Pacific Islands Forum Champions Gender Equality and Social Inclusion through GESI Week
The Pacific Islands Forum in partnership with CROP agencies and key development partners, is facilitating a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) week from...
Pacific media embraces digital transformation
While digital journalism is already being used by news outlets in Fiji, other Pacific islands have yet to adopt new methods for broadcasting their...
Aid on ice: How Trump’s freeze hurts the Pacific and Southeast Asia
The outlook is anything but reassuring.
By Alexandre Dayant
The U.S aid freeze won’t break the Pacific, but it will create unnecessary disruptions. For Southeast Asia,...
Brumbies ready for Fijian first in tough opening fixture
ACT Brumbies forward Tom Hooper and the side are embracing their long-awaited first game in Fiji in preparation for a tough match against the...
Pacific resilience unshaken by U.S Paris Agreement exit, says SPREP DG Nawadra
The Pacific region will not waver in its climate fight despite the United States' decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, says Director General...
No security deal with China, assures Cook Islands PM Brown
Cook Islands’ agreement with China will not include any security aspects, Prime Minister Mark Brown assured Thursday.
Brown, who is flying to China today with...
Coalition reinforces unity ahead of Vanuatu Parliament session
Vanuatu Members of Parliament (MPs) in the coalition alliance and party representatives at their caucus meeting Thursday reconfirmed their numbers before the First Sitting...
Global investors must step up for Pacific resilience: Forum SG Waqa
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa has issued a strong call for private finance to play a greater role in supporting Small Island...
Over 100 deaths a day: UN warns of air pollution’s toll on young children in East Asia, Pacific
More than 100 children under the age of five die each day in East Asia and the Pacific from air pollution-related causes, said UNICEF,...
Cook Islands ditches passport plan after New Zealand ‘ultimatum’
Cook Islands has dropped the controversial passport proposal, Prime Minister Mark Brown confirmed Wednesday, after discussions to convince New Zealand that it would not...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...