PNG Stock market worth K120billion
The current size of the PNG stock market is about K120 billion (US$34 billion), according to the PNG Securities Commission.
Acting executive chairman Robert Minak...
Tongan rugby coach ‘clinging to life’ after defending family in stabbing frenzy
Tongan rugby coach and Wallabies legend Toutai Kefu is clinging to life after being stabbed in his Brisbane home while trying to defend his...
Pacific Islands regionalism critical amid geopolitical ‘contest of wills’: U.S Rep Case
Amid a regional rift among the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, U.S representative...
Forum stronger together: Cook Islands PM
As a proud founding member of the Forum, the Cook Islands has always taken the view that we are stronger together” says Prime Minister...
New police patrol boat for Kiribati
Kiribati is the latest recipient of a new police patrol boat donated by Australia.
Radio Kiribati reports the RKS Teanoai II arrived in Kiribati waters...
How the Fijiana battled adversity to win historic Olympic medal at Tokyo Games
Flight FJ 1910 touched down at Nadi International Airport on Wednesday evening local time, as the Fijiana’s historic Olympic campaign concluded in style.
The Tokyo...
Transhipment challenges in the WCPO
By Iliesa Tora
Not many Pacific Island women work on fishing vessels, but a young Fijian woman has found a way to support the...
14 death row prisoners to be executed: PNG Correctional Commissioner
Fourteen out of 15 prisoners currently on death row will be executed after a “possible execution mode is identified”, says Papua New Guinea Correctional...
Fiji records 398 new cases of COVID-19, five new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 398 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths Thursday, increasing the total number of cases to 38,742 and 343 deaths...
$14-million climate change funding support to benefits Pacific Islands
Pacific Countries will be benefiting from a $14-million (US$9.7 million) climate change funding support from the New Zealand government.
The five-year funding assistance will help...
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UN chief urges renewed push to complete decolonisation as 17 territories remain
More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonisation drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished...
Global climate law shifts after Pacific islands push historic rulings
When Pacific Island students secured a historic advisory opinion from the world’s highest court last July, the legal victory was immediate.
What came next has...
WTO ministerial spotlights digital trade, revenue concerns for Pacific islands
As trade officials and civil society groups prepare for the World Trade Organisation’s 14th Ministerial Conference, or MC14, Pacific island nations are watching closely,...