Former USAID official says agency shutdown could cede Pacific islands to China
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S Agency for International Development is a boon to Beijing’s designs on Pacific Island nations and weakens America’s...
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General to visit Japan for high-level meetings
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, will visit Japan next week for a series of high-level engagements, including a meeting...
Super Rugby investigates Fijian Drua’s road trip from hell … including lift in a luggage truck
Super Rugby Pacific officials say they will use a road trip from hell for the Fijian Drua in New Zealand – which saw the...
Fiji-born legend Tuqiri slams Super Rugby’s Drua fiasco
Lote Tuqiri has slammed Super Rugby Pacific's "unacceptable" mistreatment of the travelling Fijian Drua and hopes such a "ridiculous" turn of events never happens...
Countries fail again to decide timing of key IPCC climate science reports
Governments have delayed for the third time a key decision on the timing of an influential climate science assessment, after failing to resolve deep...
Fiji Military to focus on security, not political intervention
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces must never again be seen as an institution that dictates political outcomes, but as a pillar of national...
Scammers behind Marshall Islands bribery scheme stuck in Philippines Airport after entry bans
A pair of Chinese scammers who served short sentences in the United States for conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials have been stranded for...
Samoa PM Fiame stays on, La’auli’s no-confidence motion defeated
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa remains the leader of the government after surviving a second vote of no-confidence vote in two weeks.
The motion...
Top Australian criminal target Zhao involved in Fiji Media startup
A Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked businessman, identified as one of Australia’s top criminal targets, was involved in establishing a new media venture in his...
Fiji PM tables Constitution Amendment Bill, four opposition MPs show support towards changing 2013 Constitution
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as part of his legislative agenda outlined by the President at the Opening of Parliament last week, tabled and...
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PNG Opposition accuses PM Marape of ‘deception’, demands defence force probe
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape’s government is under fire, with Opposition leader James Nomane alleging the Defence Force is being undermined and...
Solomon Islands AG advice questioned amid political standoff
Solomon Islands Office of the Attorney General (AG) is facing mounting scrutiny over its handling of the current political situation, with claims emerging that...
Vanuatu pursues climate justice at UN despite backlash
Vanuatu will renew its climate justice fight at the United Nations General Assembly with a draft resolution that was watered down after pushback from...