Fiji’s Minister for Women resigns
Fiji’s Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa has resigned from Fiji’s cabinet.
Vuniwaqa’s resignation takes effect Thursday, several sources close to cabinet...
Fiji records 968 new cases of COVID-19, teenager among 11 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 968 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 new deaths Thursday increasing the total number of cases in the island nation to...
Eight new positive COVID-19 Delta strain detections in PNG
Eight additional COVID-19 positive infections in Papua New Guinea have been identified as being the highly infectious Delta strain.
Police Commissioner and Controller of the...
Fiji will chair the Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting
Fiji will take the role of the Chair of the 51st Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting which convenes Friday to commemorate the historic 50th anniversary...
U.S department directed to clean-up handling of Runit Dome nuclear waste
A United States government committee has directed the country's Department of Energy to address safety shortfalls over its handling of nuclear waste stored in...
New Zealand funded vaccines arrive in Fiji
A shipment of 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines funded by the New Zealand Government and sourced in cooperation with Spain has arrived in Fiji.
While...
Climate, Covid and Co-ordination: Forum leaders hold online summit
By Nic Maclellan
A virtual summit of the Pacific Islands Forum will be held this Friday 06 August, after the annual face-to-face meeting of...
Forum Leaders to mark 50th anniversary at virtual meet
-Forum Leaders will meet to commence the 51st Pacific Islands Forum and related meetings and commemorate the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the...
Latest COVID-19 data confirms infections have risen globally for four consecutive weeks
COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week alone,...
Nauru and Tuvalu athletes appear on BBC live interview from Tokyo
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
Two athletes from Oceania were guests on the BBC World Sport broadcast in a live cross on the...
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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.
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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,...