Pacific Elders urge French President to defer independence referendum
Pacific Elders’ Voice have urged the French President to respect the wishes of indigenous leaders in New Caledonia who have called for the deferral...
Fiji President Ratu Wiliame: Voters deserve better
Fiji’s next general election should not become a battle of dividers, of people who pit province against province, religion against religion, or ethnicity against...
Current system will not protect us from the next pandemic, ‘which could happen at any time’
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response...
Climate crisis does not play politics: Fiji President
Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere says some Parliamentarians are blinded by political ambition to accept the threat climate change poses on communities around Fiji.
Ratu...
Seas are coming for us in Kiribati
By Akka Rimon, PhD Student, Australian National University and Anote Tong, Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence, University of Pennsylvania
Despite the progress and momentum of the COP26...
Papua New Guinea will only have one-third of its population vaccinated by 2026
New data released by The Lowy Institute has predicted only a third of Papua New Guinea's adult population will be fully vaccinated by 2026...
FAST party secures Falealupo seat
Fuiono Tenina Crichton is the new Samoa Member of Parliament for Falealupo following the Supreme Court decision Monday to disqualify Tuitogamanaia Dr. Peniamina Leavai...
U.S faces pressure to do more to address its nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands
Two Congress members are asking the U.S Department of Energy to provide more information about the effects of U.S nuclear waste in the Marshall...
PNG Hotel-turned drug lab
Papua New Guinea Police have busted a drug trafficking and methamphetamine (meth) underground operation based at the Sanctuary Hotel.
In a raid on the hotel...
After COP26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping
A meeting of the IMO this week is the first test of translating promises made in Glasgow into bold action. The world must turn...
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El-Nino likely to affect Tuna migration: PNG Fisheries Minister Wong
EL-Nino may affect tuna migration patterns, impacting local fish farming and export opportunities, and the economy, according to Papua New Guinea Fisheries and Marine...
Pacific Island parties and U.S reaffirmed their long-standing partnership at 2026 Treaty consultation in...
The Pacific Island Parties (PIPs) and the United States met Tuesday for the 2026 Consultation under the 1987 Treaty on Fisheries, reaffirming their commitment...
Parties to the Nauru Agreement Ministers Meet for the 21st PNA Ministerial Meeting
The 21st Annual Ministerial meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement was held in Majuro, Marshall Islands from 10 to 12 June 2026.
The...