Pula and Pulu lead Polls, headed to runoff against incumbents in American Samoa gubernatorial race
The team of Pulaalii Nikolao Pula and Pulu Ae Ae Jr. topped the polls in the gubernatorial race Tuesday winning 4,284 votes or 42.4...
Manu Samoa coach denies charges
Suspended Manu Samoa head coach Mase Mahonri Schwalger denied seven charges of sexual allegations against him in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Mase appeared for...
Climate change pushback if Trump wins, warns Cook Islands environmental group
The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections, it will push back on climate change...
Republican Kimberlyn King-Hinds wins delegate race in CNMI
Kimberlyn King-Hind, from the CNMI Republican Party, won the race for the CNMI's lone non-voting delegate in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The...
Drugs disrupt Pacific Island bliss
A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe,...
Prospect of Trump victory touches Pacific climate nerve
Prospect of Trump victory touches Pacific climate nerve
WASHINGTON, 06 NOVEMBER 2024 (AAP) --- A Donald Trump victory in the U.S election would shake but...
Unofficial election results coming in for Guam, Palau, CNMI
Unofficial results have started coming in from elections in Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
TMC Palau has shared unofficial result showing that Surangel...
Fiji demands action at COP16: “Deliver hope or create regret”
Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for the Environment and Climate Change, Dr Sivendra Michael, issued a clear call last week for global accountability at the biodiversity...
The role of the media as defenders of democracy, more crucial now than ever before – PINA President
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has echoed the calls of the Palau Media Council (PMC) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF) to uphold...
Green energy shift must also bring prosperity and equality: UN deputy chief
The international community must ensure that the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is equitable, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on...
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UNCTAD warns Oil shock could cost vulnerable nations US$20 billion as Hormuz tensions escalate
Rising tensions and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are driving up global oil prices and threatening to impose an additional US$20 billion annual...
Fiji Department of Environment rejects Vuda waste-to-energy project
Fiji's Department of Environment has rejected the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the proposed Energy-from-Waste Plant and Private Port Facility at Vuda Point,...
El Niño on the Way: Pacific communities urged to prepare as WMO confirms developing...
The Pacific Regional Climate Centre (Pacific RCC) is drawing attention to the latest El Niño/La Niña Update issued by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO),...