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The global transition to renewable energy will require greater investment in integrated weather and climate services, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday. This investment is critical, including to ensure that energy infrastructure is resilient to climate-related shocks, and to harness the power of energy generated from sources such as the sun and wind, the UN agency said. In this...

Disaster relief workers in Papua New Guinea were assessing the extent of damage in a remote region Monday following a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Some buildings and homes were destroyed near the quake's epicenter in the northern part of the Pacific nation, said Mathew Moihoi, the acting assistant director of the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory. He said disaster relief workers...

The UK’s membership of a Pacific trade agreement will result in more deforestation overseas, endanger animal welfare and “make a mockery” of the government’s environmental commitments, campaigners have said. Ministers signed an agreement late last week for the UK to become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a trading bloc of 11 nations including...

Following their goal of a double win in front of their home crowd, Fijian Drua coach believes this is a “learn as we go” journey. Mick Byrne is pleased with the performance of the players, who, despite being under pressure, came out on top in their Super Rugby clash against the Rebels on Saturday. He said hey will need to do...

Fiji's Attorney General Siromi Turaga has tabled the bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010. While tabling the bill, Turaga said there is a need to repeal the Act as certain contents are controversial and undemocratic as it breaches the right to freedom and expression. He said this does not mean the media can now report on anything and...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has described the late former prime Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a great statesman. “Papua New Guinea has lost a great statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister from 1988 to 1992, and as leader of the Pangu Pati,” he said. “He had a distinguished career in the public service, in academia, politics...

The security pact Solomon Islands and China signed following the 2021 November riot in Honiara is now a non-issue, according to Albert Kabui, the Special Secretary to Prime Minister (SSPM). The United States, Australia and other Western allies say the pact allows China to build naval bases in Solomon Islands and are demanding a full disclosure from Prime Minister Manasseh...

A Pacific Islands Forum Election Observer Team has completed it’s first every deployment to the Federated States of Micronesia General Election. The Forum Observer Mission team comprised Rosalie Motellang of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Election Office, supported by the Forum Secretariat, and was deployed in-country from 01 to 10 March 2023. The Forum Team were the only international observers...

The Biden administration said Friday that the U.S will open an Embassy in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in its latest move to blunt China’s increasing influence in the Indo-Pacific. The new embassy in Port Vila will be the fifth diplomatic mission that the U.S has either opened or announced that it will build in the region over...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has met the United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in a whistle-stop visit to Washington, DC. The Prime Minister has been photographed with Sherman on her Twitter account, and a statement from her office issued says the two “discussed deepening the bilateral relationship between the...