Cook Islands PM Mark Brown meets with Samoa PM in Fiji ahead of Forum...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa in Suva this week ahead of the upcoming Forum Foreign...
Cook Islands and Nauru discuss Pacific partnerships for prosperity
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown met with his Nauru counterpart Russ Kun Thursday ahead of today’s Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting (FFMM) to be...
PICAN urges Fiji to work with Forum leaders on Japanese nuclear dumping plan
By Sanjeshni Kumar
Fiji has come under scrutiny from the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) for endorsing Japan’s decision to discharge over one...
U.S stands ready to support Fiji Government, No villains and heroes in geopolitics: Fiji...
The United States has reaffirmed support for the Peoples’ Coalition Government’s development priorities to enhance democracy, boost economic growth, improve food security, empower women...
Pacific Islands Forum Troika Meet in Suva
The Prime Ministers of the Cook Islands, Tonga and Fiji met on Friday 11 August at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva to...
Contest in the Pacific
Geostrategic contests in the Pacific region have “elevated” over the past few years.
This was highlighted by newlyappointed Australian high commissioner to Fiji Ewen McDonald,...
Call for a review of the ‘regional architecture’ to address the needs of Forum...
By Pita Ligaiula
With so many regional plans, strategies, frameworks – and now the 2050 Strategy, some Pacific countries are concerned with very less implementation...
8th MACFEST to be hosted in Fiji with first ever Melanesian Pageant
The two-week 7th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFEST) officially ended on Sunday 31July with Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau passing the torch to...
Defence Minister Richard Marles happy for Australia to support Solomon Islands defence force
-Defence Minister Richard Marles declared Australia would be “very keen” to help Solomon Islands set up its own defence force and says the Pacific...
The Loss and Damage of Niue’s history
Ninety percent of Niue’s artefacts housed in the national museum, along with archives and records, were destroyed during Tropical Cyclone Heta in 2004.
The category...
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Corruption in Tonga has shifted into Civil Service: PINA President Moala
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Veteran Tongan journalist and Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala says corruption in the Pacific is no...
UNODC warns climate funds face corruption risks as Pacific climate finance grows
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
The growing flow of climate and disaster finance into the Pacific must be matched by stronger accountability as complex...
Pacific journalists urged to scrutinise climate finance
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific journalists will examine corruption risks in climate finance and disaster response programmes Monday, focusing on how weak oversight...