Samoa Court rules suspended Opposition MPs return to Parliament
Samoa Supreme Court has ruled that there is no barrier or obstacle to stop the Opposition leader, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi...
Australia Post to help Pacific islands modernise postal services
The government will provide Australia Post with $450,000(US$308,501) to help upgrade postal systems, technology and training in the Pacific.
Australia Post has announced a partnership...
New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes
By John Braddock
New Zealand’s Labour government announced last week that it will ease restrictions on temporary migrant workers to address severe labour shortages...
Church leaves PNG Hunters
Papua New Guinea Hunters will have a new head coach next season following Matthew Church’s departure to Hostplus Cup rivals Brisbane Tigers on a...
PNG Barramundis head coach resigns
Cricket PNG and PNG Barramundis Head Coach Carl Sandri have mutually agreed to part ways.
Sandri has been on leave from CPNG since returning from...
Pacific Ocean Commissioner calls on world to conclude a legal binding agreement on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General and Pacific Ocean Commissioner Henry Puna has called on UN member states to conclude a legal binding agreement on...
Biden administration urges Supreme Court not to take American Samoa citizenship case
The Biden administration told the Supreme Court Monday that it should not take up a case about citizenship rights for American Samoa even though...
Blackburn: Taiwan tripabout ‘Protecting’ Pacific Islands from Chinese ‘aggression’
U.S Senator Marsha Blackburn on Monday sounded off about her recent trip to Taiwan.
Blackburn told Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company” that her trip...
French representatives to visit New Caledonia in September
The President of the New Caledonian Congress Roch Wamytan says a visit with French representatives will take place on 12 September.
The minister delegate for...
OACPS SG appeals closure unity among 79 – member Organisation
Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, urged unified positions by the 79-member grouping ahead of...
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...