Australia keen to extend PacificAusSports partnership beyond its current funding cycle: Minister Seselja
Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Zed Seselja says the PacificAusSports Olympic and Paralympic partnership was set up to provide elite level...
Brigadier General Jone Kalouniwai is the new Commander of Fiji’s Miilitary Forces
Brigadier-General Jone Kalouniwai is the new Commander of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces(RFMF), taking over from Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto.
This was confirmed...
Samoa Supreme Court orders HRPP members to be sworn in
Samoa Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and ordered the Speaker of the House to swear in...
Changes to Australia’s Pacific labour programmes welcomed
Changes to Australia's Pacific worker programmes have been welcomed but questions remain over the pathway to permanent residency.
The Australian government hailed their reforms to...
Pacific Minister Seselja pleads with Micronesian Leaders not to leave the Forum
Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Zed Seselja,has called on Micronesian Leaders not to leave the premier political body- the Pacific Islands...
Fiji records 146 new cases of COVID-19, one death reported
Fiji has recorded 146 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death reported Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 49,320 and 538...
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...
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Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea Media Council President Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA),...
PNG secures bid to host 2028 Pacific Media Summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Papua New Guinea has secured the bid to host the Pacific Media Summit in 2028, with the decision taken...
‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
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