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Suspended Manu Samoa head coach Mase Mahonri Schwalger denied seven charges of sexual allegations against him in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mase appeared for the first time in court this week since being charged in connection to sexual allegations that surfaced in September. Lawyer Tuatagaloa Shane Wulf appeared on behalf of Leilani Taimalelagi Strickland to represent Mase in Court. He pleaded...

The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections, it will push back on climate change negotiations made since he was last in office. Today, voters in the United States cast their votes on who will be the next president, Trump or U.S Vice President Kamala Harris and the question for most...

Kimberlyn King-Hind, from the CNMI Republican Party, won the race for the CNMI's lone non-voting delegate in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The delegate position was one of 61 races up for grabs in the 2024 CNMI general elections. The former Commonwealth Ports Authority chairwoman and lawyer from Tinian received 4931 votes (40.34 percent) of total ballots cast. Democratic Party...

A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe, say top police and United Nations officials. Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to shift cocaine from Latin America and methamphetamine and opioids from Asia. This...

  Prospect of Trump victory touches Pacific climate nerve WASHINGTON, 06 NOVEMBER 2024 (AAP) --- A Donald Trump victory in the U.S election would shake but not skittle global efforts on climate change, experts believe. Like many across the world, Pacific nations and territories eagerly anticipate the election results for their implications across the globe. Some are even participating, with three American territories...

Unofficial results have started coming in from elections in Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. TMC Palau has shared unofficial result showing that Surangel Whipps Jr is back in as president. He was running against former four-term president Tommy Remengesau Jr. According to the Palau Election Commission, the total number of registered voters as of 15 July was 16,627. The Pacific Daily...

Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for the Environment and Climate Change, Dr Sivendra Michael, issued a clear call last week for global accountability at the biodiversity COP16, urging world leaders to deliver on promises to reverse biodiversity loss or risk leaving a legacy of “inter-generational regret.” Speaking on behalf of Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, Dr Michael commended Colombia’s hosting of COP16...

The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has echoed the calls of the Palau Media Council (PMC) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF) to uphold freedom of expression and press freedom across the Pacific. These rights, PINA emphasises, are essential for ensuring the well-being of citizens and supporting democratic principles in the region. PINA President Kalafi Moala, speaking on behalf of...

The international community must ensure that the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is equitable, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday in New York. Mohammed briefed Member States on the work of the Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and urged them to share feedback. The Panel recently issued a report which showed that many of...

The Pacific Islands nation of Palau, important to the U.S military amid tensions with China, and among a dozen allies of Taiwan, holds a national election for president on Tuesday. President Surangel Whipps Jr is contesting the post against his brother-in-law, former president Tommy Remengesau, who stood at traffic intersections on Monday directly appealing to drivers for support. Voters will also...