Interview with Oceania Customs Organisation chairperson Salvador Jacobs
If he is not busy as head of the Tax and Customs Division in the Federated States of Micronesia, Salvador Jacobs would be out...
ADB approves US$5 million grant to improve urban service delivery in Nauru
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$5 million grant to expand and improve water supply, sanitation, and waste management services in Nauru.
The...
Pacific leaders agree to continue dialogue with Micronesia to avoid PIF collapse
Pacific Island leaders agreed to continue the dialogue among the nations to heal the fracture brought about by the withdrawal of the Micronesian countries...
PNG PM Marape to address Parliament, nation on Bougainville issue
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape will make a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday to update the nation on the results of...
Tonga proposes mandatory death penalty for illicit drugs traffickers
Tonga is considering a mandatory death sentence for offenders who traffic five kilograms or more of a Class A drug.
An amendment bill tabled in...
40 percent of COVID-19 patients in Fiji on oxygen support – Dr Tudravu
Four COVID-19 patients in Fiji who are considered to be in severe condition are on ventilators and 74 patients are on oxygen support in...
Five NZ judges appointed to assist Samoa bench
Five High Court Judges from New Zealand have been appointed as Acting Judges of the Supreme Court of Samoa for a period of two...
PNG Stock market worth K120billion
The current size of the PNG stock market is about K120 billion (US$34 billion), according to the PNG Securities Commission.
Acting executive chairman Robert Minak...
Tongan rugby coach ‘clinging to life’ after defending family in stabbing frenzy
Tongan rugby coach and Wallabies legend Toutai Kefu is clinging to life after being stabbed in his Brisbane home while trying to defend his...
Pacific Islands regionalism critical amid geopolitical ‘contest of wills’: U.S Rep Case
Amid a regional rift among the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, U.S representative...
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Pacific governments warned of investor-state dispute risks linked to deep-sea mining
Pacific governments could face costly investor claims if they change environmental or regulatory policies around deep-sea mining, according to a new report warning that...
MSG Secretariat and Pacific Fusion Centre sign letter of exchange to strengthen regional peace...
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat and the Pacific Fusion Centre (PFC) Tuesday signed a Letter of Exchange formalising their commitment to strengthen cooperation...
‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville decision
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the nation to appreciate the gravity of the decision on Bougainville that parliament is to debate this...