Solomon Islands PM urges journalists to be fair when reporting on corruption
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare urges journalists to be fair and accurate when reporting integrity and corruption issues.
Sogavare made the call in his...
Pacific Forum Members hold third briefing with Japan regarding Fukushima treated nuclear wastewater
Pacific nations continue to raise questions and concerns in closed briefing sessions around plans by Japan to discharge over a million tonnes of treated...
Over 100 Pasifika overstayers deported last year during pandemic
Deportation of Pacific overstayers is continuing despite the global Covid-19 pandemic putting pressure on island nations.
Fiji has been particularly ravaged by the virus of...
30kg meth seized, arrests in Tonga and NZ in transnational drugs trafficking operation
Thirty kilogrammes of methamphetamine, exported from Tonga to New Zealand in a refrigerated food container, was seized in a joint operation by police and...
PACNEWS Interview with Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific,Zed Seselja
What was the purpose behind the PacificAusSports Olympic and Paralympic Partnership?
The purpose of the partnership is about providing elite level pathways to Pacific...
Samoa Prime Minister, Speaker assure Head of State of calm
Samoa Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa and Parliament Speaker, Papalii Lio Taeu Masipau have assured the Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi 11 that...
Fiji Bureau of Statistics CEO’s contract terminated, FRCS Acting CEO resigns
Fiji's Ministry of Economy, through the acting Permanent Secretary, has terminated the contract of the chief executive officer of the Fiji Bureau of Statistics...
New ideas, new resources: ADB’s blue bond a big step toward healthy oceans
The Asia and Pacific region is home to three-quarters of global coral reefs and more than half of all mangrove areas.
The region’s aquaculture production...
Pacific media leaders meet to tackle corruption
Pacific Island media CEOs and owners are meeting in the Solomon Islands and online from today to consider how they can better support anti-corruption...
12 dead, hundreds sick after drinking stolen methanol in PNG
A senior PNG health official says twelve people have died and more than a hundred are seriously ill after villagers in PNG's Eastern Highlands...
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This is the biggest attendance we have ever had at a PINA conference: President...
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) President Kalafi Moala has welcomed a record gathering of Pacific media professionals to the 8th...
“We may not always agree — and that’s how it should work,” says Fiji...
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Information Eseta Nadakuitavuki says the government is committed to a free, independent and vibrant media...
“Media makes better decisions possible,” says UK envoy
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
The media plays a critical role in good governance by providing communities with the information they need to make...