Bougainville President Toroama says PNG Parliament breached Melanesian Agreement, calls for international intervention
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has accused Papua New Guinea's National Parliament of breaching the Melanesian Agreement (MA) and undermining the Bougainville peace process after...
Polling cutback sparks anger as New Caledonia heads into tense vote
A major cut in the number of polling stations in New Caledonia’s capital has sparked a heated debate about access to the vote, less...
Acting locally in the Pacific: How discovering new sea star species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone is reshaping what we know about life on the seafloor
This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity calls us to “act locally for global impact,” a principle that resonates deeply with the scientists...
Solomon Islands prime minister raises Pacific security pact proposal during Australia visit
The new prime minister of Solomon Islands has floated the idea of a Pacific-wide security pact during a visit to Canberra, in a move...
The unexploded bombs still threatening a Pacific nation 80 years on
More than 80 years after World War II, unexploded bombs are still being found near homes, schools and gardens in Solomon Islands.
Cleo Fraser, producer...
Samoa PM dismisses ADB airline warning: ‘They don’t know what we are facing’
Samoa Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt has defiantly brushed aside warnings from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that a government-backed airline could prove financially...
More political parties reflect healthy democracy, Fiji needs time for constitutional changes, says Ratuva
The emergence of more political parties ahead of Fiji's next General Election should be viewed as a sign of a healthy democracy rather than...
Palau Justice Minister calls for turning Regional Security aspirations into action
By Kambes Kesolei
Palau’s Minister of Justice, Jennifer Olegeriil, has urged Pacific leaders to ensure that the commitments made at high-level summits and dialogues are...
Governor General warns climate change is Solomon Islands’ most existential threat
The Governor-General, Sir David Tiva Kapu, says climate change is Solomon Islands’ “most existential threat” and is already washing away shorelines, adding that it...
China, Pacific island countries to forge closer cooperation via platforms
A briefing session on China-Pacific Island Countries (PICs) multilateral cooperation platforms was held in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Tuesday.
Qian Bo, China's special...
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PNG faces crisis due to impacts of El Niño, sends warning to rest of...
A severe environmental crisis.
Those were the words used by Papua New Guinea’s First Secretary for the Ministry of Transport, Coffee and Meteorology, Nos Werao...
Fiji takes South Fiji Basin claim to UN
Fiji is seeking international recognition of the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the South Fiji Basin, with its...
PM Brown shifts focus to recovery after Cyclone Wati hits Cook Islands
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the government is shifting its focus to recovery and damage assessments after Tropical Cyclone Wati moved away...