Expanding connection to science for the Pacific Fisheries people
Over one hundred participants from twenty-two Pacific island countries and territories met this week at the thirteenth SPC Heads of Fisheries meeting, focusing on...
UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers...
UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the...
Cook Islands detects first positive Covid-19 case
A Cook Islands man who has been on holiday in Rarotonga since 21 May, 2021 has tested positive for Covid-19, after requesting to be...
Fiji reports alarming 83 new positive cases; new cluster in Naitasiri Province
Fiji has recorded an alarmingly high 83 new cases on Sunday, its highest daily figure yet.
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary Dr...
New Samoa Government should be delayed: Fonotoe
Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) deputy leader Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo says no Government should be formed in Parliament until election-related legal issues have...
FFA study on marine pollution to boost compliance with fishing rules
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is stepping up efforts to stop the dumping of plastic waste at sea in the western and...
Fisheries Operation celebrates 20 years of protecting Pacific waters
Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation covering the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu...
OFC competitions calendar rescheduled
International travel within OFC’s Member Associations continues to pose significant risks to the health and welfare of the Pacific community.
Taking this into consideration, the...
UNGASS: World leaders urged to take bold action to advance transparency and anti-corruption efforts
The UNCAC Coalition has responded to the very modest advances in the Political Declaration adopted today by world leaders meeting at the first-ever UN...
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Pacific Ship Rider agreements strengthen, not surrender, sovereignty: Dr Aqorau
Ship Rider Agreements are not a surrender of Pacific sovereignty but one of the region's strongest expressions of it, according to Solomon Islands National...
No concerns raised over pre-COP31 attendance, says Fiji’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Fiji’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says it has not been informed of any concerns over reports that Australia is struggling to secure...
Rabuka presses UN rep over outstanding peacekeeping payments
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged the United Nations to settle outstanding peacekeeping reimbursements owed to Fiji, saying the unpaid funds could have...