PNG is back on the brink of a delta variant disaster
Complacency and vaccine hesitancy at all levels of society have left PNG wide open to delta infection. The country needs outside help – and...
PNG Speaker’s ‘bizarre’ bid to delay 2022 General Elections by one year
Papua New Guinea Parliament Speaker Job Pomat has proposed to defer the 2022 National General Elections by one year, stating that the PNG Electoral...
Samoa Court adjourns Prime Minister’s private prosecution trial
Samoa District Court Judge Alalatoa Rosela Papalii reluctantly granted another adjournment in the hearing of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataafa’s private prosecution trial.
She granted...
Fiji Rugby names Flying Fijians management and players for November tour
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and traveling restrictions and challenges, the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has altered its November tour plan for the Flying...
Sekope Kepu added to Moana Pasifika squad
Moana Pasifika have pulled off another major signing, adding former Wallabies prop Sekope Kepu to their squad ahead of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific...
Moana Pasifika announce signings of three Manu Samoa internationals
Moana Pasifika have continued their spending spree in the lead-up to their debut Super Rugby Pacific campaign by announcing the signings of three Manu...
OFC launches new online learning platform OFC Learn
The Oceania Football Confederation is proud to announce the launch of its new online learning platform OFC Learn, which will revolutionise the way people...
Pacific Forum welcomes NZ climate aid boost, urges collective action
The head of the Pacific Islands Forum says New Zealand's climate aid boost augurs well heading into COP26, and is pushing all developed countries...
UN calls on everyone to play a role in disaster response
When it comes to surviving disaster, the United Nations’ Pacific Resident Coordinator of Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon...
Deaths rising in PNG, Australia deploys emergency medical team
The Covid-19 death toll continues to rise around Papua New Guinea,with the biggest hospital recording 35 in three weeks, officials say.
Port Moresby General Hospital...
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Naoero opens embassy in Jerusalem, drawing regional and international condemnation
Naoero has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the ninth country to establish its diplomatic mission in the city and drawing condemnation from Jordan...
11 years on, Pacific Meteorological leaders revisit Nuku’alofa declaration
The Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC) is meeting today in Tonga to revisit commitments first made more than a decade ago.
The meeting comes 11 years...
Sea level rise is locked in, UN overshoot pathway too late for the Pacific
By Elenoa Masi
The United Nations has suggested a pathway to manage global warming, which is now predicted to breach the 1.5 degrees target in...