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Fiji goes on a 48-hour blackout period at midnight tonight before its General Election on Wednesday, 14 December. The blackout period means there will no longer be any political campaigns, advertisements, political rallies, banners, posters, billboards, or media reports until 6pm Wednesday. There are nine political parties contesting the election and 693,915 people registered to vote in 2054 stations. At least 36,085...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola The 10th Summit of Heads of States and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)has endorsed the Luanda declaration and supported Vanuatu’s draft resolution seeking climate justice at UN court. This was confirmed by OACPS Secretary, General Georges Rebelo Chikoti in an interview with Journalists from Caribbean and Pacific. “Well, I think...

By Pita Ligaiula, in Luanda, Angola. The Secretary General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Chikoti has called on 79 leaders of the bloc to act jointly to raise issues of concern to member states. Speaking at the opening of the 10th Summit for the Head of States and Government in Luanda Friday, Chikoti said...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has stressed the importance of 79 member states of OACPS in finalising the signing of the Samoa Agreement. The pact was initialled in April 2021 but remains unratified, 20 months after negotiations concluded between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific(ACP) States. The special relation that the  Organisation of...

By Pita Ligaiula, in Luanda, Angola Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa says climate change remains the single greatest threat to their security, prosperity and way of life for the Pacific. She made the remarks while addressing the 10th Summit of the OACPS Head of State and Government Friday in Angola’s capital Luanda. “And likewise for the wider membership of the OACPS...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has told the 79 member states of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), securing strategic partnerships is vital to a resilient OACPS. Addressing the 10th Summit of the Head of State and Government Friday in Angola’s capital Luanda on behalf of the Pacific, PM Mata’afa...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola The post-Cotonou deal between the European Union and the 79-member of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is at risk and remains unratified, 20 months after been concluded by the EU and ACP negotiators. After several years of negotiations and delays, the pact was initialled in April 2021 by EU Commissioner...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola The Secretary General of the 79 member states of the Organisations of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Chikoti is hopeful for a successful summit as leaders gathered Friday for their two- days meeting. Secretary General Chikoti told PACNEWS the 10th summit is taking place at a critical time for the bloc as...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is delivering lifesaving aid and supplies across the Pacific as part of Operation Christmas Drop. The annual operation, based out of Guam, reaches more than 20,000 people across more than 50 remote islands throughout the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. RNZAF No. 40 Squadron, with a Hercules C-130 aircraft and...

By Pita Ligaiula in Luanda, Angola The Secretary General of the 79 member states of the Organisations of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Chikoti maintains the grouping is still relevant as an organisation after one of its main budget contributors South Africa, left the bloc in September. This week’s 10th Head of State and Government Summit in Luanda,...