PCRIC enhances its footprint through new website
In the lead-up to the upcoming COP26, the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), has strategically launched its website to serve both as a...
Fiji High Court strikes out no jab no job case
Fiji's High Court has struck out the constitutional redress filed by Lautoka lawyer Aman Ravindra Singh on the no jab no job policy.
The matter...
New Zealand donates more COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX and the Pacific
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Associate Health Minister Aupito Sua William Sio announced today that New Zealand is donating additional Pfizer vaccines to...
Fiji PM conveys Pacific’s unwavering commitment to the historic UN Food Summit
In a historic event convened by the United Nations today, Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) delivered a...
UN SG’s António Guterres remarks at virtual meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders
Thank you for the opportunity to once again address the Pacific Islands Forum.
Your nations are confronting a dual crisis of climate change and the...
Household Income and Expenditure Survey clarity
By Kemueli Naiqama, former Fiji Bureau of Statistics chief
I note that there has been much debate since the release of the 2019-2020 Household Income...
Forum Leaders to meet with UN Secretary-General Guterres
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders will meet with the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, in the margins of the 76th Session of the UN General...
UN chief appeals for countries to sign nuclear test-ban treaty
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday again urged eight key countries which have not yet signed or ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), to...
Marshall Islands president urges UN to monitor geopolitical tension in Pacific
The Marshall Islands president has urged world leaders at the United Nations to monitor geopolitical tensions in the Pacific.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in...
Fiji records 177 new cases of COVID-19, four new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 177 new cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths Thursday, increasing the total number of cases to 50,377 and 581 deaths...
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“When you deny us the science, you deny our future”: Pacific advocate at Bonn...
Pacific civil society organisations have warned that attempts to weaken the role of science in international climate negotiations risk undermining climate justice and the...
Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...
Climate, migration and leadership rise to the top of Pacific’s 2050 agenda
The Pacific Islands Forum is translating its 2050 Strategy into a more concrete set of priorities focused on climate resilience, regional mobility and leadership...