Hurricanes and Chiefs to host Semi-Final fixtures
The Super Rugby Pacific Semi-Final fixtures have been confirmed with the Hurricanes and Chiefs securing home ground advantage courtesy of Qualifying Final victories.
The Semi-Final...
Forum Foreign Ministers activate regional crisis mechanism as Middle East conflict threatens Pacific fuel and supply chains
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers have endorsed a new Regional Response Mechanism to help the region manage the growing economic and security risks arising...
Guam Governor signs ban on deep-sea mining, violators face $50K fines
Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed a bill into law banning deep-sea mining from Guam and its nearshore waters under threat of fines of...
Pacific Trade officials meet to shape region’s Trade agenda ahead of Ministerial talks
Senior trade officials from Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) member countries convened today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to discuss key trade and economic...
New EU seafood regulation to affect 97 percent of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged vessels
National Competent Authority officials from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu met in Suva for a two-week technical training on new European Union (EU)...
Palau President demands action on Oceans as Island States face Climate frontline
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr has called for urgent global action on ocean governance and climate change, warning that island nations can no longer...
Tuvalu calls climate-ocean nexus a matter of survival
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for a stronger global response that treats climate action and ocean management as one agenda, warning that...
Pacific leaders at Tokyo summit say ocean management is a matter of survival
Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine has told a high-level forum in Japan that island states need greater access to finance, and technology to...
Where the runway becomes a playground: Tuvalu’s fight for a resilient future
By Sera Tikotikovatu Sefeti
It is Wednesday afternoon in Funafuti.
The last plane of the day has taken off and within minutes the airport runway transforms.
Children...
Women, Youth and Vulnerable communities must be at centre of Pacific response, Leaders told
Pacific women leaders have been urged to translate regional commitments into practical action as rising fuel costs, supply chain disruptions, conflict and climate impacts...
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