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The outcome of U.S. funding negotiations with three remote Pacific nations will be an important signal of Washington’s commitment to the region as China presses its campaign for greater influence with Pacific Island states, a new report says. The Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau are independent countries that have ceded their defense and security to Washington in...

-Apia Export Fish Packers, a Samoa-based tuna fishing company that employs only local residents, is working to get back in the export game post-COVID. Apia Export Fish Packers Co-Owner Steve Cleverly told SeafoodSource that part of that effort was rooted in attending Seafood Expo Asia - which ran from 14 - 16 September in the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition...

By Simona Marinescu, Resident Coordinator of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, and Tokelau With 147 million children around the world missing half of their in-person instruction over the last two years and around 24 million never returning to school, humanity is experiencing a deep learning crisis. There is no substitute for good education. As the challenges of our time continue...

The Vanuatu National team will play its first match in the MSG Prime Minister's Cup tournament against the Vanuatu Development Team 3pm, this afternoon at the Korman soccer stadium. Both teams are drawn in pool A and both will work hard on making it into the second stage. This will be the team's first ever competition since the COVID-19 lockdown. Team...

U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) countries on Thursday with the aim of better coordinating assistance to the region in the face of competition from China, a White House official said. The group was formed in June and includes the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. India...

The world’s most vulnerable countries are preparing to take on the richest economies with a demand for urgent finance – potentially including new taxes on fossil fuels or flying – for the irrecoverable losses they are suffering from the climate crisis, leaked documents show. Extreme weather is already hitting many developing countries hard and forecast to wreak further catastrophe. Loss...

Avaroa Cable Limited (ACL) has today announced the selection of Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP (Hawaiki) for the turnkey provision of international capacity from Samoa to Australia. A state-owned enterprise of the Cooks Islands Government, and funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), ACL is a member of the Manatua - One Polynesia cable consortium,...

United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al- Nashif has expressed ‘shock’ over reports of West Papua mutilations at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council. “In the Papua region (Papua and West Papua Provinces) of Indonesia, we have reports of intensified violence, including clashes between the Indonesian security forces and armed groups resulting in unknown numbers...

Vanuatu and its regional coalition partners will be seeking a deferral of the vote on the climate justice initiative to the end of 2022, to allow more time to lobby for a simple majority vote. This was conveyed by the Head of State, Nikenike Vurobaravu, who is representing Vanuatu at the upcoming 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly...

The Tuvalu's foreign Ministry has announced Governor General Reverend Tofiga Vaevalu Falani was appointed by His Majesty King Charles III to the most distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George as a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG). Sir Reverend Falani during his visit to London, now holds the Insignia customary for Governor Generals of Tuvalu. “The Ministry congratulates the Tuvalu delegation...