Fiji Fisheries Minister Bainivalu backs $20m guarantee to keep PAFCO operating
Fiji’s Government is seeking to provide an additional $20 million (US$10 million) guarantee to the Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO) to strengthen its operations, maintain...
Speaking with Climate Youth Negotiators from across the Pacific
For communities across the Pacific, climate change is not a distant threat, it is a daily reality. Climate change impacts, such as coastal erosion...
US$202 million Commonwealth Nature Initiative launched in Antigua and Barbuda to support protection of world’s lands and oceans by 2030 target
Commonwealth nations and regional partners come together in major initiative to mobilise resources to accelerate protection of nature
The Commonwealth Nature Initiative (CNI)was launched...
Commonwealth SG urges global financial reforms to ease small states’ debt burden
Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey has called for urgent reform of the international financial system, saying small states must have better access to affordable financing...
Solomon Islands pushes constitutional reforms to curb political instability
The Solomon Islands Government is advancing a package of constitutional reforms aimed at curbing political instability, strengthening parliamentary governance and protecting the independence of...
Pacific groups condemn EU-Kanaky nickel deal over lack of Kanak consent
Pacific civil society organisations have condemned the European Union's nickel agreement with the Government of Kanaky New Caledonia, warning that the deal risks deepening...
Solomon Islands PM Wale recovering, expected home this week
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Cooper Wale is recovering well following medical treatment in Australia and expects to return home this week to resume...
Protecting journalists remains a media industry priority
Journalist safety must remain a priority as media organisations across the Pacific navigate growing threats, including intimidation and online harassment.
Fiji Times Editor-in-Chief Fed Wesley...
Six in seven journalist murders go unpunished, UNESCO reports
Global impunity for journalist killings has risen for the first time in more than a decade, while the growing use of drones is an...
Sisters are doing it for themselves… and the entire nation of Fiji
No two roads to the World Cup are the same and for Fiji's Taina Naividi it was a dream that almost felt out of...
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Commonwealth leaders commit to climate finance, trade and Pacific resilience
Commonwealth leaders have committed to strengthening climate finance, protecting Pacific maritime boundaries and expanding trade and investment, as they called for urgent action to...
Vanuatu no confidence in motion
The Vanuatu government led by Prime Minister (PM) Jotham Napat maintains that it continues to command majority support in Parliament despite a motion of...
U.S Midterm results put Pacific military and seabed plans under fresh scrutiny – experts
The midterm elections in the United States could bring closer scrutiny of Washington’s growing military footprint and push to secure seabed minerals across the...