Forum marathon reveals tensions over climate…
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu In a marathon leaders’ retreat that continued well into the night, with…
Pacific leaders want action on West Papua human…
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu Members of the Pacific Islands Forum have urged Indonesia to take action…
PM Morrison denies being isolated as Forum ends
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Funafuti After a marathon meeting, Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have…
Poor governance in the Pacific: the forgotten…
By Stephen Howes There was a time when the Australia lectured the Pacific. John Howard said in 2004 that…
Pacific seeks partnerships in climate finance
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu. Most Forum island countries have already accessed funding from the…
RMI’s Heine asks Australia to reconsider coal
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu As leaders gather in Tuvalu for the 50th Pacific Islands Forum, Marshall…
Port Denarau Marina lists on SPX, over 11 million…
Fiji's superyacht marina, Port Denarau Marina Ltd (PDM) today listed its shares on the Suva-based South…
Fiji calls for sea-bed mining moratorium as…
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has again called for a 10-year…
Island leaders says new climate funds don’t let…
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti, Tuvalu As Prime Minister Scott Morrison heads to this week’s 50th Pacific…
Swimming in rising waters
By Nic Maclellan (Islands Business magazine) in Funafuti, Tuvalu As Pacific leaders and officials begin…
Pacific islands ramp up engagement with United…
By Nic Maclellan (Islands Business magazine) in Funafuti, Tuvalu Under “the New Pacific Diplomacy”, Pacific…
Tuvalu prepares for Forum meeting
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti A giant crane hoists the flagpoles into place outside Funafuti’s Sir Tomasi…
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July 27, 2019
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July 27, 2019
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July 27, 2019
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July 27, 2019
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June 08, 2016
Tuvalu court jails former PM
Japan, Taiwan interests named in abuse of office trial FOR the first time in Tuvalu’s 38 years as an independent…
October 13, 2016
Former Tuvalu PM a ‘free man’
Judge questions handling of case by PM and his deputy A LANDMARK court case last May in Tuvalu which saw the jailing of…
July 14, 2016
Sweeney is Tuvalu CJ
PM dodges questions over conflict of interest CONTROVERSY surrounds the appointment in Tuvalu of its new Chief Justice…
September 14, 2015
West PAPUA hot on agenda
Another modest victory for pro-independence movement PACIFIC leaders are expected to discuss the situation facing the…
October 13, 2016
Detentions widen political gulf
RECENT events in Fiji point to a widening gulf that has developed between Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s Fiji…
September 14, 2015
Cook Islands at
FIFTY years of self-government and free association with New Zealand has raised more questions than answers as Cook…
July 08, 2015
New Caledonia leaders bridge political…
FOR months, Noumea’s political elite has been deeply divided. From January to April, New Caledonia was without a…
September 14, 2015
SEDITION Arrests and denials
A COMPANY of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers has joined local police investigations into allegations…
We Say
January 06, 2016
Vanuatu - standing above the rest
ONE of the Pacific’s smaller island states, Vanuatu stands taller than the larger nations with its consistent,…
October 13, 2016
Proceed with caution
THE inclusion of New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the Pacific Islands Forum raises some interesting questions for…
June 08, 2016
Proceed with caution
THE Solomon Islands’ decision to selectively arm members of its police force must be a matter for extreme concern. For…
March 21, 2016
Our FUTURE is in the PAST
TROPICAL Cyclone Winston’s destruction of property, infrastructure and life in Fiji has raised serious questions about…
March 07, 2018
We Say
“We need to realise something: Either we speak up now and draw a clear line under freedom of speech, or we write it off…
September 14, 2015
We Say
Friends and foes in a new frontier INDIA’S forum for Pacific leaders in Jaipur last month came at an opportune time for…
December 18, 2015
WEST PAPUA Activists fight on
ONE year from now the People of Papua will mark the 50th anniversary of their independence from the Dutch and the…
May 12, 2016
Time for regionalism
REGIONAL tourism operators will gather on Australia’s Gold Coast this month to showcase the best there is to offer in…
Cover Stories
July 26, 2019
Keeping our seafarers safe
In what has been called a ‘landmark decision’, Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) member states are to include crew…
June 15, 2019
A rocky start for USP’s new Vice…
WITH the leak of a damaging internal report about the University of the South Pacific, which details allegations of…
May 09, 2019
Not for sale
FIJI’S iconic flower, the Tagimoucia, is not for sale. Fijian authorities have made this statement to Islands Business…
March 27, 2019
A murky mix of vested interests
AN oil spill in Rennell, Solomon Islands is turning into a disaster of catastrophic proportions, threatening the…
March 01, 2019
Choosing crypto over tax free ‘utopia’
Will the decision by the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) to become the world’s first country to issue its own…
October 29, 2018
Blockchain finds a home in the Pacific
The blockchain conversation has finally touched down in the Pacific. Not only is it a major buzz in tech circles here,…
August 30, 2018
Cabling the Pacific
Fast, reliable and affordable Internet has quickly become such an essential part of our lives these days that to…
July 20, 2018
Tuvalu seeks declaration on resource…
AS the sun sets over Tuvalu, children shriek in the lagoon of the main atoll - Funafuti. This is the way life has been…