Hawaiians look to tradition to cope with Climate change
Hawaii faces a range of environmental problems caused by global warming, impacts worsened by practices that critics say have ignored the local ecology.
They say...
EU calls for climate action
The Ambassador of the European Union in the Pacific, Sujiro Seam, has called on major emitters to be more ambitious in their reduction of...
Fiji records 350 new cases of COVID 19 and 23 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 350 new cases of COVID 19 and 23 new deaths Monday, increasing the total number of cases to 40,517 and 392...
Vaccination reduces transmission by 70 percent: Fiji Health Minister
Vaccination reduces community transmission of the delta variant by seventy percent says Fijian Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete.
Speaking in Parliament Monday, Dr Waqainabete said...
Vanuatu investigates citizenship applicants as Syrian’s approval is revoked
The head of Vanuatu's Citizenship Commission says a Syrian national had his approval for citizenship revoked, and others are being investigated over concerns that...
Militia leader’s honour slammed as insult to East Timor and Australia
The awarding of one of Indonesia’s highest honours to a former militia leader indicted for crimes against humanity has been labelled an insult to...
Kina commits to create jobs, expand Westpac branches in PNG
Kina Securities has made commitments to expand Westpac’s operations in Papua New Guinea if it is allowed to buy them, including creating new jobs,...
Country that could vanish from the map as sea levels rise
The runway of the capital city’s airport jostles for space among the homes crammed around it, which themselves make way for two of the...
Legalise kava production, says Bundaberg Regional Council in submission to DFAT
A local government in Queensland is seeking to grow a crop that has been banned in Australia for more than 20 years as it...
Fiji records 467 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 467 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths Sunday, increasing the total number of cases to 40,167 and 369 deaths...
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Pacific Islands name teams for Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Fiji, Niue and Vanuatu have named their teams for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, which kick off on 23 July.
A number of island nation's have...
COP31 Pacific Climate envoys to elevate Climate Change impacts on global stage
The Pacific COP31 Envoys, endorsed by the Pacific Climate Change Ministers, have now been formally appointed through a joint letter from the COP31 President-Designate...
Palau makes historic call for UN nicotine control ahead of Pacific Leaders’ Forum
Ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum, Palau has made history by becoming the first nation to formally request that the United Nations examine nicotine...