PACNEWS ONE, Thursday 3 September 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PNG — Armed thieves steal gold and cash during Port Moresby hold-up in one of PNG’s biggest robberies 2. PACIFIC — Green Climate Fund cuts climate funding approval time to nine
SIS leaders sharpen Pacific priorities
PACIFIC Smaller Island States leaders have opened the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting week with a united call for greater regional action on transport, fisheries, health workforce support, procurement and
PACNEWS TWO, 02 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Political will needed to break intelligence-sharing barriers: Pacific Leaders told2. PACIFIC — China’s missile test ‘not the act of a friend’: Aust PM Albanese3. PACIFIC
PACNEWS SPORTS, 02 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. FOOTBALL — Solomon Islands and New Caledonia enter winners circle on first day at OFC U-19 Men’s Championship2. FOOTBALL — Kapuls start OFC campaign3. FOOTBALL — Pacific’s
PACNEWS ONE, 02 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — PRF takes Community Projects to COP31 as Pacific Fund starts moving money2. PACIFIC — Pacific Leaders push Climate Action as Fiji and Tuvalu prepare for Pre-COP313. PACIFIC
PACNEWS THREE, 01 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — ‘Organised crime is a business’: Pacific Fusion Centre Chief calls for attack on criminal profits 2. PACIFIC — Protect Tuna or lose billions: FFA DG Pakop3. PACIFIC —
PACNEWS TWO, 01 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Climate Change is Ocean’s biggest threat: Pacific Ocean Commissioner2. PACIFIC — There will be consequences’: China issues warning over Taiwan’s Pacific role3.
Forum faces packed agenda and partner pressure in Palau
OVER the weekend, Pacific leaders started to arrive in Koror, Republic of Palau, for the 55th Pacific Islands
PACNEWS THREE, 31 AUGUST 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACFIFIC — Palau President Whipps pushes for fixed annual Forum date2. PACIFIC — Kiribati President Maamau hands Small Island States Chair to Palau3. PACIFIC — Palau takes SIS
Forum struggles with missile dilemma
AS they gather in Palau this week for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum, regional leaders want development partners to focus on their Blue Pacific agenda on climate, oceans and human
Pacific calls for land degradation neutrality reporting that fits island realities
A damaged stretch of coastline, a changing food garden or a patch of recovering forest can disappear inside a single pixel on a
