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Medical call to Japan to abandon the planned release of over 1.3 million tons of radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster into the Pacific Ocean As physicians with professional responsibility to promote and protect long-term human and planetary health, we urge the Government of Japan to stop the planned release of large amounts of radioactively...

Papua New Guinea must improve the resilience of climate change issues that might affect the region into the future when meeting with world leaders next week during the Forum for India Pacific Islands Co-operation in Port Moresby. PNG’s Climate Change activist and programmes manager for Pikinini Pilai, Vinsealhar Nen said we must exercise our nature-based solutions, derived from our traditional...

The South Korean government will express its commitment to cooperate with Pacific Island nations affected by climate change during the upcoming Korea-Pacific Islands summit later this month. A foreign ministry official said Seoul's Indo-Pacific strategy unveiled last year includes stronger cooperation with Pacific Island countries in the areas of climate change, public health, fisheries and renewable energy, and the inaugural...

There is no support from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) for New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement seeking to annul the outcome of the 2021 referendum on independence from France. More than 96 percent voted against full sovereignty, but the FLNKS refuses to recognise the result because of a boycott by the Kanak population amid disagreements over the impact of the...

RNZ Pacific can reveal Immigration New Zealand (INZ) was conducting out of hours compliance visits to private residents otherwise known as 'dawn raids' while the government was preparing for the historic Dawn Raids apology. “It's disgusting, I'm appalled to hear that they were dawn raiding just prior to making an apology for Dawn Raids. To me that smacks of insincerity...

Fiji's Acting Director of Public Prosecutions, David Toganivalu has refuted allegations suggesting the acceleration of investigations against former government officials, asserting that he deals with cases based on their merit alone. Dismissing claims of political interference, Toganivalu defended his office’s involvement in the cases against former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and former Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Toganivalu emphasised that the Office...

The 2019 passage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) legislation in Fiji has improved the country's SOE governance and commercial framework but room exists for further improvement in reporting and transparency, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report has found. Finding Balance 2023: Benchmarking Performance and Building Climate Resilience in Pacific State-Owned Enterprises compares the performance of SOEs in nine Pacific island...

Samoans are set to benefit from their new national digital payment platform, which will make it easier and quicker to transfer funds, including large volume for retail payments, helping accelerate growth of digital financial service offerings by financial institutions and drive inclusive economic development. The new digital platform, the Samoa Automated Transfer System (SATS), is expected to increase access to...

By Asela Peneueta, , Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Transport, Government of Tuvalu Tuvalu, along with other atoll nations, is amongst those most impacted by climate change and yet the least responsible for it, so we eagerly await action from the IMO to align the maritime sector with 1.5oC. Our very survival depends upon it, we are facing...

2023 World Rugby Sevens Series DHL Impact Player of the Series, Reapi Uluinasau has been roped into the Vodafone Fijiana 15s squad for their upcoming test against the Wallaroos and the Oceania Championship. Uluinasau is among five uncapped players including Ana Korovata, loose forward Mereoni Nakesa, and backs Setaita Railumu and Jennifer Ravutia. 12 players return to the 28-member squad that...