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Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown Monday welcomed the new Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa. “I am delighted to welcome the new Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, as he begins his tenure at the Secretariat today” Brown said in a statement. Highlighting Waqa's experience, Brown noted, “A former...

Fiji's deputy Prime Minister, Professor Biman Prasad says the Coalition Government is strong, and they remain focused on serving the people of Fiji. In an interview with the media, Prasad said any differences of opinion between the coalition partners has no bearing on the support to the Prime Minister and the Coalition Government. When asked about his stand on the gazetted...

Governor for West New Britain and spokesman for the defected PANGU MPs, Sasindran Muthuvel says the Crown camp of likeminded leaders are ready for the Papua New Guinea Parliament sitting this week and expects normal procedures to take place. Muthuvel said on Wednesday this week, the Private Business Committee (PBC) will be deliberate on the rectified motion of no confidence...

France will send a total of 16 Centaure armoured vehicles from the gendarmerie to New Caledonia. Six of these vehicles will arrive next week, with the remaining ten being deployed progressively over the following weeks. This deployment follows recent unrest in New Caledonia after the adoption of a local electoral body reform, which triggered riots on the archipelago. These disturbances have...

Flight service to Guam is a “top priority” for Nauru Airlines as the carrier continues to expand its routes across Micronesia, a representative of the Nauru government told regional leaders gathered on Guam Monday. Nauru Airlines is the national carrier for the Republic of Nauru. Special Envoy for Nauru Maverick Eoe spoke during the opening of the 26th Micronesian Island Forum...

Joint Fisheries patrols have begun onboard Sea Shepherd's ship the Allankay in the waters of Tuvalu—a Polynesian country made up of reef islands and coral atolls located halfway between Hawaii and Australia. T The campaign aims to fill a law enforcement gap left since the island nation’s lone offshore patrol boat was irreparably damaged when a cyclone hit the region...

By Rieko Hayakawa The 13 May riots in the French territory of New Caledonia took the world by surprise. The territory is a known tourist destination. However, those following New Caledonian politics knew that the pro-independence groups had been holding large-scale demonstrations since around February 2024. Pro-independence groups forcefully demanded the withdrawal of a new law that would allow an increase...

The Manu Samoa 7s team will not be part of the World Sevens Series core competition after failing to make the top four of the promotion-relegation tournament in Madrid last weekend. Samoa will enter the regional qualification pathway for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 as a losing team. This is not the result Lakapi Samoa had wanted. The team...

Fijiana are set to move to a new all-time high of 15th in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings after winning back the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship title from Samoa. A hard-fought 27-13 victory over the reigning champions at Sunnybank Rugby Club in Brisbane on Sunday will increase their rating by 1.09 points to 59.74 points when the rankings are officially...

One of the Australian government's biggest diplomatic efforts to develop closer relations with the Pacific starts today with the opening of the Pacific Engagement Visa(PEV). The visa allows 3000 Pacific Islanders to permanently settle in Australia every year and it's got many across the region excited, but there are concerns by some that it won't be a level playing field. Most...