19 Vanuatu MPs retain seats
The decision of the former Vanuatu Speaker of Parliament on the announcement of the vacation of seats of 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) has...
‘Pardoning Unfair’: Former Vanuatu MP
The President of Liberal Democratic Party, Willie Jimmy, said granting pardons to three former Vanuatu Prime Ministers (PMs), particularly Charlot Salwai, who had not...
Climate action essential to cool ‘season of fire and floods’ worldwide: Deputy UN chief
With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to...
Fiji records 128 new cases of COVID-19, 12 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 128 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths Monday, increasing the total number of cases in the Pacific nation to 47,923...
PNG COVID-19 summit to be held in November
A National Summit on Covid-19 will be held this November, says Papua New Guinea National Pandemic Controller David Manning.
Manning said that they intended to...
New Caledonia goes into lockdown after Covid-19 community outbreak
New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday Tuesday.
The three cases are not connected...
Fiji’s vaccination effort world-class: Feakes
Fiji has been recognised as one of the few, if not the only country to have reached a commendable feat in its vaccination rate.
Australian...
Cocaine, geography and Covid-19, drug trafficking in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police network says one of the biggest challenges countries in the region face with drugs washing up on their...
Telstra boss visits PNG for Digicel talks
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has visited Papua New Guinea to discuss with the country’s political leaders the company’s planned purchase of telco Digicel...
Australia needs to ‘step-up’ in Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia is seeking to expand its foreign engagement beyond the United States, and it is in Australia’s interests to answer the...
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Pacific Leaders’ 2050 Plan gains ground but gaps remain, Forum report shows
Pacific Islands Forum members are making progress on a long-term regional plan, but challenges remain in turning commitments into results, according to a new...
Lopsided deal: Legal analysis raises concerns over Tonga’s deep-sea mining agreement
When Pacific leaders gather to discuss the future of deep-sea mining, the conversation often centres on economic opportunity. For Tonga, that promise has come...
China-U.S competition for rare earths sparks plan to mine Pacific seabed near Guam
A U.S plan to potentially mine an area of Pacific seabed roughly the size of Nevada near two U.S territories is the latest example...