Key Pacific leader pushes for ‘united front’ against China’s missile tests
The incoming chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has urged leaders to unite against their region being used as a testing ground for nuclear-capable...
Former Forum SG Taylor calls for Pacific leadership grounded in culture and collective action
Former Pacific Islands Forum secretary general Dame Meg Taylor has called for Pacific leadership to be grounded in the region’s own philosophies, relationships and...
Samoa’s former prime minister calls for Pacific governments to share power with citizens
Samoa's former prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa has called for governments across the Pacific to create formal platforms where citizens, non-government organisations and governments...
PM Wale calls for coordinated development support ahead of LDC graduation
Prime Minister Matthew Wale has called on Solomon Islands’ development partners to better align their support with national priorities and help deliver tangible results...
Creating pathways for Pacific climate solutions
Despite the capacity and resource constraints Pacific Small Island Developing States face in accessing global climate finance, communities across the region are already developing...
Fiji formally joins landmark Pacific Rugby League Partnership
Fiji has officially joined the Pacific Rugby League Partnership after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Minister for Youth and Sports Jese Saukuru formally signed...
Human rights groups urge Tuvalu and Ireland to put rights at centre of fossil fuel transition talks
Human rights groups are calling on Tuvalu and Ireland to make human rights a core part of the second International Conference on Transitioning Away...
Solomon Islands shapes first national response to climate Loss and Damage
Solomon Islands is bringing government, provincial, research and community expertise together to shape its first National Loss and Damage Policy and Investment Roadmap, turning...
Foreign influence could quietly weaken Pacific unity, expert warn
Pacific countries may need to look beyond the obvious signs of foreign interference with an international law expert warning that the bigger threat could...
Fiji PM Rabuka refuses to concede Malimali case defeat
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is leaving the Government’s next move in the Barbara Malimali case to his legal advisers, while refusing to concede...
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Fiji Electoral Commission tightens campaign rules ahead of the General Election
The Fiji Electoral Commission has adopted new campaign limitation rules restricting the use of State resources and government premises for election campaigning ahead of...
Mothers and babies pay the price as Fiji’s HIV emergency worsens
By Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Each beep of the heart monitor machines in Fiji’s biggest hospital's paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) signifies life.
But there is...
CNMI government shuts down due to lack of 2027 budget
The Northern Mariana Islands government suspended operations today, with an undetermined number of employees furloughed, after Governor David Apatang declared a shutdown due to...