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The 63rd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) began on Monday in Brussels, drawing more than 400 delegates from across the member states. With a robust agenda featuring pressing global issues, delegates are set to delve into discussions on the conflict in Sudan and the dire humanitarian and security situation in...

As the global community embrace the adoption of the new Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty, the Pacific are calling on the international community to seize this milestone momentum and rally towards the haste ratification and for the signing to be held at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly's 78th session on 20 September 2023. And...

The European Union (EU) has ignored the warnings of the UN’s climate change body (UNFCCC) and stopped governments from giving it as much money as it says it needs for the years 2024 and 2025. At climate talks in the German city of Bonn last week, governments negotiated how much money to give the UNFCCC for the next two years. The...

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr is the first Pacific Island country leader to publicly express support for Japan’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific After meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week, President Whipps said he has confidence in Japan’s ability to meet local and international standards, ensuring the safety and well-being of the Japanese...

The 15 January2022, eruption of Hunga Volcano in Tonga continues to break records. According to a new study, the eruption created a “supercharged” thunderstorm that produced the most intense lightning ever recorded. There were nearly 200,000 lightning flashes in the volcanic plume throughout the eruption, peaking at more than 2,600 flashes every minute, the researchers found. When the submarine volcano erupted...

By Shailendra Bahadur Singh A possible pardon for the figurehead of Fiji’s violent 2000 coup has the potential to put the Pacific island country’s reformist government and its influential military at loggerheads. The last time an amnesty for George Speight was proposed nearly two decades ago, it helped set in motion another coup and entrenched a role for the military in...

Rugby Australia and Tonga Rugby Union have confirmed that an Australia A team will travel to Tonga to play the Tonga national team on 14 July. The fixture will be a key match-up for both teams as the Wallabies and the Ikale Tahi continue their preparations for the Rugby World Cup in France later this year. The sides will clash in...

The Tongan Tala coach says they will travel to Cape Town for the 2023 Netball World Cup confident they have as much of a chance as any other team to create history at the event. Head coach Jaqua Pori-Makea-Simpson says she is excited with the set of players they have as they enter their final preparation phase for their World...

The Tonga squad for the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship in Fiji has been a hive of positivity in the lead up to the tournament. Tonga is based in Nadi and play their Group A games in nearby Lautoka against Vanuatu, Samoa, and New Caledonia. They are considered underdogs by many but have a squad based entirely in Tonga that are...

By Viliame Tawanakoro in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) regional journalism programme has penned three milestone Memorandums of Understanding that will usher in greater collaboration with media industry partners over student upskilling and training, joint workshops and seminars, and publication of the award-winning training newspaper Wansolwara. Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the Pacific Islands...