Regional airlines “in the dark” on Fiji’s new airport management deal
By Dionisia Tabureguci
The Fiji Government’s controversial decision to award the management contract for Fiji Airports Ltd (FAL) to its national airline, Fiji Airways,...
Pacific Islands Forum proclaims false “unity” on climate crisis
By John Braddock
After four days of talks on 14 July, the leaders of 14 Pacific nations emerged from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
‘No place like home’: Climate change threatens Fiji’s rugby nursery
The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed...
Lelai thanks ONOC for roadmap to BRISBANE 2032
Current and aspiring Pacific Islands athletes must use the opportunities that ONOC’s roadmap to BRISBANE 2032 will offer in the next ten years.
Speaking at...
Koroisau ‘Would love to represent Australia’
Blues and Panthers hooker Api Koroisau says he would "love an opportunity" to represent Australia at the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.
Koroisau's comments come...
‘Smallest nation with biggest heart’ set to keep pace with bigger nations
Affectionately dubbed the 'smallest nation with the biggest heart' Niue's 15-strong team have set off to Birmingham to face some of the mightiest nations...
Statement by Forum Secretary General Henry Puna on the latest killings and escalating election violence in PNG
It is with deep sadness and concern that I condemn the recent deaths and escalating violence in Papua New Guinea, including in Porgera and...
PNG Governor General concerned about violence, delay in counting
Papua New Guinea Governor General Sir Bob Dadae has advised Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai that any changes in the election –– including the extension...
New Caledonian separatists sign MoU with West Papua counterpart
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which wants independence from...
Samoa Ocean Strategy video calls for global response to avert worst climate scenarios
Samoa might be a small country in the eyes of the world but when it comes to matters of the Ocean, it is a...
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France reaffirms commitment to Pacific disaster preparedness with €1 million contribution
As funding for humanitarian preparedness becomes increasingly constrained worldwide, the Pacific Community (SPC) has welcomed the Government of France’s €1 million (US$1.16 million) contribution...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia.
Representatives of the ULMWP were this...
Court to decide Solomon Islands PM’s fate on 01 May in Court of appeal...
After three weeks of intense legal arguments, the nation now waits for 01 May, when the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal will deliver a...