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Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called for urgent collective action to address the complex “polycrisis” threatening the Blue Pacific. “Seeing everyone here highlights the strength and the solidarity of the Pacific security effort. “All of us can build peaceful and prosperous Pacific communities by cooperating and learning from each other, said Prime Minister Rabuka in his opening address at the...

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa today highlighted the importance of Pacific unity in addressing critical security issues affecting the region. “We gather here to discuss issues of paramount importance to Pacific peoples. Issues that affect the core of what the Forum was established to protect and promote—issues of peace and security,” SG Waqa said in his keynote address...

- The new leader of Solomon Islands is in Australia to discuss security ties, government officials said -- a sensitive area since the Pacific nation signed a secretive pact with China. Solomons Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele is visiting Canberra and Queensland on his week-long trip, Australian officials said. It will be his first visit to Australia as prime minister since he...

The Prime Ministers of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have signed the ‘Tirvau’ agreement Friday in Honiara. The Tirvau basic border Agreement is the overarching framework that will govern and regulate the joint border arrangements and movements between the maritime border of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele said the agreement is about promoting peaceful relations, facilitating economic activities, and...

A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia will be held in France after being charged on Saturday, over deadly riots last month, his lawyer said. Christian Tein, head of the pro-independence activist CCAT group, will be sent almost 17,000 kilometres to France with the group's communications chief Brenda Wanabo. An investigating magistrate charged Tein in New Caledonia's...

By Stephen Diisango* The hostile, coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) is threatening Solomon Islands coconut plantations likely subjecting to extinction. It poses a serious threat to the country’s coconut industry unless urgent steps are taken to exterminate this coconut pest once and for all. Known regionally as the ‘tree of life’, every part of the coconut tree is used – from...

On Olympic Day, World Rugby and Paris 2024 have unveiled the pools for the Olympic rugby sevens competitions taking place in the French capital from 24-30 July. The 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams were allocated to three pools of four teams based on their rankings due to performances over the last two years of the HSBC SVNS Series, Challenger...

The eight Members of Vanuatu Parliament from Tafea Province have made a bold and powerful call to the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to stop the violence and killing being committed against the Kanaky people. The MPs include Trade Minister Bob Loughman, Internal Affairs Minister Johnny Koanapo, Youth and Sports Minister Tomker Netvunei, Agriculture Minister Nako Natuman, MP...

The overwhelming majority of people around the world want an end to geopolitical differences when it comes to fighting climate change, the results of a landmark public opinion poll conducted by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has shown. Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024, the biggest ever standalone public opinion survey on climate change, also showed that 80 per cent of the...

The Yap Election Commission in the Federated States of Mironesia (FSM) on Friday will begin tabulating the ballots cast during the 31 May referendum related to the island state’s political status. Yap voters were asked to answer the question: “Shall the State of Yap commence a review of its political status?” Officials said the ballot boxes from off-island have arrived at...