Vanuatu PM visit Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, Ishmael Kalsakau, and Madame Ellene Kalsakau to Australia from...
Fiji Home Affairs Minister Tikoduadua labels Bainimarama’s statement treasonous
Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs has condemned the statement delivered by Opposition Leader Voreqe Bainimarama and even described it treasonous.
Bainimarama in his response to...
Palau President Whipps asks for close to US$5 million supplemental budget
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr is looking for a budget boost by submitting earlier this month a proposed supplemental financial package amounting to almost...
Report calls for bystander intervention laws to address online violence against women in Pacific
A new report by the Commonwealth Secretariat calls on policymakers from Pacific countries to consider adopting laws requiring bystanders to report online violence against...
Api Koroisau announced as new captain of Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers is delighted to announce Apisai Koroisau has been appointed team captain for 2023.
The announcement was made at Wests Tigers official season launch...
Oceania Football Confederation joins United Nations ‘Football for the Goals’
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has announced it has been accepted as an official member of the United Nation's Football for the Goals (FFTG).
The...
Cyclone Gabrielle: evacuations urged as ‘potentially devastating’ storm lashes New Zealand
Evacuations are under way and tens of thousands of people are without power as Cyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand’s North Island, where the largest...
Missed deadline raises risk of delays to loss and damage fund
Talks on a global fund for victims of climate change could be delayed after governments missed a deadline to appoint members to a committee...
Fiji President failed to protect the Constitution, claims Bainimarama
Fiji Opposition Leader Voreqe Bainimarama claims that President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has failed to protect the 2013 Constitution.
In his response to the President’s opening...
Pacific Islands Forum mission completes visit to Japan
Commitments to further engage in “intensive dialogue” and information sharing on the proposed Fukushima ALPS treated nuclear wastewater discharge into the Pacific are the...
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Marshall Islands warns against 1.5°C overshoot, says relocation is not an option
The Marshall Islands has warned that exceeding the 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit, even temporarily, would put vulnerable communities at greater risk and increase...
World must quadruple electrification pace to keep 1.5°C alive – Bowen
The world must increase the pace of electrification more than four-fold to have any chance of keeping global warming within the 1.5-degree Celsius limit,...
COP31 must deliver results, keep 1.5°C goal alive – Kurum
COP31 President Murat Kurum has called on countries to keep the 1.5-degree Celsius temperature limit within reach and deliver concrete climate action, warning that...