“Our ocean is not a nuclear dumpster” – USP students call for a nuclear free Pacific
By Nic Maclellan
Hundreds of students at the University of the South Pacific in Suva rallied to remember nuclear survivors around the region on...
While Australia fights for coal, the Pacific fights for its survival
Opinion by Anote Tong
We in the Pacific have been raising the alarm about the impacts of climate change for decades, but the latest...
Moana Pasifika team to face Crusaders revealed
Coach Aaron Mauger has blended international experience with raw talent in the Moana Pasifika team that will make history when it meets the Crusaders...
Derenalagi to lead Fijian Drua, four to debut
Fiji Olympic gold medalist Meli Derenalagi will lead the Fijian Drua for the first time in Super Rugby Pacific against the Melbourne Rebels Friday.
Derenalagi...
UN experts sound alarm on serious Papua abuses, call for urgent aid
UN human rights experts today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, citing...
PNG low Covid vaccination rate a worry: PM Marape
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has again raised his concern over the country’s very Covid-19 vaccination rate of 4.6 percent, telling health...
Cook Islands welcomes “landmark” win in the London Privy Council
Cook Islands Prime Minister and Minister of Marine Resources (MMR), Mark Brown welcomed the London Privy Council’s judgement on the Government’s decision to expand...
As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste
By Mark Howden and Ofa Ma’asi-Kaisamy
In the past decade the two most intense cyclones recorded to date in the southern hemisphere ripped through...
Pacific Islanders: Failure to commit to 1.5 degrees at COP27 will imperil the World’s Oceans
By Catherine Wilson
Oceans play a pivotal role in regulating the world’s climate and maintaining the conditions for human life on earth. And they...
PM Bainimarama back in Fiji
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama arrived into the country this morning from Melbourne, Australia where he underwent a cardiovascular surgery.
Bainimarama tweeted this morning about...
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IRENA report flags legal gaps slowing Fiji renewable energy push
Fiji has set ambitious goals to transform its energy sector but legal and regulatory gaps could slow progress toward renewable energy targets, according to...
Illegal fishing drains $23.5bn annually, leaders call for action
Ocean leaders at the World Ocean Summit warned that illegal fishing costing $23.5bn annually and weak enforcement threaten global ocean protection targets, urging stronger...
UN experts urge states to support General Assembly resolution operationalising ICJ Advisory Opinion on...
All states must support a UN General Assembly resolution upholding the 2025 Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change...