New ideas, new resources: ADB’s blue bond a big step toward healthy oceans
The Asia and Pacific region is home to three-quarters of global coral reefs and more than half of all mangrove areas.
The region’s aquaculture production...
Pacific media leaders meet to tackle corruption
Pacific Island media CEOs and owners are meeting in the Solomon Islands and online from today to consider how they can better support anti-corruption...
12 dead, hundreds sick after drinking stolen methanol in PNG
A senior PNG health official says twelve people have died and more than a hundred are seriously ill after villagers in PNG's Eastern Highlands...
Vaccine apathy threatening to plunge Papua New Guinea into international isolation
A new term has come into play in Papua New Guinea, not vaccine hesitancy, but vaccine apathy, coined by the man leading the country's...
Fiji records 131 new cases of COVID-19, one new death reported
Fiji has recorded 131 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death reported Tuesday, increasing the total number of cases to 49,174 and 537...
Cook Islands will only accept vaccinated tourists when travel bubble resume
All future tourists to the Cook Islands aged 12 years and older need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, says Cook Islands government.
The only...
Samoa new chair of Pacific Small Islands Developing States
Samoa has succeeded Fiji in chairing the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS) international grouping at the United Nations in New York.
Outgoing PSIDS Chair,...
Forum SG Henry Puna statement to third Japan-PIF briefing on Fukushima wastewater
Warm Pacific greetings from Suva. I am pleased to welcome you all to this third briefing session with Japan in relation to the ALPS...
Samoa Speaker clarifies Parliament quorum
Samoa Parliament Speaker, Papali’i Li’o Tae’u Masipa’u has confirmed that parliament has the quorum to meet in its session that started today where the...
Quarantine options for Pacific workforce
Australia is weighing up new quarantine arrangements for Pacific farm workers coming from countries with low coronavirus cases and high vaccination rates.
Pacific Minister Zed...
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Samoa Minister threatens to revoke Samoa Observer business license
Samoa Minister of Revenue and Member of Parliament for Vaimauga No. 1, Pauga Talalelei Pauga, threatened to revoke the Samoa Observer's business licence during...
Do not let geopolitical disputes hijack the Blue Pacific: The 2026 Pacific Islands Forum...
By Oliver Brown, Independent political analyst
In 2026, the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leader Meeting (PIFLM) will kick off in Palau.
Under the theme “Building Economies:...
Negotiators fail to find agreement in numerous areas at Bonn climate talks
An environmental organisation in Germany says there is a great deal of work to be done before COP31.
The mid-year UN climate negotiations - in...