State of emergency possible amid crackdown: Fiji PM
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted on a possible national state of emergency amid escalated joint operations between the military and Police to...
Pre-COP31 to put Pacific reality front and centre: Fiji Climate Change Minister
Fiji’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya has told Parliament that pre-COP31 will showcase Pacific leadership and realities to the world, as...
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...
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“Those blocking climate science are not our friends”: Pacific issues strong warning at Bonn...
Pacific Island nations have delivered a sharp rebuke to countries seeking to weaken climate ambition at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, warning that...
“When you deny us the science, you deny our future”: Pacific advocate at Bonn...
Pacific civil society organisations have warned that attempts to weaken the role of science in international climate negotiations risk undermining climate justice and the...
Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...