Fiji, Tuvalu advance pre-COP 31 preparations
As Fiji prepares to host Pre-COP 31 this year, Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya Monday met with her Tuvalu counterpart, Maina...
Bougainville launches ‘Return Home’ drive, calls professionals back
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has launched a nationwide campaign urging its people living abroad to return and help build the island as it...
Fiji launches SAUTU to counter disinformation
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has told government communications officers that clear and coordinated messaging is critical to maintaining public trust and protecting democracy.
Speaking...
Samoan PM: Government will set up new rugby union
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'auli) Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt says his government will work on setting up a new national rugby union to govern the...
Samoa MPs to be drug tested before they can run for Parliament
Samoa’s war against drugs will extend to ensuring Parliamentarians are drug free before entering an election.
That is the stance of Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao...
“Accountable to Parliament, not the PM”: Solomon Islands PM Manele invokes separation of powers amid committee walkouts
Solomon Isands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has moved to de-escalate tensions surrounding the recent mass resignation of Parliamentary Standing Committee chairs, asserting that these...
Dome over contaminated nuclear blast site is leaking — expert warns risk from lethal landfill could be ‘devastating’
Experts are having a nuclear meltdown.
Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear blast site have sparked fears that the containment area has sprung...
U.S territory turned tropical maternity ward has produced thousands of ‘American’ babies for parents living in China
Pregnant Chinese women have turned a tropical paradise into a maternity ward — pumping out babies who automatically become U.S citizens daily.
The Commonwealth of...
Decaying World War II bombs in Solomon Islands releasing toxic chemicals, new research finds
Coastal communities in Solomon Islands are facing growing health and environmental risks as decaying World War II bombs release toxic chemicals into land and...
PNG PM Marape queried over status of Bougainville
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says there has been no report or clear study on Bougainville’s autonomous status to this day.
He said...
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COP31 President pushes for climate finance and action as Pacific warns of existential threat
COP31 President Murat Kurum says the climate crisis facing Pacific island countries requires stronger international action, with climate finance, implementation and the survival of...
Pacific moves from climate warnings to action ahead of COP31
Pacific countries are heading to the UN climate talks in Türkiye with a stronger push for climate finance, ocean protection and action to keep...
1.5°C overshoot inevitable, action must limit the damage : UN Climate Chief
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell says the world must urgently act to keep the expected breach of the 1.5°C warming limit as...