Fiji PM promotes digital innovation as powerful driver of sustainable development at SIDS Forum
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says digital innovation can be a powerful driver of sustainable development sharing Fiji’s experience which has shown how the...
PNG’s ruling Pangu Party elects first woman president
Well-known former Papua New Guinea radio and tourism personality Erigere Singin has made history by being elected as the first woman national president of...
Kava: The Pacific’s Economic ‘Diamond’ is being coveted by competitors
By Thomas Heaton
A tonic made from the roots of a plant endemic to the Pacific region has...
Peace by peaceful means has been the only answer -Bougainville President Toroama
Bougainville today celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) that was signed between the people of Bougainville and the Government of...
Fiji PM opens first ever virtual Small Islands Developing States Solution Forum
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today officially opened the first ever virtual SIDS Solutions Forum hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) co-hosted...
Samoa urges U.S to commit to nuclear-free Pacific
Samoa's former Ambassador to the United Nations, Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, has called on the United States to ratify a treaty declaring the South Pacific...
Fiji records 396 new cases of COVID-19, six new cases on Malolo Island
Fiji has recorded 396 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, increasing the total number of cases 45,957 and 477 death since the outbreak in April.
Fiji's...
Man arrested for threatening to assassinate Panuelo over vax mandate
Authorities have arrested a man who threatened to assassinate Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President David Panuelo, in his social media posts.
The FSM government...
Kiribati seafarers ask Government to prevent SPMS from leaving country
Kiribati Minister for Employment and Human Resource has assured Government will try its best to ensure that the South Pacific Marine Services (SPMS) does...
UK Government supports Pacific island progress on extended continental shelf submissions
The UK Government has signed an agreement with the Pacific Community (SPC) for £263,000 (US$359,000) that will help Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Tonga...
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Pacific urged to strengthen financial systems against global risks
Pacific countries have been urged to strengthen risk-based financial supervision to protect access to global banking systems, improve financial inclusion and combat financial crime...
Pacific faces rise of “crime of greed” – Fiji Defence Minister Naivalurua
Pacific nations are confronting a dangerous shift from “crime of need to crime of greed” as transnational criminal syndicates expand sophisticated operations across the...
EFL warns Fiji facing power rationing
Energy Fiji Limited (EFL) has warned that Fiji could face controlled national power rationing from 01 June if urgent fuel cost recovery support is...