Salvage company assessing how to extract fuel from Manawanui
Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee (MPAC) says a salvage company has been assessing the Manawanui wreckage location and what resources are needed to extract...
Pacific island Palau says China is pressing for Taiwan switch
The leader of one of Taiwan’s last diplomatic allies in the Pacific said his nation is under increasing pressure from China to end its...
Australian-backed Pacific police force an option to quell ‘tension’ in New Caledonia, Pacific leaders say
The prime minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, says he is willing to personally intervene in New Caledonia's push for independence as the impasse over...
Flying Fijians July tour report exposes Fiji Rugby’s financial struggles
The Flying Fijians tour report for the July Test series confirms serious financial issues within the Fiji Rugby Union (FRU), which led to some...
Justice Filimoni Jitoko is proposed Speaker of Fiji Parliament
Justice Filimoni Jitoko is the proposed Fijian Speaker of Parliament.
This was confirmed by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka following the appointment of the Tui Cakau...
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu named Fiji’s new President-elect after Parliament vote
Fiji's Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, has been elected the country’s next President in a special parliamentary session in Suva today, securing 37...
AOSIS Chair Luteru rallies island nations for COP29: ‘We are the moral voice of climate action’
As COP29 approaches, the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru, sent a powerful message to climate...
Australia to boost missile production after China tests ICBM in Pacific
Australia to increase missile defence and long-range strike capability as the Asia Pacific region enters the ‘missile age’.
Australia will increase its missile defence capability...
Voiceless Guam feels ‘injustice’ of U.S presidential non-vote
Voters in the U.S territory of Guam will be the country’s first to cast their choice for president on 05 November, but it will...
Australia’s $350 million cable boost to secure Pacific’s digital future, says Tim Watts
Australia’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts Tuesday pledged robust support for Pacific digital infrastructure at the Telstra Pacific Islands Telecommunications Strategy Forum...
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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...