Cook Islands confronts critical questions on identity as debate on deep-sea mining grows
Written by Losirene Lacanivalu
As the Cook Islands approaches the end of its five-year seabed minerals exploration phase and the latest partnership with the superpowers...
PNG calls for new trade deal with NZ, rejects PACER Plus pact
Papua New Guinea is urging New Zealand to engage in negotiations for a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), arguing that current trade policies...
Australian Ministers embark on Pacific tour to boost security, economic, and regional ties
This week, Australian deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy,...
Bendigo bank cease operations in Nauru, Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens today
Last Friday, Nauru's only banking service, Bendigo Bank officially concluded its operations in the island nation, making way for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia...
Pacific youth called to define their own climate story
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia
“You today are exactly where you are meant to be.”
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Climate Change...
China supports Fiji PM’s ‘Ocean of Peace’ vision: Ambassador Zhou
Pacific Island countries are being misled and coerced in terms of false information spread about security risks, says Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Zhou Jian.
Speaking...
Marshall Islands oceans talks highlight conservation, development
A National Ocean Symposium opened in the Marshall Islands this week against a backdrop of an innovative fisheries authority that is employing conservation and...
Time to rethink Fiji’s peacekeeping commitments: Defence Minister Tikoduadua
Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has told Parliament it’s time Fiji rethinks the scope and purpose of its peacekeeping operations,...
U.S tourist visa: Applicants could be required to post $15,000 bond
The U.S State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to US$15,000 to enter the...
U.S begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China
-The U.S has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up...
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Pacific leaders converge in Fiji for key Troika talks
Pacific leaders have arrived in Suva ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Troika Meeting, with Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr and Solomon...
Alarm sounded on radioactive risk from deep sea mining
Plucking minerals from the ocean floor risks disturbed radioactive material entering the marine food chain, an anti-deep sea mining group warns.
The Deep-Sea Mining Campaign...
Fiji Military Commander Kalouniwai given option to extend term, PM Rabuka reveals
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed that the Constitutional Offices Commission had decided to offer Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Major-General Ro Jone...