Samoa, Vanuatu lead Forum Observer team to 2024 Solomon Islands Joint Election
At the invitation of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has deployed an election observer mission to the Solomon Islands...
Vanuatu secure final spot at OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024
Vanuatu has triumphed at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 – Qualifying by downing a 10-man Cook Islands 2-0 in front of a fervent...
Forum DSG Nayasi calls for unified action against transnational organised crime in the Pacific
At the launch of the Pacific Regional Transnational Organised Crime (TNOC) Disruption Strategy in Suva this week, Forum deputy secretary General Esala Nayasi says...
18 Young Leaders selected for Samoa 2024 Commonwealth Youth Forum Task force
18 young people have been selected to form an international task force that will lead the planning and delivery of the 2024 Commonwealth Youth...
Tonga’s 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting launched – PM calls for more results, action for a Resilient Pacific
Tonga Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni says the people of Tonga wants to see more results and action for the Pacific in 2050.
Speaking at...
Sopoaga scolds Australia and fossil fuel industry
A former Tuvalu Prime Minister scolded the Australian Government and its fossil fuel industry at a recent climate integrity summit in Canberra.
Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu's...
Journey to Ottawa: Pacific countries ready to negotiate revised draft text of plastics treaty
To say waste generation - including plastic pollution is a global problem - would be stating things quite mildly.
The statistics are in fact staggering,...
UN calls for more investment to protect oceans
A United Nations agency on Wednesday urged the international community to invest in scientific research to protect the world's oceans which are increasingly threatened...
Taiwan provides financial support to Tuvalu
Taiwan has handed over its financial support of USD$6 million to Tuvalu’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Panapasi Nelesone.
The funds according to...
Forum SG warns Pacific not to be hindered by outsider’s geo-political games over China security offer
The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, said China's security offering for the upcoming 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting...
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China expands Policing footprint in Pacific as influence grows
China is expanding its policing footprint across the Pacific, moving from basic training support to more operational involvement in several island countries, raising the...
Tuvalu boosts Maritime Security with new Patrol vessel from Japan, UNODC
Tuvalu has strengthened its ability to police its waters and protect its resources following the handover of a new inshore patrol vessel at Funafuti...
Cyclones threaten Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG, even NZ
Twin tropical cyclones are ravaging Melanesia, with Maila stirring up trouble in the Solomon Sea and Vaianu darting across the South Pacific.
Both are category...