Waratahs down Fijian Drua with Super second half
The NSW Waratahs have emerged battered and bruised but with a vital win against Fijian Drua in a brutal Super Round rugby clash in...
Men’s series leaders New Zealand denied HSBC Canada Sevens Cup semi-final
-Day two of the HSBC Canada Sevens has taken its toll on the top teams. South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand, all in the...
Guam’s Steffy elected as WBSC Oceania President
Robert Steffy has been elected as President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Oceania.
The decision to elect the Guam Baseball Association representative was...
Vanuatu quest for ICJ climate ruling backed by 100 nations
More than 100 countries have backed a plan by Vanuatu to enlist the UN's top court in tackling climate change, after what the nation's...
$860 million pledge kicks off Our Ocean conference
A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off in Panama on Thursday with an EU pledge of more than US$860 million for...
PNG Government must be sensitive to role of media’
The government must be sensitive to mainstream media roles and responsibilities before drafting a National Media Development Policy, says a Papua New Guinea provincial...
Pacific Elders: Japan’s plan to dump toxic water into Pacific Ocean breaches human rights
Japan’s persistent plan to discharge radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a “disregard for the human rights”...
Vanuatu braces for another Cyclone following Judy’s devastation, over 400 evacuated
Just one day after being battered by Tropical Cyclone Judy, Vanuatu is bracing itself for a second cyclone which is intensifying with the possibility...
Baron Waqa’s tenure as Nauru’s president has been called a ‘very dark chapter’
There are already calls to reconsider former Nauru president Baron Waqa's appointment as Pacific Islands Forum secretary-general.
Waqa — who has a controversial record on...
To the (Micronesian) victors go the spoils
By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes
In early 2021, the five Micronesian members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) decided to withdraw from the Forum...
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PNG-Australia defence treaty creates jobs, risks amid rising China influence
Six months after Papua New Guinea and Australia signed a bilateral defence treaty, public opinion in PNG remains divided, with some telling Radio Free...
Coalition’s Court challenge a ‘futile exercise’, says Solomons Attorney General Muria Jr
The case the new Coalition is pursuing against the Government is a “futile exercise,” Solomon Islands Attorney General John Muria Jnr says.
He said this...
A more responsive Vanuatu Police Force organisational structure
For the first time since 1997, the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) will operate under an officially approved framework after the Minister of Internal Affairs...