Forum audit raises accountability pressure over finances
The Pacific Islands Forum has released its 2023 Audited Financial statements, setting out its financial position, audit findings and the steps being taken to...
Forum report lays out gains and gaps as Pacific faces rising pressures
The Pacific Islands Forum has released its 2023 Annual report, detailing progress across key regional priorities while warning that mounting global pressures continue to...
Solomon Islands PM outlines government response and priorities
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, Tuesday outlined the Government’s response to Tropical Cyclone Maila, the global fuel situation, regional developments, and key governance...
Cook Islands government urges energy conservation amid global fuel crisis
The Cook Islands government is urging residents and visitors to conserve energy amid a coordinated response to global fuel supply pressure.
In a statement issued...
Japan to help Pacific island nations create payment processor
The Japanese Finance Ministry will help create a framework for handling international remittances in Pacific Island nations and territories as major banks that process...
Fiji Assistant Foreign Minister breaks rank, Opposes Vuda waste to energy project
Fiji’s Assistant Foreign Minister and National Federation Party (NFP) MP Lenora Qereqeretabua has publicly opposed the proposed Energy-to-Waste (ETW) project in Saweni, Vuda, warning...
Solomon Islands’ political crisis will ‘not fundamentally change’ ties with Beijing
Regardless of how the current political crisis in the Solomon Islands unfolds, experts told Radio Free Asia that they anticipate no change in the...
Pacific wisdom key to climate response: Fiji PM Rabuka
‘For Fiji, climate change is encountered through our relationship with the Vanua, ocean, communities, and in our faiths.’
These were the sentiments shared by the...
High oil prices are devastating Island states – and moving the needle on Climate
By Fenton Lutunatabua
This week, over 50 countries are joining forces to move the needle on what is proving to be one of the world’s...
Pacific Mini Games Golden boy John Tafi sets new Oceania record
Named the best overall athlete in the Pacific Mini Games 2025, John Tafi of Samoa not only broke his own records from the Mini...
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PNG maritime officials say Pacific cooperation is key to closing gaps in safety, standards...
By Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti
The Sixth Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers' Meeting(PRETMM6) are laying bare the realities of Pacific regions challenges, from outdated legislation and...
Carving space at sea: Why Pacific maritime reform must move beyond talk
By Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti
“We need the Ministers to endorse it, so we can implement it.”
For Amy Ngatamaine, that is more than a call to action....
Japan to host 60th ADB Annual Meeting in 2027
Japan will host the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 60th Annual Meeting in Aichi-Nagoya from 02 to 05 May 2027.
The event will mark ADB’s 60th...