PNG Speaker directs opposition
PAPUA New Guinea Speaker, Job Pomat, has directed the Opposition to hold a caucus meeting to address its leadership
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University, SPTO sign tourism deal
THE University of the South Pacific and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly establish and operationalise the Pacific Tourism Research
Australian high-level visitors for region
AUSTRALIA will send three ministers into the Pacific ahead of a regional leaders’ forum and against a backdrop of renewed attempts by China to influence foreign policy in small island
Tongans revive canoe-building skills
COLLABORATION between the Tonga Voyaging Society and Fijian master builders has brought to life a unique fleet of hybrid canoes – merging the iconic Fijian Drua and Tongan
FLNKS formally rejects Bougival Accord for New Caledonia
NEW CALEDONIA'S main independence coalition, the Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), has formally rejected the Bougival Accord, a draft agreement signed last month in France proposing a new
Climate change sparks dengue rise
THE climate crisis has sparked a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the
US backs Taiwan attendance
THE United States has joined the ranks of countries who have expressed disappointment over the Solomon Islands' decision not to invite Taiwan and other dialogue and development partners to a regional meeting next
Rabuka – Taiwan snub threatens unity
THE Solomon Islands’ decision to exclude Taiwan from the upcoming Pacific Forum meeting is a threat to regional unity, Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said
Foreign ministers meet
PACIFIC foreign ministers gather in Suva, Fiji tomorrow (Thursday) for final talks ahead of a regional leaders meeting in Honiara next
Tensions rise, travel alert for New Caledonia
AUSTRALIA has warned its citizens planning to travel to Kanaky (New Caledonia) next week to be vigilant as political tensions rise in the French
Solomon Airlines spreads wings
SOLOMON Airlines will focus on routes from Australia and New Zealand to Vanuatu from
$60 million for regional fisheries
THE US will release USD 60 million to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency as part of a 10-year economic assistance agreement associated with the South Pacific Tuna
Tonga parliamentarians exchange blows
TONGA’S Police Minister, Paula Piukala, has been suspended from parliament along with Lord Tu'ilakepa after they came to blows during a
Nauru, China sign deal
NAURU and China have signed an AUD 1 billion investment deal to boost socio-economic development in the Central Pacific
Tora champions indigenous knowledge
ALFRED Tuikoro Tora has a deep commitment to his people, culture, and the future of the
Digital trade challenges
PACIFIC island countries have gathered in Suva, Fiji, to strengthen their capacity to measure and respond to the opportunities and challenges of digital
FCCC and UNDP partner on gender equality
THE Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have signed key agreements to promote gender equality and expand rural electrification in
IMO opens first Pacific office in Suva
THE International Maritime Organization (IMO) has officially opened its first Regional Presence Office for the Pacific in Suva,
Church sex abuse scandal
THE Mormon Church has expresses sadness over claims that a missionary sexually exploited young boys while he served on mission in
Solomons widens Forum ban
SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has thrown 21 donor countries, including the United States and China, out of the region's top political
US seeks Cooks mining deal
NEGOTIATIONS are underway in the Cook Islands as the United States seeks a deal which will allow for the exploration of seabed
Samoa hints at Forum snub
SAMOA has signalled its reluctance to attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Honiara if Taiwan is excluded from the