K500million for PNG election: PM Marape
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the 2022 general election will cost Papua New Guineans about K500 million(US$142 million) with a huge...
ADB, Vanuatu sign $5 million grant to boost transport projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vanuatu today signed a US$5 million grant to help fund the preparation of ADB-supported land,...
Securing climate financing to build resilience to climate change in the Pacific region
Emerging opportunities and challenges in accessing climate finance to build resilience to climate change in the Pacific were identified during the second day of...
PNG logging industry ‘a major money laundering risk’ – report
Illegal logging in Papua New Guinea represents a major money laundering threat as it generates very large illegal profits and it has a very...
Call for a Mercury Free Pacific Campaign
Efforts to effectively deal with mercury in the Pacific and a call for the development of a “Mercury Free Pacific Campaign” to phase out...
COVID-19 Delta variant still ‘most concerning’, say WHO experts
Even with the emergence of the new Mu COVID-19 variant, the Delta strain remains the top concern globally, appearing to “outcompete” others, senior officials...
Marshall Islands maintains Covid restrictions, ups vaccinations and readies for worst
In a world reeling from the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant, one of the strictest quarantine border controls has kept the Marshall Islands...
Rise in gun trade for 2022 election in PNG
There has been an increase in the trade and movement of guns along Papua New Guinea’s borders in preparation for the 2022 national election...
Fiji records 160 new cases of COVID-19, five new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 160 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases in the island nation to...
New deal secures more Pacific Islander farmworkers for Victoria
Victoria will get an extra 1,500 Pacific Islander workers to fill shortages on farms, but the farming federation has warned more quarantine facilities are...
Latest article
El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...