Pacific Fisheries Ministers dialogue
A special Pacific Islands Fisheries Ministerial dialogue was held in Kokopo, East New Britain Province, on the commitment of Fisheries Ministers of certain Pacific...
Tuvalu chairs 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials
Tuvalu has been appointed Chair of the 31st SPREP Meeting of Officials taking place at Taumeasina Island Resort in Samoa.
The Permanent Secretary for the...
Rugby World Cup 2023 set to be “a celebration of togetherness”
World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont and other dignitaries gathered in Paris on Monday, four days before France and New Zealand get Rugby World...
World Rugby unveils Emirates Match Officials appointments for women’s internationals and WXV
World Rugby has today announced the team of Emirates Match Officials selected for the upcoming September and October women’s internationals and three-level inaugural WXV...
MSG Secretariat condemns Japan’s discharge of ALPS water
The Government of Japan has been criticised by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat for using the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report to...
Pacific groups welcome deep sea mining moratorium in Melanesia
By Brittany Nawaqatabu, USP Student
The Melanesian leaders have imposed a moratorium on deep sea mining within their respective jurisdictions, and are calling for a...
Prime Minister of Samoa reiterates Pacific leaders’ commitment to the protection of environment
The gathering of SPREP members, partners and donors in Samoa this week embodies the collective commitment and priority Pacific leaders have placed on the...
Invasive species cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s diversity
Invasive species are costing the world at least US$423bn every year and have become a leading threat to the diversity of life on Earth,...
Vanuatu elects Sato Kilman as prime minister, names new Cabinet
Vanuatu's parliament elected Sato Kilman as the nation's new prime minister Monday after a court upheld a vote of no-confidence in the nation’s former...
Pacific region vastly underserved by climate finance – Coral Pasisi
The Pacific region remains vastly underserved by access to climate finance, according to the Pacific Community (SPC)'s director of climate change and sustainability, Coral...
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Vanuatu seeks faster access to climate funds as needs outpace delivery
Climate funding commitments grow but remain difficult to unlock at the pace Pacific island communities need, according to regional officials and development partners.
Despite more...
Bougainville MP challenges PNG lawmakers to ‘have some guts’ on independence vote
A prominent Bougainvillean MP believes Papua New Guinea's parliament will back the autonomous region's drive for independence.
Francesca Semoso, one of four Bougainvillean MPs in...
Amnesty International demands answers over Vakarisi death in military custody
Amnesty International has raised serious concerns over the death of Jone Vakarisi in military custody, saying official accounts have been inconsistent and calling for...