Fiji anti-corruption body urged release Charters, apply UNCAC protection for whistleblowers—PFF
The Fiji anti-corruption body, FICAC is being urged by the Pacific Freedom Forum, PFF, to release former journalist Charles Charters from remand.
The PFF also...
ANZ appoints Sohaib Mahmood as Country Head, Fiji
ANZ today announced the appointment of Sohaib Mahmood as Country Head, Fiji, subject to the required regulatory approvals. He will take on the role...
Cook Islands Critical Minerals agreement moves it one step closer to Deep-Sea mining
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is warning of the dangers that come from closer economic alignment for Pacific Island Countries as the U.S...
Pacific countries to use Tuvalu’s plight as example to world powers
Fiji, Palau and Tuvalu look set to host world leaders and climate change ministers in the lead-up to COP31 in a bid to encourage...
Japan faces ‘most significant structural changes since WWII,’ Foreign Minister Motegi tells Diet
Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has warned that the world is undergoing its most significant structural changes since the end of World War II,...
Fijian Media Association calls for clarity on Charters’ arrest
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) is concerned with developments involving Charlie Charters, who was stopped at Nadi International Airport and is now reported to...
Former ‘Īkale Tahi half‑back Manu Vunipola has died
Former ʻīkale Tahi half‑back Manu Vunipola, uncle of England international players Mako and Billy Vunipola, has died.
Details surrounding his death remain unknown.
Manu, 59, was...
Civil society shut out of new Pacific disaster fund, NGOs tell Fiji MPs
Civil society organisations are being shut out of a major new regional disaster and climate fund and only the Government can change that.
That is...
UN Climate Change launches capacity-building for negotiators initiative
UN Climate Change has launched a new Capacity-Building for Negotiators (CB4N) initiative to ensure all Party delegates, particularly those from developing countries and youth...
On the Pacific journey to COP31
The COP31 Türkiye – Australia partnership that includes the Pacific is a first in the history of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change....
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SB64 ends in delay and division as Pacific now looks to a crowded agenda...
The outcomes of the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany (SB64) is marked by delay, division and a dangerous weakening of ambition at a...
Hanson holding ‘gun to the head’ of Pacific nations: O’Brien
Australian Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Ted O’Brien has accused Labor of playing “partisan politics” over relationships in the Pacific and its leader Pauline Hanson...
Solomon Islands intercepts suspected crime-linked cargo vessel as regional investigation expands
A joint law enforcement operation has intercepted and detained a Belize-flagged cargo vessel suspected of links to transnational organised crime, prompting a widening regional...