Japan Foreign Minister assures Pacific nations of ALPS treated water discharge compliance
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has reassured her Pacific counterparts the discharge of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) treated water from the Fukushima nuclear...
Cook Islands Foreign Minister urges global recognition of regional priorities
Cook Islands foreign affairs minister Tingika Elikana Monday highlighted the need to drive discussions on regional priorities and forge inter-regional cooperation essential for global...
Indian Ocean security threats on par with Pacific: Wong
Unprecedented threats facing the Indian Ocean are just as serious as those confronting Pacific nations, with regional security, climate change, and humanitarian issues causing...
Joseph Lelang resigns as PNG Opposition Leader
Joseph Lelang has resigned as Papua New Guinea Leader of the Opposition and also as a member of the People’s National Congress party.
This shocking...
Japan to give ¥2.4 billion grant aid to Samoa
Japan on Saturday promised 2.4 billion yen(US$6,701,111) in grant aid to Samoa to help improve a national university's facilities, as Japan's foreign minister met...
Japan and Marshall Islands strengthen ties
Japan's Foreign Affairs Minister Kamikawa Yoko has met with Kalani Kaneko, the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister of the Marshall Islands, ahead of the...
PNG PM Marape’s time is up: Namah
Vanimo -Green MP Beldan Namah says it’s time to take back Papua New Guinea from Prime Minister James Marape.
Namah said that Marape was weaponising...
NZ, Samoa renew Statement of Partnership
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa have renewed their promise to work closely together on climate change,...
Elikana Elikana sworn in as new Cook Islands Cabinet Minister
Pukapuka-Nassau MP Tingika Elikana is the new Cook Islands Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marine Resources and Parliamentary Services.
He replaces former DPM Robert Tapaitau following...
Micronesian leaders warn ‘competitive political actors’ exploiting delays in U.S funding
Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, which occupy a militarily strategic expanse of the western Pacific, have warned that delays to U.S financial assistance...
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Jeremiah Manele is the new Prime Minister of Solomon Islands
Jeremiah Manele has been elected prime minister of Solomon Islands polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and former opposition leader Mathew Wale...
Election of the Solomon Islands new PM now underway
The election of the Solomon Islands new Prime Minister is now underway at the National Parliament.
The Governor General Sir David Vunagi is presiding over...
Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4),...