Protect the Poor when fighting money laundering in the Pacific
By Lotte Schou-Zibell, Regional Director of the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office in Australia.
The risk of "de-risking" – the process...
NZ commits $1.3bn to climate change aid
New Zealand has carved off a sizeable chunk of its foreign aid budget towards combating climate change, committing NZ$1.3 billion(US$920,000) to support vulnerable communities.
The...
PNG Government passes Bill on climate change
Papua New Guinea will join hands with its Pacific neighbours to strengthen and amplify the voices calling for global action to address climate change...
‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands
By Kalolaine Fainu
Francis Tony is buried on an island that is shrinking.
The sea breaks on a shoreline that is now less than five...
Rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns
Projected sea level rise would mean 40 percent of the buildings in the Marshall Islands’ capital of Majuro would be permanently flooded and entire...
Now Morrison is going to COP26, he must take a meaningful climate target: Greenpeace
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement that he will attend the COP26 Climate Summit, after weeks of threatening not to attend, has been labelled...
COP26: Amplifying Pacific voices at Glasgow conference
The General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches(PCC), Reverend James Bhagwan, says its vital Pacific voices are heard at the UN's Climate Change...
COP26 should be a turning point for leaders: UK High Commissioner Edgar
The British High Commissioner to Fiji is hoping that COP26 will be a turning point in which the world’s governments and leaders start taking...
Experts call on Pacific community to take inspiration from Fiji as vaccination rates lag behind
A group of experts are imploring the Pacific community to take inspiration from how Fiji has dealt with COVID-19 and increase their vaccination rates.
Currently...
Samoa Speaker unaware by-election dates have changed
Samoan Parliament Speaker, Papali’i Li’o Ta’eu Masipa’u was surprised when asked why the dates for the seven by-elections had been changed from 12 to...
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Samoa MPs to be drug tested before they can run for Parliament
Samoa’s war against drugs will extend to ensuring Parliamentarians are drug free before entering an election.
That is the stance of Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao...
“Accountable to Parliament, not the PM”: Solomon Islands PM Manele invokes separation of powers...
Solomon Isands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has moved to de-escalate tensions surrounding the recent mass resignation of Parliamentary Standing Committee chairs, asserting that these...
Dome over contaminated nuclear blast site is leaking — expert warns risk from lethal...
Experts are having a nuclear meltdown.
Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear blast site have sparked fears that the containment area has sprung...