“Media Workers are also COVID-19 Frontline Workers,” says PINA President
As we join the global community in marking the UNESCO 2021 World Press Freedom Day today, the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) acknowledges the...
The Fijian Media Association statement on World Press Freedom Day 2021
The Fijian Media Association takes this moment on World Press Freedom Day to thank and pay tribute to its members for their courageous and...
Dame Meg Taylor’s Pacific Islands Forum Legacy
Written by Greg Fry
At the centre of the recent crisis in Pacific regionalism has been a high stakes tussle over the appointment of...
NZ, Cook Islands travel bubble significant step in COVID-19 recovery
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown have today announced that, pending final confirmation by New Zealand’s Director-General...
Domestic terrorists declare war with state: PNG Police Commissioner Manning
The attack on police and burning of 13 police houses in Milne Bay last week is an act of terrorism and will be dealt...
Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists call for regional commitment to Media Freedom
Marking World Press Freedom Day 2021, the Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) has called for a regional Pacific commitment to boost media freedom and...
Palau President Whipps says PIF apology over Secretary-General selection requires action
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr said while Micronesia welcomes the apology made by the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the sub-region will remain steadfast on...
PNG Covid-19:Mistrust fuels crisis as infections rise
In the dense fog of Covid-19 misinformation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) lurk deeply embedded beliefs in witchcraft.
As Australia's nearest neighbour battles with what...
28 election petitions filed in the Samoa Supreme Court
A total of 28 election petitions have been filed in the Samoa Supreme Court following last month’s general elections.
The petitions are registered at the...
Tuilaepa should concede defeat, says FAST leader Fiamē Mata’afa
Samoa caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi should accept the result of the general elections and concede defeat.
This is according to the leader of...
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Forum Members attend U.S.–Pacific Investment Summit
Several Pacific Islands Forum Leaders and Ministers are in Honolulu this week to participate in the U.S–Pacific Investment Summit held from 22 - 24...
Media Interview of ADB President Masato Kanda by Makereta Komai, Manager & Editor in...
President Kanda, the Pacific faces overlapping crises — climate change, debt pressure, and slow growth. What is ADB’s top priority in the Pacific right...
Japan Defence Minister calls for ‘multilayered network’ to protect Pacific as”Ocean of Peace”
Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has called for stronger regional interconnectivity to safeguard the Pacific as an “Ocean of peace,” warning that the region...