Solomon Islands PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale
Solomon Islands Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week’s rioting in...
Guam Catholic Church offers to pay up to US$34million to sex abuse victims
Guam's Catholic Church has come up with a revised proposed payment of US$27.96 million to US$34.38 million to those who claimed they were raped...
Tropical tuna measure, albacore, compliance monitoring and labour standards head FFA priorities for WCPFC18
By Francisco Blaha
The public perception of fisheries tends to focus on operations—boats, weather, accidents, overfishing, illegal fishing. It can be difficult to focus much...
Is Gender-based Violence the worst Pandemic we have ever faced?
OP- Ed by Levan Bouadze, Resident Representative, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji
The COVID-19 pandemic affected lives, plagued economies, left millions without jobs and income...
Pacific Island leaders bemoan weak Glasgow climate pact
Leaders from Pacific Islands threatened by rising sea levels said they were disappointed with the Glasgow climate pact, which called for a phase down...
New Zealand to send dozens of peacekeepers to Solomon Islands
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she is ‘deeply concerned by the recent civil unrest and rioting in Honiara’
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda...
Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, the head...
Positive travellers from African states in quarantine
Fiji currently have COVID-positive travellers in quarantine who arrived in the country from African states before we knew about Omicron.
Permanent Secretary for Health and...
Samoa Electoral Commissioner resigns immediately
Samoa Electoral Commissioner, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, tendered his resignation on Wednesday with immediate effect to become the new Land and Titles Court Deputy President,...
NZ rugby open to sending teams to Australia for start of Super Rugby Pacific amid COVID travel uncertainty
Amid the ongoing uncertainty of the COVID pandemic, New Zealand Rugby has revealed to Newshub definitively that the inaugural season of Super Rugby Pacific...
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Pacific Economic Ministers remain cautious on Iran-U.S deal as fuel price uncertainty persists
Pacific countries are not placing significant confidence in the emerging Iran-United States agreement and will continue preparing for fuel market volatility as uncertainty in...
Forum expands effort to tackle Correspondent Banking challenges across Pacific
Forum Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa says the Pacific’s Correspondent Banking Relationship (CBR) office is now fully established and working to address banking challenges...
Pacific Private sector warns Ministers of rising costs as fuel crisis dominates talks
Rising energy costs and the impact of the Middle East fuel crisis dominated discussions between Pacific finance ministers and private sector leaders during a...