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Fiji's Attorney-General Graham Leung has called on the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions John Rabuku to do the honourable thing and resign. In a statement, Leung said the office is bigger than the individual. “It is regretted that the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (Rabuku) has chosen to remain in office following the opinion of the Supreme Court,” Leung said. Meanwhile, the...

A campaign launched by Human Rights at Sea International, centred around a film about Eritara Aati Kaierua, a Kiribati fisheries observer who died at sea in March 2020, will push for greater protections for fisheries observers. The Death at Sea Justice Campaign and the Death at Sea film, which premiered in January 2024, are sponsored by Blue Marine Foundation and...

The Flying Fijians head coach Mick Byrne have named four debutants in their lineup for the Test match against Georgia this Saturday. Kitione Salawa, Peni Dakuwaqa, Inia Tabuavou are set to start while Elia Canakaivata will come off the bench. In the front row, Eroni Mawi, Tevita Ikanivere, and Mesake Doge will start, supported by Isoa Nasilasila and Temo Mayanavanua in...

Sebastian Visinia, Marco Fepuleai and Murphy Taramai will make their Manu Samoa debut in the run-on team against Italy on Friday at Apia Park in the July Tests. Two other debutants Lolani Faleiva and Afa Moleli have been named on the bench and could get their first stripes. Head coach Mase Mahonri Schwalger has named Aki Seiuli, Sama Malolo and Marco...

The people of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean are in mourning after witnessing the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Beryl. This unprecedented Category 5 hurricane has wreaked havoc across the South-East Caribbean islands, including St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Chair, Samoan Ambassador to the UN, Fatumanava Dr Pa’olelei Luteru...

The United States has congratulated Tuvalu, which deposited its instrument of accession to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with the United States on 28 June 2024. As one of the treaty’s depositary governments, the United States recognises and welcomes Tuvalu’s important decision to join the more than 180 other BWC States Parties in advancing the BWC toward the goal of...

An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a “political prisoner” as authorities held him in jail in mainland France pending charges over a wave of deadly rioting. Christophe Tein, 56, is leader of the CCAT pro-independence group, accused by Paris of orchestrating the weeks of unrest. The group's...

Pacific Islands Forum secretary general Baron Waqa has fired shots at critics who have raised concerns about his suitability to lead the region's main economic and political organisation. Waqa began his term at the beginning of June. He has since made official visits to the Solomon Islands where he met Prime Minsiter Manasseh Sogavare, and to Tonga where he met with...

Hawaii officials have announced a “groundbreaking” legal settlement with a group of young climate activists, which they said will force the state’s department of transportation to move more aggressively towards a zero-emission transportation system. “You have a constitutional right to fight for life-sustaining climate policy and you have mobilised our people in this case,” Josh Green, the Hawaii governor, told...

South Sydney have recruited two members of the touring Tongan Schoolboys team and others may also be offered life changing opportunities with NRL clubs. The Tongan Schoolboys and Schoolgirls teams flew home on Tuesday after successful tours to Australia and the news that a number of players are set to return on scholarship will generate a further explosion of participation...