UN Climate chief calls for faster shift to renewables as conflict and climate drive energy crisis
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has called for a faster global transition to renewable energy, warning that conflict, climate change and fossil...
SPC launches Samoa Education data system to strengthen Planning and decision-making
The Pacific Community (SPC) says the launch of the Samoa Education Management Information System (SEMIS) marks a major step in strengthening education planning, management...
Bougainville leaders endorse final position and recommend 2030 Independence declaration date
The Bougainville Independence Leaders Consultation Forum (BILCF) has endorsed the final Bougainville position and recommended 01 September 2030 as the proposed date for Bougainville's...
Newly appointed Director General welcomed by the MSG Secretariat staff
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat has officially welcomed its newly appointed Director General, Dr Anna Naupa, who assumed her duties Monday, 27 July...
U.S pours additional US$6M into UXO clearance in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has announced a major boost to the country’s unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance efforts, after securing an additional SBD$50M...
5000 people in Fiji may be living with HIV without knowing it
An estimated 5000 people in Fiji could be living with HIV without knowing it, as health officials race to identify undiagnosed cases amid what...
Deep-sea mining talks end without a framework… again
Two weeks of negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) have concluded with the regulatory framework for deep-sea mining no closer to completion and...
Drawing a line in the ocean
Efforts to settle the maritime boundary between Vanuatu and New Caledonia continue to be blocked by France’s attachment to two uninhabited islands
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Sports ministers renew Commonwealth cooperation through sport
Commonwealth sports ministers agreed to increase cooperation on sport to bolster access to funding and for development and peace at the 12th Commonwealth Sports...
Sāmoa and Nauru win medals at Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Sāmoa is celebrating its first medal of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after John Lautafi Tafi claimed silver in a dramatic men's 71kg weightlifting...
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Pacific friends to suffer from fossil-fuel ‘hypocrisy’
Australia needs a firmer plan to transition away from fossil-fuel production to help protect Pacific nations from the effects of climate change, according to...
Young men top male-to-male HIV cases in Fiji, Mandatory HIV testing ‘not under the...
Male-to-male sexual transmission accounted for 144 reported HIV cases in Fiji last year, with young men aged 20 to 24 recording the highest number...
Australia treaty commitee clears Air services deals with Kiribati, Naoero
Australia’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has recommended binding treaty action on air services agreements with Kiribati and Nauru, alongside a similar agreement with...