PINA

Pacific delegates who attended the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), in Nairobi Kenya, are returning home reasonably satisfied with the progress made during the past week. Although some will argue that the outcome could have been better, others among Pacific delegations say...

Pacific Island leaders have stressed the need to grasp their own destiny by setting their own regional agenda, with a focus on climate change and nuclear issues. Leaders and delegates of member nations this month gathered together on the Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum under the theme "Our Voices, Our Choices, Our Pacific Way: Promote, Partner, Prosper". Founded...

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will visit Indonesia in 2024. The invitation extended by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo follows their recent discussion on the matter concerning the West Papuan people. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) had appointed Rabuka alongside Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape as special envoys during the Pacific Islands Forum leader’s regional meeting in the Cook Islands...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). As one of the first countries to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on maintaining cooperation under the BRI framework, Fiji has maintained close cooperation with China in the areas of economic affairs, trade and climate change. Global Times reporter Leng Shumei (GT) recently held an exclusive...

Team Fiji has dropped to 14th on the overall Pacific Games medal tally after day two. Following the three medals win from our swimmers Fiji now have 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. At the top of the table defending champions New Caledonia has extended their lead to 17 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze. Australia is second with 11 gold, seven...

Another full house at Honiara’s Aquatic Centre on day two of swimming at the Sol2023 Pacific Games featured eight events with 15 preliminary heats plus eight finals on Tuesday. In the first final of the night, Tasi Limtiaco of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) moved two steps closer to his triple-gold goal after winning the men’s 50m breaststroke with a...

Despite having their goalkeeper Madison Tenifa sent off five minutes into their first match at the Sol2023 Pacific Games women’s football tournament, Tonga managed to secure a 2-2 draw with Tahiti at Lawson Tama on Tuesday. Following Tenifa’s dismissal for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity, Tahiti took control of the first half with goals to Kiani Wong and Kohai...

The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday, as the country's seafood producers continue to suffer from a Chinese import ban imposed after the discharges began. Large amounts of radioactive wastewater have accumulated at the nuclear plant since it was...

By Brittany Nawaqatabu The second meeting of state parties on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is set to kick off at the United Nations headquarters in New York from the 27 November - 01 December, 2023. The TPNW outlines the total elimination of the production, testing, use, possession, and threats of the use of nuclear weapons globally....

With global temperatures soaring and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reaching unprecedented levels, dramatic climate action is needed to steer the world away from runaway climate change and align it to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, a major UN report has found. The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), carried a clear message...