SG Puna welcomes inclusion of all Forum Leaders at Biden summit
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the inclusion of all Forum members to the inaugural White House meeting with President Biden...
Pacific atoll nations launch global plan to preserve heritage
Pacific atoll nations on Wednesday launched a new global partnership to preserve their sovereignty and heritage as their countries disappear under rising seas triggered...
Former Opposition MP Salote Radrodro to serve 24 months in prison; remaining six months suspended
Former Fiji Opposition MP Salote Radrodro has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment by the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Suva.
Radrodro was...
Youths amplifying Pacific voices at UN meeting
By Sanjeshni Kumar
Pacific youths have amplified their efforts to save their island homes and are calling on the world’s biggest emitters to commit...
1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called...
Samoa Government scraps COVID-19 travel requirement
It's official. All health restrictions for travelers including mandatory COVID-19 testing have been scrapped, allowing anyone to enter Samoa freely effective today, Thursday 22...
U.S, India engaging on Pacific Islands: Biden’s deputy assistant Kurt Campbell
As geopolitical competition intensifies in the Pacific Islands, Kurt Campbell, the White House Indo-Pacific coordinator and deputy assistant to President Joe Biden, has said...
U.S, UK join Pacific allies in Fijian military exercise
A military exercise in Fiji involving the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand ends this week as the traditional allies counter China’s growing...
NZDF joins largest Pacific military exercise in decades
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is taking part in a large-scale military exercise in Fiji, bringing together the same allies which once fought...
PM Hu’akavameiliku highlights Tonga’s case at ‘Ocean Nations’ meeting”
Tongan Prime Minister, Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, highlighted Tonga case on Day Two of the "Ocean Nations: An Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue" at the United Nations...
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Free trade agreements with Pacific island nations proposed to protect regional posture
U.S Rep Ed Case has proposed a presidential initiative to negotiate free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries and extend duty-free treatment to certain...
Taiwan boosts support as Palau prepares to host Pacific Islands Forum
Taiwan is helping Palau prepare to host next year's Pacific Islands Forum, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Saturday.
Lin, who was on a trip...
When the room says No but the Ocean says Now why Vanuatu chose a...
Op Ed by Lagi Toribau, Technical Advisor & Lead Negotiator for Vanuatu on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
When I arrived in Nairobi for UNEA-7, I carried with...