ADB approves US$30 million to support safe and energy-efficient shipping in Tuvalu
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$30 million grant to boost regional connectivity of Tuvalu’s outer islands.
The grant agreement was signed today...
Nauru Airlines to resume north Pacific service
Nauru Airlines is expected this month to resume air service linking Brisbane with islands in the central and north Pacific halted two-and-a-half-years ago due...
Gap to 1.5C yawns, as most governments miss UN deadline to improve climate plans
Almost all the world’s governments have failed to improve their climate plans this year, breaking a promise made at last year’s climate summit in...
Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection
When and if an island nation fully submerges due to rising seas, what happens to the nationalities of its citizens?
This and other related questions...
‘We have let this drift’: U.S says further work to do after signing Pacific Islands partnership
The United States has conceded it let its relationship with Pacific Island nations “drift” before reaching an historic new partnership agreement with the region.
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China’s warning to United States over Pacific islands
China has told the United States to stop engaging in “geopolitical jostling” after Washington announced an enhanced partnership with Pacific island nations.
President Joe Biden...
Blinken’s meets with the Marshall Islands President, FSM President and Palau President
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with the Marshall Islands President David Kabua, the Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo, and...
PNG Immigration Minister Kramer welcomes Leadership tribunal to suspend him from office
Madang Open MP Bryan Kramer has welcomed the decision of the Leadership Tribunal to suspend him from office and vowed to prove his innocence...
ADB approves US$3.8 million support for development of coral reef insurance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week approved $3.8 million to support the restoration, conservation, and management of coral reefs in four countries in...
The U.S pivot towards Pacific regionalism
By Michael Walsh
President Joe Biden has released the United States’ Pacific partnership strategy. Although it bears some resemblance to the Pacific engagement strategy that...
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U.S to link Pacific drug investigations with South Asia crime networks
The United States is looking to connect its law enforcement operations in the Pacific with expertise and investigations in South Asia as criminal networks...
Fiji should retain immunity for 1987 and 2006 coups says Deputy DPP Rabuku
Fiji should retain the immunity provisions covering the 1987 and 2006 coups because they were guarantees made to the coup leaders in exchange for...
U.S links Pacific drug trade to Latin American networks
The United States says Latin American drug trafficking networks are increasingly using contacts and distributors in Pacific Island countries to move and sell illicit...