‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching waters are already...
‘Women are already leading’: Pacific media urged to back next generation
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific media organisations must create stronger pathways for young journalists and remove workplace barriers that continue to hold women...
Pacific media must stay independent while reaching remote communities
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific newsrooms must protect their core values while finding practical ways to reach remote communities, speakers at the Pacific...
‘The Pacific is our home, not a theatre for geopolitical competition’: Forum Chair Whipps
Palau President and Forum Chair, Surangel Whipps Jr has warned that the Pacific must not be treated as a theatre for geopolitical competition, calling...
Pacific Climate envoys take Pacific priorities to UNGA and New York Climate Week
Pacific Climate Envoys are taking the region’s climate priorities to world leaders and partners during the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week and New...
Pacific Editors and News leaders Forum adopts Savusavu Loss and Damage Media Declaration
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Pacific Editors Forum on Loss and Damage has ended on a high with the adoption...
Cook Islands News editor launches Pacific misinformation platform
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Cook Islands News Editor Rashneel Kumar has called for Pacific media, civil society and universities to work together to tackle...
‘We cannot over-manage and over-regulate the media’ — Fiji Deputy PM Kamikamica
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Governments must work with the media to tackle misinformation and disinformation while ensuring news organisations have the resources to...
‘This is not a walk in the park’ : Wesley on healing Fiji’s media after 16 years
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Fiji will need time to rebuild public confidence in the media after what Fiji Times Editor Fred Wesley describes...
Pacific communities must have their climate solutions heard at COP31, says former Fiji President Katonivere
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific voices, traditional knowledge and local climate solutions must be at the centre of discussions ahead of COP31, former...
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Pacific partner pact boosts police, not military ties
Australia's recently agreed treaty with Vanuatu will step up policing partnerships but not stop foreign military from setting up shop as domestic law already...
Amid Middle East crisis, ADB supports Energy Security in the Pacific with $40.1 million
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved US$40.1 million to help Kiribati, Tonga, and Tuvalu manage fuel price volatility as the Middle East conflict...
El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies
An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in...