PNG Government seeks solutions to PNG’s fuel crisis
-Papua New Guinea acting Prime Minister John Rosso has assured Papua New Guineans, residents and businesses that a short term arrangement has been reached...
PIF SG statement on the resumed fifth session Intergovernmental Conference on the BBNJ process
By Henry Puna, Forum Secretary General & Pacific Ocean Commissioner
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi,...
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track deep-sea mining?
By Joanna Chiu
Brown-black discharge gushed out of a pipe from a hulking ship, dispersing murky clouds of sediment into the international waters of...
Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans
By Jack Graham
Delegates from up to 193 UN member states resume talks in New York on Monday in an effort to wrap up...
Fijian Drua confirm signing of ‘sledgehammer’ Eroni Sau
The Fijian Drua have confirmed the signing of cult hero and damaging winger Eroni Sau.
'The Sledgehammer' returns to the Drua after playing a key...
Pacific leaders arrive in Fiji, PNG PM PM travels to Suva for bilateral meet
Pacific Islands Forum Heads of States have started to arrive in Fiji Monday.
The leaders will be in the country for the Pacific Islands Forum...
China names special envoy to Pacific Islands amid growing rivalry with U.S
China has named a special envoy to fill a new role in its Pacific Islands diplomacy as it competes with the United States for...
Palau wants to be host country for Pacific Ocean Commissioner
Palau will be the site of a proposed Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner if the Micronesian group’s demand from the Pacific Islands Forum...
Labor overruled Defence advice not to publicise problems with Pacific patrol boats, documents show
-The Australian government decided to publicly release information about problems with Pacific patrol boats despite a warning from defence officials that this could harm...
All hands on deck as UN meets to protect high seas
UN member states are meeting in New York from Monday with the aim of launching a long-berthed high-seas treaty, a crucial step toward the...
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Samoa deputy PM loses seat after Court finds corrupt practices
The Samoa Electoral Court has today ruled that deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Falealili I, Toelupe Maoiautele Pou Onesemo, is guilty...
Western Pacific governments urged to speed up action to end TB in the region
The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged governments in the Western Pacific region to accelerate country-led action to transform tuberculosis care, decentralize services and scale...
Commonwealth SG warns global debt crisis threatens ‘survival’ of Small States
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Shirley Botchwey has warned that rising global debt is threatening development, sovereignty and survival for many countries, particularly small...