Forum Chair Brown calls for stronger Pacific solidarity amid rising challenges
Outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Chair Mark Brown Friday emphasised the need for unity and strategic action as the region faces increasing global interest, climate...
Regional Cooperation and 2050 Strategy headline Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers will meet in their annual convening today in Suva, Fiji to consider key regional issues that will be...
France to decide today on Pacific Leaders’ mission to New Caledonia
France will reveal today whether it will allow Pacific leaders to visit New Caledonia ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga later this...
Key UN report lends weight to Pacific plan for shipping emissions levy
Pacific governments say an official UN report shows their push for a levy on all shipping emissions – with the revenues redistributed to poorer...
Cikamatana ready to lift heavy metal for a medal
Paul Coffa fondly remembers a conversation at the Los Angeles Olympics, when he was casually asked what Dean Lukin would do the next day.
“Win...
Pacific Islands gather in Funafuti for first-ever Plastic Dialogue
With the community of nations deadlocked in international negotiations to conclude a global instrument to end plastic pollution by the end of 2024, a...
Pacific voices demand stronger Global Plastic Treaty
Pacific voices are uniting to demand a stronger Global Plastic Treaty to address the escalating plastic pollution crisis, emphasising the need for binding international...
France ‘decides on who enters’ New Caledonia: French diplomat on Pacific leaders’ request
France is “checking” whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Summit in...
Australian foreign Minister visit to Fiji and attend Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel today to Fiji to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers Meeting.
“This is my fifth visit...
Former President Remengesau officially files at the Palau Election Commission
Palau Presidential candidate Tommy Esang Remengesau, Jr has officially declared his candidacy at the Palau Election Commission.
With support from families and friends, the grassroots...
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MCC touts Pacific, Fiji partnerships as strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has highlighted its work in Fiji and the wider Pacific as part of a broader U.S strategy to strengthen...
Vanuatu Opposition demands Gov’t apology over failed Matthew and Hunter negotiations
Vanuatu Opposition Leader Alatoi Ishmael Kalsakau has called on Prime Minister Jotham Napat and Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Koanapo to apologise to the people...
Indigenous leaders tell governments ‘no more tokenism’ before COP31
As Pacific communities lose homes, coastlines and even the resting places of their ancestors to rising seas, Indigenous have delivered a blunt message to...