IAEA urged not to endorse Japan’s plan to release treated nuke waste water into the Pacific ocean
China urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday not to endorse Japan's plan to discharge polluted radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, and demanded that Tokyo handle the wastewater situation in a “transparent and safe way”.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the remarks following a report in foreign media...
‘Road block to Bougainville independence’: ABG AG
Bougainville’s top government lawyer has accused the Papua New Guinea Government of putting up road blocks to Bougainville’s independence.
The ABG’s Attorney-General and Minister for Independence Mission Implementation Ezekiel Massat has accused the National Government of making the independence process very difficult.
He told the Post-Courier Wednesday that given Bougainville Minister Manasseh Makiba’s national statement in Parliament recently accompanied by Prime...
Cook Islands new security policy highlights climate, economic context for Pacific
A new national security policy launched by the Cook Islands in the margins of a regional meeting of Pacific security advisers has brought the security dimensions of climate and economic crises into the spotlight.
“Maintaining economic stability is critical for maintaining national security,” Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said at the launch, of his government’s national security policy on...
Former PNG Army boss wants review of U.S-PNG defence agreement
The Papua New Guinea Government should reconsider and review the United States-PNG Defence Corporation Agreement, by aligning itself with the U.S and Australia, it has indicated its security and military alliance, says former PNG Defence Force commander Jerry Singirok.
Singirok said by the signing of the agreement, “Papua New Guinea, as a sovereign state, was no longer neutral.”
“An act of...
Australia to provide funding support for Solomon Islands election, Honiara calls for review of security treaty
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had a bilateral meeting with the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Richard Marles Wednesday.
The Australian DPM used the official engagement to reaffirm his country’s bilateral relations and cooperation with Solomon Islands and also made announcements in key areas of cooperation which include the support for 2024 national general election, opening...
U.S has helped Pacific Island countries unlock US$0.5 billion to manage climate change
The U.S Government has helped Pacific Island countries unlock more than half a billion US dollars in funding to manage the growing impact of climate change.
This was stated by the United States of America Ambassador to Fiji Marie Damour while delivering her speech during the American Independence Day celebration in Suva.
Ambassador Damour said the Pacific Islands are leading the...
Fallout of French nuclear testing in Pacific still affecting men decades later
Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia.
The crew of HMNZS Otago, and later the frigate Canterbury, were sent there to protest French nuclear testing.
Little did they know that the fallout from the mission would continue decades later, with health problems and worries about the effects on their children and...
The rising ocean will extinguish more than land. It will kill entire languages
As the climate crisis forces migration, so native tongues wither, too. But it’s not too late to intervene
By Anastasia Riehl
Rising sea levels already pose an existential threat to the populations of Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and other low-lying Pacific atolls. In these places, however, it is not just homes, crops and community cohesiveness that are at risk:...
Drua dominate stacked Fiji side for Internationals
The Fijian Drua's strong Super Rugby Pacific season has been reflected in the Fiji national squad, accounting for 18 of the 39-man squad,
Head coach Simon Raiwalui named the squad ahead of their first Test of 2023 against Tonga on 22 July, reduced from a wider 45-player training squad a fortnight ago.
“We had to wait until all club commitments were...
Fiji and Cook Islands win final Group games as quarter final match ups are confirmed at OFC U-19 Women’s Championship
The quarter final draw has been made following the completion of the Group stage at the OFC U-19 Women's Championship in Fiji.
Group A runners up Samoa will play Tahiti in the first quarter final and HFC Bank Stadium in Suva on Saturday.
The second quarter final on Saturday will feature Group A winners New Caledonia against hosts Fiji who finished...