U.S won’t rule out military action if China establishes base in Solomon Islands
One of the most senior U.S officials in the Pacific has refused to rule out military action against Solomon Islands if it were to...
PNG Governor General to seek advice on election date change
Papua New Guinea Governor General Sir Bob Dadae is expected to announce if the 2022 National General Election will proceed as scheduled or deferred...
New Zealand commits to climate financing
The New Zealand government has increased its climate finance to a billion dollars over the next four years, with the Pacific, including Fiji, receiving...
10 percent of Fiji’s debt owed to disasters: Economy Minister
Fijian Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says some ten percent of Fiji’s debt burden is owed to climate disasters alone.
While speaking at the United...
FSM submits additional continental shelf claim in the North of Yap area
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)last Friday, filed with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf a claim of an...
China military expert says Scott Morrison’s red line is ‘ridiculous’
A former senior colonel in China’s People’s Liberation Army has laughed off suggestions that Beijing takes Australia’s concerns about its new pact with the...
New clues shed light on ‘pivotal’ moment in the great Pacific migration
The peopling of the Pacific is one of the most significant migrations in human history. And now an archaeological discovery on a small island...
French Polynesian mayors support safeguarding South Pacific Ocean and tradition
French Polynesian President Édouard Fritch recently committed to conserving 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of the ocean by creating a new large-scale...
Labor pledges more foreign aid to Pacific with plan ‘to restore Australia’s place as first partner of choice’
Labor will vow to increase foreign aid to Pacific island countries and ramp up patrols to fight illegal fishing, as it makes an election...
Japan sends senior official to Solomon Islands over China security pact
Japan dispatched a senior official to the Solomon Islands on Monday amid concern that a recently concluded security pact between the southwest Pacific nation...
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Vanuatu seeks faster access to climate funds as needs outpace delivery
Climate funding commitments grow but remain difficult to unlock at the pace Pacific island communities need, according to regional officials and development partners.
Despite more...
Bougainville MP challenges PNG lawmakers to ‘have some guts’ on independence vote
A prominent Bougainvillean MP believes Papua New Guinea's parliament will back the autonomous region's drive for independence.
Francesca Semoso, one of four Bougainvillean MPs in...
Amnesty International demands answers over Vakarisi death in military custody
Amnesty International has raised serious concerns over the death of Jone Vakarisi in military custody, saying official accounts have been inconsistent and calling for...