Samoa caretaker PM Tuilaepa says post election process is not yet complete
Samoa caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi says the post election process is not yet complete, and all 51 electoral consituents of Samoa...
Fiji records 241 new cases of COVID-19, One death reported
Fiji has reported 241 new cases of COVID-19 infections and one death Monday.
Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong says five cases are...
Australia to arm PNG patrol boats
The Australian Department of Defence has announced it will arm the Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s four new Guardian-class Patrol Boats.
The equipment will be...
Legal definition of ‘ecocide’ a new milestone in efforts to criminalise environmental mass destruction
A new, much-awaited legal definition of “ecocide” has moved the world a step closer to recognising the plunder and mass destruction of nature as...
Team Fiji names team to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
FASANOC’s Executive Board is making the following recommendations for Athletes and Officials to represent Team Fiji at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
National Federations have been...
PNG Election dates approved
Papua New Guineans are expected to go to the polls to elect the 111 parliamentarians on 11 June 2022.
Nominations will be received at 4pm...
PTI Australia delivers record Pacific investment deals through COVID-19
Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia, an agency of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, has launched its 2020 Annual Report, highlighting more than AUD$20 million...
We’ll resolve Samoa’s crisis using ‘Pacific way’: Puna
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna says they are using the “Pacific Way” to assist Samoa resolve its two-months-running constitutional crisis.
In his...
FAST swearing-in unlawful but Parliament must sit: Supreme court
The Samoa Supreme Court has declared the swearing in of the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party on the lawns outside Parliament...
Forum Secretary General welcomes civil society forum 2021
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary general Henry Puna has welcomed the input of civil society leaders to regional policy, saying that regional stakeholders must...
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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...
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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,...