114 candidates to contest Kiribati election, including 18 women
A hundred and fourteen candidates are to contest the Kiribati elections, starting on 14 August.
A second round of voting for the 44-seat parliament, Maneaba...
Planned U.S missile defence tests divide Guam residents
Planned missile tests in Guam are dividing residents as an unprecedented military build-up in the U.S territory continues in response to geo-political tensions in...
Tuvalu calls for deep sea mining precautionary pause at ISA conference in Jamaica
Tuvalu and other nations have joined the call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the 29th International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly...
Pacific ministers grapple with rising debt amid climate crisis
Pacific Finance Ministers face tough choices between long-term development, resilience planning and immediate climate disaster responses.
According to Fiji deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister...
Pacific family deserves Australia’s backing on New Caledonia
By Blake Johnson and Adam Ziogas
Following unrest among pro-independence Kanaks in New Caledonia, Australia needs to back the diplomatic intervention of other members of the...
Olympic gold medallists set to join NRLW
Dragons captain Raecene McGregor is looking forward to welcoming halves partner Tyla King back from Paris as one of three NRLW-bound stars from New...
Cook Islands PM Mark Brown calls for stronger Pacific borders
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has urged regional customs agencies to innovate and collaborate across the Oceania region at the 26th Annual Oceania...
Vanuatu pushes ICC to recognise ecocide as international crime
Vanuatu's Permanent Representative to the UN, Odo Tevi, has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to include ecocide as a fifth international crime...
Former Samoa AG’s case dismissed
The former Samoa Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale has been ordered to pay WST$5,000 (US$1,803) to Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa as her...
Pacific Economies at a crossroads: FEOM Chair calls for unity
“We gather here in Suva, at a pivotal juncture,” declared Tongan Kilisitina Tuaimei’api, the Chair of the 2024 Forum Economic Officials Meeting (FEOM).
Her words...
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Australian PM Albanese touches down in Fiji ahead of new Pacific deal
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Fiji to seal a landmark treaty in a bid to counter China's influence in the Pacific.
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PM Wale urges Indonesia to pursue dialogue and reduce tensions in West Papua
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has called on the Government of Indonesia to take constructive steps toward reducing tensions in West Papua.
This includes...
Opa takes Commerce as Daki loses portfolio but stays in PNG Cabinet
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has stripped the Commerce and Industry portfolio from Win Bakri Daki, appointing Finance Minister Thomas Opa to...