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
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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...
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at pivotal UN deep-sea mining meeting
Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the main agenda of the UN...
Solomon Islands government reaffirms the One China principle
The Solomon Islands Government of National Unity and Transformation(GNUT) has reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China Principle.
The Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele, reiterated his government’s...
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