A calling to help people, Rear Admiral explains U.S Coast Guard’s Pacific role
The core mission of the U.S Coast Guard is search and rescue but training in the Pacific region tailored for island nations is also...
Document leak challenges regional security: Fiji PM
The Fiji government will look into factors challenging regional security following the Pentagon document leak over the weekend.
The leak contained information on security and...
Australia pledges $20 million to ‘partner of choice’ Samoa
The Australian government has announced they will pledge AUD$20 million (US$13 million) of additional budget support to Samoa.
Labor will deliver this financial support to...
Tongan court rules law does not apply to a noble
Tonga's Appeal Court has upheld a decision saying a law did not apply to a nobleman.
A member of Parliament, a nobles' representative, was elected...
A nuclear-fuelled debate over Japan’s wastewater release
By Chris Bartlett
Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima reactor into the ocean has its supporters but is causing...
A deep dive into the reality of radioactive water
By David Krofcheck, Auckland University
When people go for a swim in an ocean, they are literally bathing in a sea of natural radiation.
The...
Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific
By Robert Richmond
Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used...
UK, PNG to sign security agreement, says Foreign Affairs Minister
The United Kingdom and Papua New Guinea will sign a security agreement when a senior government official visits the country next week, says Foreign...
Consultations to begin outside Bougainville for Independence constitution
The Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission (BCPC) has begun consultations with Bougainvilleans outside Bougainville.
The consultation is to gauge views and contribution of Bougainvilleans to draft...
Cook Islands-U.S diplomatic relations likely to be finalised ‘by the middle of this year’
The Cook Islands are a step closer to forming formal diplomatic arrangements with the United States.
Prime Minister Mark Brown, who recently visited Washington DC...
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France reaffirms commitment to Pacific disaster preparedness with €1 million contribution
As funding for humanitarian preparedness becomes increasingly constrained worldwide, the Pacific Community (SPC) has welcomed the Government of France’s €1 million (US$1.16 million) contribution...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia.
Representatives of the ULMWP were this...
Court to decide Solomon Islands PM’s fate on 01 May in Court of appeal...
After three weeks of intense legal arguments, the nation now waits for 01 May, when the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal will deliver a...