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Regional leaders highlight air transportation challenge in 26th Micronesian Islands Forum

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Leaders of island nations and territories in Micronesia gathered in Guam on Monday for the 26th Micronesians Islands Forum. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero welcomed the Federated States of Micronesia and its states, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the CNMI, Palau and Nauru. “Our islands may be small, but we are not. Like the Pacific Ocean, our resources are many and...

Vanuatu referendum vote count begins under close watch

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The official counting of votes for Vanuatu's inaugural Referendum commenced Monday, with the process overseen by Edward Kaltamat, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), and Principal Electoral Officer (PEO) Guilain Malessas, and members of the EC and Electoral officials. Kaltamat and Malessas explained that the counting procedure for this referendum is different from normal elections. The Electoral Office and the EC...

UN Climate Change chief uges action on Climate finance and NDCs at UN Climate meetings

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UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell Monday opened the 60th Subsidiary Bodies session in Bonn with a clear and determined message. “People talk about the architecture of the Paris Agreement that all your nations collectively created and agreed. I prefer to think of its engineering,” Stiell stated at the opening meetings in Bonn. “The design phase is completed, and...

Forum Chair welcomes Baron Waqa as new Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General

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Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown Monday welcomed the new Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa. “I am delighted to welcome the new Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, as he begins his tenure at the Secretariat today” Brown said in a statement. Highlighting Waqa's experience, Brown noted, “A former...

Fiji Coalition Government remains strong despite differences: DPM Prasad

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Fiji's deputy Prime Minister, Professor Biman Prasad says the Coalition Government is strong, and they remain focused on serving the people of Fiji. In an interview with the media, Prasad said any differences of opinion between the coalition partners has no bearing on the support to the Prime Minister and the Coalition Government. When asked about his stand on the gazetted...

PNG Opposition supports Parliament processes

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Governor for West New Britain and spokesman for the defected PANGU MPs, Sasindran Muthuvel says the Crown camp of likeminded leaders are ready for the Papua New Guinea Parliament sitting this week and expects normal procedures to take place. Muthuvel said on Wednesday this week, the Private Business Committee (PBC) will be deliberate on the rectified motion of no confidence...

France deploys 16 additional Centaure armoured vehicles in New Caledonia following deadly riots

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France will send a total of 16 Centaure armoured vehicles from the gendarmerie to New Caledonia. Six of these vehicles will arrive next week, with the remaining ten being deployed progressively over the following weeks. This deployment follows recent unrest in New Caledonia after the adoption of a local electoral body reform, which triggered riots on the archipelago. These disturbances have...

Nauru Airlines makes Guam route a ‘top priority’ among expanded Micronesia flights

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Flight service to Guam is a “top priority” for Nauru Airlines as the carrier continues to expand its routes across Micronesia, a representative of the Nauru government told regional leaders gathered on Guam Monday. Nauru Airlines is the national carrier for the Republic of Nauru. Special Envoy for Nauru Maverick Eoe spoke during the opening of the 26th Micronesian Island Forum...

Sea Shepherd and Government of Tuvalu commence patrols against illegal fishing

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Joint Fisheries patrols have begun onboard Sea Shepherd's ship the Allankay in the waters of Tuvalu—a Polynesian country made up of reef islands and coral atolls located halfway between Hawaii and Australia. T The campaign aims to fill a law enforcement gap left since the island nation’s lone offshore patrol boat was irreparably damaged when a cyclone hit the region...

New Caledonia riots highlight Pacific Islands priorities for PALM10

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By Rieko Hayakawa The 13 May riots in the French territory of New Caledonia took the world by surprise. The territory is a known tourist destination. However, those following New Caledonian politics knew that the pro-independence groups had been holding large-scale demonstrations since around February 2024. Pro-independence groups forcefully demanded the withdrawal of a new law that would allow an increase...

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World Ocean Day Message Pacific Ocean Commissioner, Dr Filimon Manoni- 08 June 2024

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Today, we join the rest of our Blue Planet in celebrating the vitality of our ocean on World Ocean Day. Since its inception in...