Treaty of High Seas critical to Pacific
By Elenoa Dimaira
The treaty of the Biodiversity of Areas Beyond Marine Jurisdiction or the Treaty of the High Seas, which is still under...
Beijing backdrops Australia-Solomons meeting
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the prime minister and his Solomon Islands counterpart will discuss important regional issues amid concerns about Honiara relationship with...
FijiFirst announces 20 provisional candidates
Fiji's ruling party,FijiFirst has introduced its first batch of 20 proposed candidates for the 2022 General Election.
The lineup includes former Republic of Fiji Military...
PNG Chief Justice steps down from official duties for an indefinite period
Papua New Guinea Justice Minister and Attorney General Pila Niningi, has announced that Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika, has stepped down from official duties...
Pacific Regional Climate Centre Coordination Committee urged to find solutions for “climate emergency”
The first physical meeting of the Pacific Island Regional Climate Centre (RCC) was commissioned in Apia with a call on delegates to work together...
Pacific Islands backed a partnership with the U.S, but China unlikely to be deterred in push for influence
-Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says respect for their sovereignty was likely among the reasons why Pacific leaders accepted an offer of partnership...
Major UN powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the consequences of...
Three more NZ judges to face tribunal in Kiribati, as Mahuta warns of ‘constitutional issues
Kiribati will put another three New Zealand judges before a tribunal for misconduct, as Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta warns of “constitutional issues” in the...
USAID to increase assistance for Fiji and Pacific
The re-establishment of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regional mission for the Pacific in Suva Fiji, will expand the presence and...
Provisions ‘ambiguous’: Fiji Times Editor-in-chief
The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley says he has to live under the ambiguous provisions of the Media Industry Development Act (MIDA) 2010 “from...
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Pacific Climate Ministers advance united regional agenda ahead of COP31
Pacific Climate Ministers convened Tuesday for the sixth Pacific Climate Ministers Talanoa, strengthening regional climate cooperation and advancing a united Pacific agenda ahead of...
French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input
The government of French Polynesia plans to challenge an American startup’s proposal to explore the waters just beyond its maritime borders for seabed mining.
“We...
Why small island states are driving the fight against climate change
Opinion by Payam Akhavan
“If you respect nature, nature will respect you.”
This is the ancient wisdom of the Indigenous people of Tuvalu, a small island...