MARIPOLDATA, University of Vienna, Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki, MARIPOLDATA
On Saturday...
Climate crisis, pandemic, market isolation keeping Tuvalu on LDC list says PM Natano
Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano has asked a global conference on the world’s least developed countries for indexing that highlights vulnerability to climate as...
Pacific Islands Forum hails historic Treaty of the High Seas
The Pacific Islands Forum has applauded a United Nations treaty to protect ocean life by establishing protected areas in international waters.
The “ambitious” treaty was...
Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama charged with abuse of power
Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was charged with one account of abuse of office, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Christopher Pryde said...
Beneficial ownership transparency dialogue to counter corruption in the Pacific
Officials and practitioners from the public and private sectors from seven Pacific islands countries, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu,...
Former Fiji military officer back in Fiji after 12 years in Tonga
Former army officer, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, arrived in Fiji today - 12 years after seeking political asylum in Tonga.
It's understood he will attend...
Slow climate action undermining 2030 agenda as Solomon’s seeks three-year delay to LDC graduation
The Solomon Islands has made a call for a three-year extension to its planned graduation as a Least Developing Country, in December 2024.
In a...
WHO fires director in Western Pacific accused of racist misconduct
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has fired its top official in the Western Pacific after the Associated Press reported last year that dozens of...
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Pacific nations warned to guard sovereignty as Greenland tensions rise
Pacific leaders are being urged to stay vigilant as renewed United States interest in Greenland exposes the risks small nations face when powerful countries...
Military set to launch drone tests over Guam next week
Small drones will fill the skies over the waters of Guam next week for the Department of War’s operational tests, a component of the...