PNG leaders and top officials not reporting corruption, says ICAC
The Papua New Guinea Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)has slammed political leaders and the Government bureaucracy for not doing what they promised when the...
Strengthen Compliance to Safeguard Pacific Banking Access
By Shiu Raj Singh, Lotte Schou-Zibell, Lindsay Chan
Addressing gaps in financial compliance, upgrading digital infrastructure, and improving regulatory capacity can help Pacific countries build...
Cook Islands asks for ADF14 allocation to be disbursed within four years
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy
Cook Islands has encouraged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support its development aspirations – recognising its...
ADB to start consultation on the new Pacific Approach later this year
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy
The new phase of the Asian Development Bank’s strategy that guides and defines it engagement with the...
Fiji and Tonga give ADB approval to raise bonds in their local currencies
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Milan, Italy
Fiji and Tonga have become the first Pacific developing member countries to give the Asia Development Bank...
No-confidence motion withdrawn, Solomon Islands PM Manele stays in power
The motion of no confidence against Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was withdrawn by its mover, Central Honiara MP Gordon Darcy Lilo, after...
Australia-Pacific relations to remain ‘more of the same’ following Labor re-election – experts
No major changes are expected in how Australia engages with the Pacific, geopolitical experts say.
Anthony Albanese's Labor Party will have another three-year term after...
Fiji PM Rabuka discusses Fiji–U. S relations and regional security with CIA regional head
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with Henry Liu, Head of the CIA Office for East Asia and the Pacific, in his office on...
ADB pledges billions for Asia-Pacific overhaul as Nauru pushes for support amid OECD graduation
The Asian Development Bank’s 58th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors opened on 5 May in Milan, Italy, with ADB President Masato Kanda...
No-confidence motion absent from today’s Solomon Islands Parliament agenda
The motion of no confidence (MONC) against the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele, which had previously been scheduled for tabling and...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...