National Security Committee rejected Payne’s proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce China influence
A proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce the Chinese infiltration in the region was knocked back by the Cabinet's National Security...
Former Fiji Opposition MP Nawaikula sentenced to two years in jail
Former Fiji Opposition MP Niko Nawaikula will spend two years behind bars.
The matter was called for sentencing in the Anti-Corruption Division of the High...
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child congratulate Kiribati for raising the age of marriage to 18
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Kiribati, with Committee...
PNG Opposition leader’s application to stop Parliament’s decision of adding seven new electorates dismissed
Papua New Guinea Judge Derek Hartshorn says a one-man Supreme Court bench does not have the power to stop an act of Parliament that...
U.S to boost Pacific spending to counter China, but no ‘real number’ yet
The U.S has announced it will boost military spending in the Pacific to counter China.
The White House’s Indo-Pacific Strategy announcement didn’t include any money...
Government can’t stop us from winning: Fiji Opposition
National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad says the Fijian government won’t be able to stop them and the People’s Alliance from winning this year’s...
PNG Guns amnesty ends: Police Commissioner
Papua New Guinea Police Commissioner David Manning says anyone found to be in possession of an unlicensed and homemade firearm will be arrested and...
Tuvalu athletes for Birmingham 2022 train on airport runway
Tuvalu's athletes have been training in an unusual place to prepare for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - the country's international airport.
Space in the...
Pacific Nations Cup to include Australia A side in July
Fiji will host the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2022, which also features Australia A, Samoa and Tonga,, from 02-16 July with matches taking...
Fiji are in Toulouse to win: “There is still room for improvement,” says Gollings
One of the reasons that Fiji have been right at the top of the men’s sevens game for many, many years is because the...
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Samoa deputy PM loses seat after Court finds corrupt practices
The Samoa Electoral Court has today ruled that deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Falealili I, Toelupe Maoiautele Pou Onesemo, is guilty...
Western Pacific governments urged to speed up action to end TB in the region
The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged governments in the Western Pacific region to accelerate country-led action to transform tuberculosis care, decentralize services and scale...
Commonwealth SG warns global debt crisis threatens ‘survival’ of Small States
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Shirley Botchwey has warned that rising global debt is threatening development, sovereignty and survival for many countries, particularly small...