PALM workers unable to re-engage, encouraged to return home
THE Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations says it is aware of reports involving a disengaged Fijian worker in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme.
Nadi-Nouméa flights to return in September
FIJI Airways has announced the resumption of direct flights between Nadi and Nadi Nouméa Back Online: Fiji Airways bringing back online a key regional link starting September 22.
Kiribati wins historic UN gender body seat
KIRIBATI has secured a seat on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women for the 2026–2030 term, marking a first for the atoll nation and a significant diplomatic moment for the wider Pacific.
Fiji presses donors for simpler, faster climate finance
FIJI has called for faster, simpler and more flexible climate finance for small island states, warning at the Global Environment Facility Assembly that the world is moving too slowly as climate risks intensify.
Pacific pressures hit women hardest : Solomons minister
ECONOMIC shocks, climate impacts and global instability are increasing hardship across the Pacific, Solomon Islands Minister for Women, Children, Youth and Family Affairs John Maneniaru said at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum Women…
New EU freezer rules put Pacific tuna exporters on notice
PACIFIC fisheries officials are moving to shore up compliance with new European Union food-safety rules that could affect 97 per cent of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged freezer vessels authorised to export to the bloc.
Tuvalu youth on edge over social issues
TUVALU is often described as a place on the edge—of rising seas, of climate catastrophe, of disappearing altogether.
Renewable push opens job and skills pathway for Ovalau
THE partnership between Pacific Fishing Company and Island Solar Fiji is being promoted as an energy transition and a practical employment and training opportunity for Fiji’s eastern island of Ovalau.