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Forum Secretary General Henry Puna says there is no better time to hand the baton of spotlighting anti- corruption to ‘you, our youth’, who make up a significant sector of the population in our region. Addressing the Pacific Conference on Good Governance in Auckland, Puna said the meeting this week has been a step forward, from your Youth Vision for...

Former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho’s trial will run from 17-28 July, 2023. The matter was called this morning before Magistrate Seini Puamau in Suva, for charges relating to a complaint made by the University of the South Pacific in July 2019 in relation to the activities of former staff members of the university. It is...

By Elenoa Dimaira  Fossil fuels cost lives. Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate, Ralph Regenvanu reminded the region of this adding that he grieved for lives lost in Vanuatu and throughout our island nations because of the impacts of climate change. “It’s time to release the stranglehold oil, gas and coal have over our economies, politics and lives,” Regenvanu said at the 5th Pacific...

Six political parties in Solomon Islands have been suspended last month over their failure to comply with requirements of the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014. That’s according to Acting Registrar of the Political Parties Commission, Glinson Galo. “The parties failed to comply with section 51 of the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014,” he explained. “Section 51. (l) The Registrar shall conduct a...

Governments are split over whether to call for a phase-out of fossil fuels and the role of carbon capture in the energy transition, as battle lines are drawn ahead of Cop28 in November. Ministers from around 40 countries gathered in Berlin last week to kick-start negotiations ahead of this year’s climate summit. The head of Cop28, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber,...

Dalton Tagelagi has been re-elected premier of Niue beating opposition leader O'love Jacobsen by 16 votes to 4 during the first sitting of the new assembly in Alofi. During the meeting Niue's 20 assembly representatives also took their oaths of allegiance to the head of state King Charles III and to serve the government and people of Niue for the...

U.S President Joe Biden will sign defence and surveillance agreements with Papua New Guinea, the island nation's foreign minister said, on a visit that renews the strategic importance of the nation where Biden's uncle died in World War Two. PNG, the South Pacific's most populous nation, will also see a doubling of U.S development assistance to US$32 million, including US$25...

Kiribati is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. It is also one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of the climate crisis. The country faces what is described as a triple threat to health: communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the health impacts of climate change. Climate and environmental changes are exacerbating Kiribati’s...

The Government of Tuvalu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sea Shepherd Global, a marine conservation organisation based in the Netherlands, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Tuvalu’s waters. The MoU commits Sea Shepherd Global to send the Allankay, a 54.6-meter vessel, to support Tuvalu’s law enforcement efforts through at-sea patrols. Under the MoU, signed by...

A new investigative media outlet has been launched in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on 5 May 2023. It comes two days after the world marked World Press Freedom Day on 03 May . In-depth Solomons is an initiative of three leading Solomon Islands journalists Ofani Eremae, Georgina Maka'a and Charley Piringi. “We are glad to finally get this media project off the ground,"...