Will Skelton to captain Wallabies
Australia coach Eddie Jones has named La Rochelle second-row Will Skelton as captain of a young Wallabies squad for Rugby World Cup 2023.
Three uncapped...
Motion of no confidence against Vanuatu PM moved to next week
A motion of no confidence against Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau will now be debated next Wednesday, after the government didn’t appear at Parliament...
Fukushima is not merely a nuclear issue for the Pacific
By Sera Sefeti
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) submitted its final report to Japan on 04 July on the safety of dumping treated nuclear...
Bringing the Pacific people together in solidarity to address nuclear legacy issues in the Pacific – Lesuma
We try bringing together Pacific people and groups, in unity and solidarity so that we have one united way against nuclear waste dumping, nuclear...
Prolonged monetary policy tightening impacts Pacific workers
Prolonged tightening of monetary policy in neighbouring Australia and New Zealand will have a huge impact in the Pacific, including Fiji.
This was revealed in...
Unified Pacific is the game changer, says senior UN executive
By Richard Naidu
An Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations has urged a key gathering of finance ministers from across the Pacific to form a “unified...
Pacific leaders present historic climate finance plan to island communities
Pacific activists and civil society presented a historic new climate finance initiative to the community of Kioa Island in Fiji this week.
The Kato Pacific...
Opposition leader Wale apologises to Solomon Islander’s over ethnic tension on behalf of Malaita
Solomon Islands leader of Opposition Matthew Wale has apologised to the people of Solomon Islands on behalf of the people of Malaita province for...
Pacific leaders address the hypocrisy of development partners
Pacific leaders are concerned with the hypocrisy of the Pacific Islands Forum’s development partners.
Fiji’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad...
Vanuatu no-confidence motion looks likely to fail
Three Members of Vanuatu Parliament (MPs) have withdrawn their support for the motion of no-confidence, according to the Parliamentary Speakers’ Office.
These three MPs wrote...
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Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) J-PACT Media Anti-Corruption
Six grants of USD$2,500 available to Pacific journalists
The Journalism for Anti-Corruption and Transparency (J-PACT) project is inviting expressions of interest from individual Pacific journalists,...
The world is waging a ‘war on nature’ as progress on biodiversity targets lags
Fewer than half of the national targets set to protect the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems are on track, the UN warns in a...
Strengthening National Competent Authorities to Support Pacific Seafood Exports
National Competent Authorities play an important role in ensuring that fishery products meet the food safety and quality requirements of export markets.
A two-week training...