PNG soldiers killed in training incident
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) has confirmed that two of its members were killed early Tuesday, in a training incident.
This incident occurred...
Pacific treaties must be built with care and nurtured once they’re in place
By Lucy Albiston and Blake Johnson
Security agreements are an increasingly hot topic in the Pacific as Australia, the U.S, China and New Zealand...
Ireland down Fiji 47- 27
Given the emotional turmoil Ireland’s squad will have gone through over the past few days, they can look back on the result as a...
PM Fiamē gives best wishes to Manu Samoa
Samoa Prime Minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa and Education Minister, Seuula Ioane Tuaau joined the Manu Samoa team on Monday in a service (faigalotu) at...
1.5°C limit still possible: UN SG
The UN chief António Guterres says limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C is still attainable, but requires a 45 percent reduction in carbon...
Global shipping poised to get new emissions-fighting strategy
A new strategy is expected to set global shipping on an ambitious path towards phasing out greenhouse gas emissions, top UN officials said at...
‘We depend on our beautiful reefs’: Fukushima water release plan sparks concern across Pacific
Every day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.
The 54-year-old drops his...
UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’
Global heating is a burning human rights issue, as extreme weather and climate disasters threaten humanity’s universal right to food, UN rights chief Volker...
Japan’s nuclear contaminated water discharge plan poses unacceptable risks: Observer
Japan's plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean poses unacceptable risks, according to an...
PNG MP Kessy Sawang appointed Labour Minister
Raicoast MP Kessy Sawang has been appointed as the Papua New Guinea labour and employment minister.
Sawang was sworn in Monday at the Government House...
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