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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has officially opened the 19th African Caribbean and Pacific – European Union (ACP- EU) joint parliamentary assembly at the National Parliament of Solomon Islands Monday. The Prime Minister formally welcomed distinguished delegates of the ACP- EU and delved into a number of issues that the joint parliamentary assembly will cover in their one week...

China’s declining aid to the South Pacific is increasingly targeted toward its political allies in the region as appetite there for Chinese credit declines and competition grows with the U.S for influence, an independent Australian think tank reported Tuesday. Chinese overall economic influence among the 14 aid-dependent island nations in the region is losing ground because of better loan deals...

Regional media has emerged as a new front in the contest between the US and China in the Pacific, as Washington said it will support “free media” while warning of the dangers of Beijing’s efforts to manipulate information around the world. During a visit to countries in the Indo-Pacific in October, the U.S under secretary for public diplomacy and public...

Climate impacts are accelerating with every fraction of a degree of global warming, yet denial, distortion and falsehoods about well-established scientific facts are flooding the internet and media landscape, according to the participants of a panel discussion at UN Headquarters on mis- and disinformation relating to climate change. Scientists agree that climate change is real and is caused by unsustainable...

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Monday received aid batches of security equipment and materials totalling SBD$5 million (US$590,000) for next month’s Pacific Games, a generous donation from the People’s Republic of China. This is yet another embodiment of the sound police cooperation between Solomon Islands and PRC; another promise fulfilled by China in support of Solomon Islands hosting the...

Niue's heavyweight boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams will lead the country's campaign at the upcoming Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Chef de Mission Sidney Lui told RNZ Pacific that Tutakitoa-Williams, who was Niue's first Commonwealth Games medallist after taking bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, is a top medal prospect for the island nation. “He was the one who...

Fiji Athletes Commission Representative for the Pacific Games to the Solomon Islands, William Bennion, eagerly reveals that the athletes are now in the final countdown to the highly anticipated Pacific Games. According to Bennion, everything is proceeding seamlessly from the athletes’ perspective, with all the necessary elements falling effortlessly into place. Furthermore, Bennion highlights that the athletes’ commission recently conducted the...

Nauru's Parliament has elected Member of Parliament from Ubenide, David Adeang as the Pacific nation’s new President. The member for Menen, Lionel Aingimea nominated David Adeang who accepted the nomination while the member from Buada, Bingham nominated Delvin Thoma from the constituency of Aiwo. A secret ballot was conducted today and after votes were collected and counted, which resulted in another...

Fiji's coalition partner the National Federation Party (NFP) has written to the Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka expressing its concerns on Fiji’s vote at the United Nations Emergency Session on a resolution calling for a truce and to allow for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. NFP General-Secretary, Kamal Iyer said the party believes Fiji’s reputation as a regional leader has...

COP28 President Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology ahas called for greater efforts to tackle adaptation finance gaps and prioritise actions to make climate finance more accessible to vulnerable nations. His remarks came during the third Climate and Development Ministerial, which was convened at Pre-COP, and co-hosted by the United Kingdom, Vanuatu and...