Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers discuss regional priorities at 2021 meeting
Forum Foreign Affairs Ministers will hear from Secretary General Henry Puna for the first time in their annual ministerial meet, the FFMM.
The 2021 FFMM...
PNG regulator rejects stake sale of Westpac’s Pacific businesses
Papua New Guinea’s competition regulator has rejected Kina Securities’ AUD$420 million (US$308.45 million) proposed stake acquisition in Westpac Banking Corp’s Pacific operations, Australia’s No....
Tuilaepa concedes, welcomes FAST government
Former Samoa Prime Minister and leader of Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi has conceded defeat and welcomed the Fa’atuatua i...
Former Samoa PM Tuilaepa endorses new Government to Ministry heads
Former Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, has met with the heads of the Samoa Government Ministries and urged them to give the new Fa'atuatua...
Nine Fiji opposition MPs arrested over criticism of land bill
Nine prominent opposition politicians – including two former prime ministers – have been arrested in Fiji for voicing concerns about a contentious land bill,...
Macron backs heritage bid of remote Polynesian islands
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday backed a bid by the Marquesas Islands to gain UNESCO world heritage status.
Macron, the first head of state...
Fiji records 1,285 new cases of COVID-19 and nine deaths reported
Fiji has reported 1,285 new cases of COVID-19 Monday.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr James Fong also reported nine new COVID-19...
PNG PM Marape slams researchers
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has slammed the PNG Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) for failing to study the Covid-19 pandemic in...
Fiji’s final pool match against Great Britain, a repeat of Rio 2016 final
The second day of the men’s sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympic Games will feature a repeat of the Rio 2016 gold medal match...
FSM’s Taeyanna Adams breaks her national record at Tokyo 2020, Tonga’s Amini Fonua gets disqualified
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)’s 100m breaststroke swim queen, Taeyanna Adams broke her national record at the Tokyo...
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PIFS leans on ASEAN model as it retools for a changing region
Pacific Islands Forum (PIFS) leaders are trying to redesign the region’s political and security machinery to better protect unity, manage outside pressure and give...
Solomon Islands Police Chief suspended over meth evidence scandal, just weeks after appointment
Recently appointed Solomon Islands police chief Ian Vaevaso has been suspended after less than two months on the job over his past handling of...
Regional response needed as Pacific drug threat grows
Cook Islands Islands Secretary of Health Bob Williams has called for a tougher, more coordinated Pacific response to drug trafficking.
Williams warned that the crisis...