Pacific Island countries face catastrophic debt
The effects of climate change is causing Pacific Islands, including Fiji to experience what is termed “catastrophic debt”.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Director Programmes &...
Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll
By Nick Bainton, Emilka Skrzypek
Plundering the Pacific for its rich natural resources has a long pedigree. Think of the European companies strip-mining Nauru...
Fijian Eileen Cikamatana makes history with weightlifting gold for Australia
At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Eileen Cikamatana won weightlifting gold for Fiji. Four years later in Birmingham she repeated the achievement, this time...
ONOC Digest – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
ONOC is delivering this Digest in partnership with The Reporters’ Academy and the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA).
OCEANIA’S DAY AT THE GAMES - DAY...
Pacific Regional Law Enforcement Conference discuss implications of drug trafficking in the region
The Pacific Regional Law Enforcement Conference (PRLEC) this week discuss the implications of drug trafficking in the region, community-based approaches to addressing crime, and...
PNG Parliament to sit on 09 August, Enga writs turmoil
The first meeting of the 11th Papua New Guinea Parliament is set for Tuesday, 09 August.
Parliament Clerk Kala Aufa announced this following the official...
Lord Fohe appointed Tongan Minister of Agriculture
Lord Fohe was sworn in as the new Tongan Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forests, when Parliament resumed sitting Monday 01 August.
He entered parliament...
Monkeypox concern heightened after becoming a ‘northern’ disease, says WHO
Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, “no matter the nationality, skin colour or religion of the...
Solomon Islands pre-cautionary approach to deep sea mining
The Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Mines and Energy will be taking pre-cautionary approach when it comes to opening up the country...
Pacific farm workers who breached visas by working for wrong employers fight to get them back
A group of Pacific workers who breached their visa conditions are fighting to get them back, although advocates say it should never have reached...
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Vanuatu Trade Minister steps down, New Minister appointed amid value addition fund concerns
Vanuatu's Minister for Trade and Industry, Samson Samsen, has stepped down following public concern over the administration of the Value Addition Funds, with Prime...
Solomon Islands advances environment and climate law reforms
The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has continued consultations with the Prime Minister's Office Legislative and Policy...
From a classroom in Vanuatu to the world’s highest court: How Pacific students changed...
Six years ago, a group of 27 University of the South Pacific law students in Vanuatu asked what many believed was an impossible question.
Could...