Lack of funding a major setback for Pacific Islands on climate change, says Tonga PM
Summing up the Pacific Leaders meeting earlier this month in Rarotonga, Tonga's Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni said the meeting reassured the Pacific leaders...
Faith leaders call for no new coal or gas and urgent action on climate
Senior leaders from Christian, Muslim and Buddhist faiths visited key Ministers and MPs in Canberra last Thursday to urge the federal Labor government to...
Cuba praises ties with South Pacific Island States
Cuba stressed the importance of having multilateral ties with South Pacific Island States and reasserted its commitment to friendship and cooperation at the 52nd...
Tonga wins 2023 Pacific Invasive Species Battler of the Year Award
National Invasive Species Coordinator of the Tonga Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Viliami Hakaumotu and has...
New Caledonia lead medal tally, but female lifters steal limelight
The 2019 Pacific Games Champion New Caledonia leads the 2023 Pacific Games medal tally at the end of the fourth day of competition in...
Weightlifter Wini wins three medals for Team Solomons
Solomon Islands' Golden Girl Jenly Tegu Wini claimed the first gold medals at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara on Monday, claiming three gold...
Papua New Guinea’s Golden Girl Dika Toua wins three Gold medal in weighlifting
The Toua sisters put up a brilliant performance in weightlifting Monday for Papua New Guinea.
Thelma and Dika competed in the 49kg category while Konio...
The Samoa Agreement is now a reality – OACPS
The partnership between the European Union (EU) and its 27 Member States, and the 79 Member States of the Organisation of African Caribbean and...
“The Spirit of Do Kamo”: church youth delegates meet in New Caledonia
By Nic Maclellan, in Waa wi Lûû, New Caledonia
As the bus traverses the Col des rousettes – a pass through New Caledonia’s central mountain...
Small island nations most at risk from climate change events
Small island nations, mainly in the Caribbean and Pacific, are most at risk from catastrophic damage caused by greenhouse gases, new research by Victoria...
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Dr Aqorau calls for national debate ahead of Solomon Islands’ 50th Independence anniversary
Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau has called for a national conversation on the country’s future, saying the lead-up to...
The stakes in the Pacific are increasing: the solutions need to adapt
By Dave Peebles
Last week was a big week in the Pacific, with the race between order and disorder, between cooperation and competition, brutally laid...
China does not seek ‘sphere of influence’ in ties with Pacific island nations, foreign...
China has no geopolitical intention in developing its relations with Pacific island countries and does not seek any so-called sphere of influence, Foreign Minister...