PNG PM ‘can form a government’ as count goes on
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said his party has the numbers to form a coalition government, after a national poll plagued by...
‘Super Browns’ side Cook Islands Party in coalition talks
The governing Cook Islands Party is all but confirmed to retain power after receiving support from the re-elected Independent Members of Parliament (MPs) from...
Air Rarotonga inaugural commercial flight to Tahiti scheduled for 13 August
The governments of the Cook Islands and French Polynesia are delighted to announce the first inaugural commercial flight from Rarotonga (RAR) to Pape’ete (PPT),...
Statement by Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna on the UNGA resolution recognising the Universal Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
I join the chorus of international support for the landmark resolution recognising the right to access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as...
ONOC Digest – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
ONOC is delivering this Digest in partnership with The Reporters’ Academy and the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA).
Endurance and Resilience: Pacific Island Multi-Event Athletes...
New FAO project to boost Vanuatu’s capacity for implementing National Census of Agriculture 2022
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Vanuatu launched a new project to support the country in conducting...
Wenge returns after ten years
Counting for the Morobe Regional Seat successfully continued into exclusion 35, to have a Governor elected as of quarter past four this morning.
Despite minor...
84 seats declared so far
A total of 34 seats remain to be declared as of midday today.
From the total 118 seats, 84 seats have been declared, but one...
UN visits Vanuatu after two years of closed borders
This week, a team from the United Nations (UN) landed in Vanuatu for the first time since COVID-19 closed Vanuatu’s borders in 2020.
Led by...
New Caledonia referendum challenged in Euro court
The holding of New Caledonia's referendum on independence from France is being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights.
Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes reports a...
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Forum Foreign Ministers activate regional crisis mechanism as Middle East conflict threatens Pacific fuel...
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers have endorsed a new Regional Response Mechanism to help the region manage the growing economic and security risks arising...
Guam Governor signs ban on deep-sea mining, violators face $50K fines
Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed a bill into law banning deep-sea mining from Guam and its nearshore waters under threat of fines of...
Pacific Trade officials meet to shape region’s Trade agenda ahead of Ministerial talks
Senior trade officials from Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) member countries convened today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to discuss key trade and economic...