Climate disasters have major consequences for informal economies
In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in...
Samoa climb World Rugby Women’s rankings
Samoa are now the highest ranked of the Pacific Island nations after their thrilling 19-18 victory over Fiji in the final round of the...
Christian Lealiifano eyes shock Samoa World Cup selection
Cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano is close to penning another special chapter in his rollercoaster career with a 2023 Rugby World Cup appearance for Samoa.
The...
Mark Evans warns Wales and Australia before RWC as Fijian Drua make big strides
The challenge facing Warren Gatland’s Wales and the Wallabies under Eddie Jones at the Rugby World Cup has suddenly become even more daunting thanks...
Japan must abort nuclear waste disposal plan, says PNG MP
To commemorate World Environment Day, Papua New Guinea MP for Kundiawa Gembogl Muguwa Dilu is renewing calls for Japan to abort the plans to...
World must ‘work as one’ to end plastic pollution: Guterres
As international negotiators committed to hammering out a draft treaty by November on ending plastic pollution, the UN chief stressed in his message for...
Pacific voice loud and clear at plastic treaty negotiations in Paris
Q and A with Ambassador Ilana Seid, Permanent Representative of Palau to the UN and Chair of Pacific Small Island Developing States
Nearly 200...
Kiribati calls for a strong global commitment to upstream measures to solve the plastic crisis
Thirty-three coral atolls and islands are dispersed among the three groups that form Kiribati, which are the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix islands. Covering a...
It’s not about money, it’s about precious lives, Nauru at plastics treaty negotiations
Nauru might be a small country with a population of around 10,000 people on a single island in the Pacific Ocean but its voice...
Tuvalu negotiator optimistic about ongoing plastic treaty negotiations
Slow progress is better than no progress at all.
That’s the view of the Director of Tuvalu’s Department of Waste Management, Epu Falega, as negotiations...
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Chinese Taipei compromise clears way for landmark South Pacific Albacore deal
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Friday adopted a long-awaited management procedure for South Pacific albacore...
Fiji hails ‘monumental’ South Pacific Albacore breakthrough at WCPFC
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
Fiji says the adoption of the South Pacific Albacore Management Procedure (MP) at WCPFC22 in Manila is a “monumental...
WCPFC adopts landmark South Pacific albacore management procedure after years of deadlock
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) wrapped up its annual meeting in Manila Friday with a major...