Kaiviti Silktails defeats Mounties
The Kaiviti Silktails had to scrape hard in order to beat the Mounties rugby league side Saturday at Prince Charles Park in Nadi.
The 22-20...
Domestic terror: Lethal force to be used by PNG Police
Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under Domestic Terrorism through the amendments to...
Commonwealth Heads of Government to meet in Samoa in 2024
Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, have announced the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be...
Nuclear experts would drink Japan’s treated radioactive wastewater
Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear waste water into the...
PNG Opposition to take government to court over U.S defence agreement
Papua New Guinea opposition Leader and Kandrian Gloucester MP, Joseph Lelang has informed the nation that he intends to seek legal interpretation at the...
Explainer: Water to be released into the ocean from Fukushima nuclear power station
Within a few months, Japan is expected to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
So what...
Japan’s Fukushima wastewater plan is safe, says expert on Pacific islands panel
Fish that swim in treated wastewater from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant would be safe to eat, according to an expert who is part...
South Korea ruling party demands DP stop scaremongering Pacific island nations over Fukushima release plan
South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday strongly denounced the main opposition Democratic Party's (DP) plan to send letters urging Pacific island...
Paris climate summit opens with call for ‘finance shock’
The leaders of France and Barbados joined forces on Thursday to push for an overhaul of the international financial system at a summit aimed...
The climate crisis is this century’s biggest threat. We need a global finance pact that reflects the task ahead
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The science is clear. The climate crisis is the biggest single threat we face as a...
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Strategic competition in Pacific here to stay, Australian Minister says
Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy says strategic competition with China in the Pacific is a permanent...
Cook Islands General Election set for 12 August
The Cook Islands 2026 General Election will be held on Wednesday, August 12, the King’s Representative, Sir Tom Marsters, announced this morning.
In a radio...
Fiji PM says next election due between 24 December and early February 2027
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s next general election is expected to be held between 24 December 2026, and the first week of February...