“Climate chaos is rewriting the rules of weather”: UN SG Guterres
"Climate chaos is rewriting the rules of weather,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on World Meteorological Day, as new data confirmed accelerating global warming...
China’s grip grows on fragile Solomon Islands’ media
Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific archipelago has become a strategic arena for Beijing’s influence.
By capitalising on...
UN weather agency warns of record ‘climate imbalance’ as planetary warming accelerates
All-time high greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere continue to drive heat records on land and sea, with long-lasting consequences for humanity, the World...
Fiji, Tuvalu advance pre-COP 31 preparations
As Fiji prepares to host Pre-COP 31 this year, Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya Monday met with her Tuvalu counterpart, Maina...
Bougainville launches ‘Return Home’ drive, calls professionals back
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has launched a nationwide campaign urging its people living abroad to return and help build the island as it...
Fiji launches SAUTU to counter disinformation
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has told government communications officers that clear and coordinated messaging is critical to maintaining public trust and protecting democracy.
Speaking...
Samoan PM: Government will set up new rugby union
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'auli) Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt says his government will work on setting up a new national rugby union to govern the...
Samoa MPs to be drug tested before they can run for Parliament
Samoa’s war against drugs will extend to ensuring Parliamentarians are drug free before entering an election.
That is the stance of Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao...
“Accountable to Parliament, not the PM”: Solomon Islands PM Manele invokes separation of powers amid committee walkouts
Solomon Isands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has moved to de-escalate tensions surrounding the recent mass resignation of Parliamentary Standing Committee chairs, asserting that these...
Dome over contaminated nuclear blast site is leaking — expert warns risk from lethal landfill could be ‘devastating’
Experts are having a nuclear meltdown.
Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear blast site have sparked fears that the containment area has sprung...
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Pacific financial system under threat as banking links shrink, Forum report warns
The Pacific’s access to global finance is under growing strain, with a new Pacific Islands Forum report warning that the steady loss of correspondent...
Forum SG Waqa pushes truth and accountability on nuclear legacy
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says remembrance of nuclear testing in the Pacific must drive action, as the region continues to deal...
Hidden archaeological landscapes discovered in Fiji through Moana data service’s LiDAR technology
By Moana Data Services/Kahuto Pacific
New high-resolution airborne LiDAR data from the Moana Data Service has revealed a previously hidden landscape of earthworks across parts...