Tuvalu Parliament unanimously approves new amended Constitution

Tuvalu’s Parliament has unanimously approved the proposed Constitution of Tuvalu Bill 2023 – endorsing 26 amendments proposed by the Parliamentary Review Committee led by former foreign affairs minister, Simon

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Polls vital to vote for leaders to fight for independence: says Bougainville AG

A total of 161,737 eligible voters in Bougainville are expected to participate in a by-election in October this year. The two electorates are North and South Bougainville. The poll in North Bougainville will be to elect

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“Consensus Is the DNA of the Pacific Region”- Dr Prasad

On 18 – 19 September, former Fijian Ambassador to the UN and Carnegie nonresident senior fellow Satyendra Prasad will be joining the Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue in New York.  Dr Satyendra Prasad is a

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Battling the stigma of mental health across the Pacific

Mental health remains a stigma in the Pacific, but there might be some good news out of the Cook Islands.  About 600 doctors, nurses and health professionals have made the trip across the region to attend the Pasifika

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Don’t capitulate to foreign interests, Puna tells Foreign Ministers

The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum has sounded a strongly worded call for greater regionalism in the Pacific by urging Foreign Ministers of the 18-member Forum meeting in Fiji today, not to capitulate to

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Fijian wins regional Commonwealth Youth Award for recycling efforts

Fiji’s Raeed Roshan Ali has been awarded the regional prize at the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work in London overnight for his work on recycling efforts. He was amongst the young people

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Rugby World Cup wrap

Fiji’s President and Minister for Youth and Sports have congratulated the Fiji Water Flying Fijians despite their devastating loss to Wales at the Rugby World Cup in France this week. President Ratu Wiliame Maivalili

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IAEA says Fukushima discharge below ‘Japan’s operational limit’

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) since discharges of ALPS treated water started on 24 August

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Bi-partisan approval for WTO fisheries subsidies agreement in Fiji’s parliament

Fiji’s Parliament has unanimously endorsed the ratification of the World Trade Organisation’s fisheries subsidies agreement – in a historical bi-partisan move rarely seen in the Pacific nation. The agreement

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Small islands slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing

The heads of small island states most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless” climate change negotiations at the start of an unprecedented maritime court hearing. During the opening of a two-week

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Australia-owned Pacific Telco likely exploited by private spies

An Australian-owned mobile phone operator in the Pacific Islands, Digicel Pacific, has likely been used by private spy firms to track people on the other side of the world and steal their data, according to an expert

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USP welcomes new Chancellor

In a historic moment, Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi, Governor General of the Solomon Islands, was officially installed as the 30th Chancellor of The University of the South Pacific (USP). The installation ceremony took

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