Pacific wants urgent, ambitious action on climate from governments, global community -Forum SG Henry Puna statement at Virtual Island Summit 2021
Warm greetings from the Blue Pacific region, and thank you for this opportunity to share with you what the Pacific Islands Forum is doing...
19 Vanuatu MPs retain seats
The decision of the former Vanuatu Speaker of Parliament on the announcement of the vacation of seats of 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) has...
‘Pardoning Unfair’: Former Vanuatu MP
The President of Liberal Democratic Party, Willie Jimmy, said granting pardons to three former Vanuatu Prime Ministers (PMs), particularly Charlot Salwai, who had not...
Climate action essential to cool ‘season of fire and floods’ worldwide: Deputy UN chief
With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to...
Fiji records 128 new cases of COVID-19, 12 new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 128 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths Monday, increasing the total number of cases in the Pacific nation to 47,923...
PNG COVID-19 summit to be held in November
A National Summit on Covid-19 will be held this November, says Papua New Guinea National Pandemic Controller David Manning.
Manning said that they intended to...
New Caledonia goes into lockdown after Covid-19 community outbreak
New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday Tuesday.
The three cases are not connected...
Fiji’s vaccination effort world-class: Feakes
Fiji has been recognised as one of the few, if not the only country to have reached a commendable feat in its vaccination rate.
Australian...
Cocaine, geography and Covid-19, drug trafficking in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police network says one of the biggest challenges countries in the region face with drugs washing up on their...
Telstra boss visits PNG for Digicel talks
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has visited Papua New Guinea to discuss with the country’s political leaders the company’s planned purchase of telco Digicel...
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Australian PM heads to the Solomon Islands after Fiji breakthrough
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will join the Solomon Islands' independence day celebrations as attention turns to a Chinese missile test in the Pacific...
Bavi one of the strongest storms to pass through Marianas
Super Typhoon Bavi pummeled through the Marianas region Monday morning, with its eye passing over Rota, bringing torrential rains and destructive winds that peaked...
PNG PM to announce reshuffle this week
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says a cabinet reshuffle and portfolio restructuring should be expected on Thursday or Friday.
This follows a review...