Kiribati launches PACER Plus partnership to boost agricultural exports
Kiribati is set to benefit from technical support and sustainable economic development opportunities arising from participation in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations...
$24.1bn assets: Fiji’s financial system remains sound – RBF
Fiji’s financial system remains sound with total gross assets at $24.1billion (US$11.4 billion).
The Reserve Bank of Fiji’s audited financial statements for the year ending...
Opinion: Does disallowing diversity data create an equitable Fiji?
By Sadhana Sen
The release of Fiji poverty data desegregated by ethnicity and religion by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics in its 2019-20 Household...
New modelling shows children born today set for more climate-induced disasters
There are warnings that children born today can expect to live through up to 24 times more extreme weather events than their grandparents will...
PNG, Vanuatu leaders says the United Nations must assess human rights in West Papua
Papua New Guinea's leader says the United Nations must assess human rights in West Papua as has been called for by the Pacific Islands...
Economic recovery in East Asia and Pacific faces setback
The East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery has been undermined by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, prolonging the distress for firms and...
ADB, NZ, and Australia to help Government reform Solomon Islands’ tax system
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with the governments of New Zealand and Australia to help Solomon Islands overhaul its tax system to...
Fiji macro poverty outlook: World Bank
Eighteen months after the onset of the pandemic, tourism, the life blood of the economy, is still at a virtual standstill, trade flows are...
Kiribati President says AUKUS nuclear submarine deal puts Pacific at risk
The United Kingdom is a long way from the Pacific. But London is front and centre of moves to secure this region against the...
FSM joins global pledge to reduce 2020 methane levels by 30 percent by 2030
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), David Panuelo, has committed his island nation to the Global Methane Pledge; which seeks a...
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El Niño declared as drought and cyclone risks increase: Tonga Meteorological Service
Tonga has declared that El Niño conditions are now in force, with meteorologists warning of increased drought risk, reduced rainfall and a potentially more...
UNESCO launches consultation on fair payment for news in the digital age
UN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News, particularly as online platforms...
WHO and UNAIDS warn HIV gains at risk as funding cuts threaten AIDS response
By Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, and Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe and...