Zero-Tolerance Drug Law Clears Palau Legislature
Palau lawmakers finally passed a long-awaited, wide-ranging anti-drug bill that would expand drug testing, increase penalties for drug offenses, and direct new funding toward...
Forum audit raises accountability pressure over finances
The Pacific Islands Forum has released its 2023 Audited Financial statements, setting out its financial position, audit findings and the steps being taken to...
Forum report lays out gains and gaps as Pacific faces rising pressures
The Pacific Islands Forum has released its 2023 Annual report, detailing progress across key regional priorities while warning that mounting global pressures continue to...
Solomon Islands PM outlines government response and priorities
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, Tuesday outlined the Government’s response to Tropical Cyclone Maila, the global fuel situation, regional developments, and key governance...
Cook Islands government urges energy conservation amid global fuel crisis
The Cook Islands government is urging residents and visitors to conserve energy amid a coordinated response to global fuel supply pressure.
In a statement issued...
Japan to help Pacific island nations create payment processor
The Japanese Finance Ministry will help create a framework for handling international remittances in Pacific Island nations and territories as major banks that process...
Fiji Assistant Foreign Minister breaks rank, Opposes Vuda waste to energy project
Fiji’s Assistant Foreign Minister and National Federation Party (NFP) MP Lenora Qereqeretabua has publicly opposed the proposed Energy-to-Waste (ETW) project in Saweni, Vuda, warning...
Solomon Islands’ political crisis will ‘not fundamentally change’ ties with Beijing
Regardless of how the current political crisis in the Solomon Islands unfolds, experts told Radio Free Asia that they anticipate no change in the...
Pacific wisdom key to climate response: Fiji PM Rabuka
‘For Fiji, climate change is encountered through our relationship with the Vanua, ocean, communities, and in our faiths.’
These were the sentiments shared by the...
High oil prices are devastating Island states – and moving the needle on Climate
By Fenton Lutunatabua
This week, over 50 countries are joining forces to move the needle on what is proving to be one of the world’s...
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Solomon Islands Governor General suspends Police Commissioner Vaevaso
Solomon Islands Governor-General Sir David Tiva Kapu has suspended Police Commissioner Ian Vaevaso from his duties with immediate effect following advice from the Prime...
Palau prepares for Pacific summit as climate and security pressures build
Palau is gearing up to welcome leaders from across the Pacific for this year’s 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Koror from...
Solomon Islands minister says security and development must move together
The Solomon Islands’ new government sees security and development as closely linked, while pushing for stronger national ownership of security policy and continued regional...