UK envoy urges Pacific support over Russia’s chemical poisoning
By Nanise Volau THE British Government is calling on the Pacific to uphold the principles of the UN Charter on the prohibition of chemical weapons which they claimed was recently undermined by Russia. The plea comes in
The new Aussie assertiveness
A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Canberra has highlighted the Turnbull government’s new assertiveness in the Pacific islands as it pushes back against the growing regional influence of “nontraditional”
Time for compromise
Fiji calls for understanding By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines AS the self-nominated representative for Small Island Developing States, Fiji has found itself in a position where it may have to fight a lone
Fiji looks North
Kiribati, Tuvalu on Fiji’s tuna radar By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines FIJI will seek approval to conduct exploratory tuna fishing in Kiribati and Tuvalu waters for the next five years. The move comes as
Closing the fisheries loop holes
Authorities battle with e-monitoring By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines WHEN the Pacific met its international partners at the 12th Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Bali, Indonesia in
Struggle on the high seas
Small nations suffer huge burden By Netani Rika in Manila. KIRIBATI already faces the huge burden of rising sea levels which threatens its very existence. With little land resources on which to grow food,
Sustainable scheme for our tuna
THE Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) controls the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery. PNA Members are Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Renewed commitment
PACIFIC Leaders presented a united stance on the pressing need for accelerated and ambitious global action on climate change as they joined world leaders recently for the 72nd Session of the United Nations General
Time to go pink
THE scourge of cancer is a threat no Pacific community can afford to take lightly. Each year, thousands of Pacific islanders are cut down – many in the prime of life – by an illness which could be eradicated if
Insurance for climate damage
ONE of the more contentious debates at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum involved a proposal from Tuvalu for a Pacific Islands Climate Change Insurance Facility (PICCIF). There is concern amongst some CROP agencies
A warrior falls
Tony de Brum 1945-2017 … He was a giant of history, a legend in every meaning of the word … AT the age of nine, Tony de Brum was fishing at sea with his grandfather when he witnessed an explosion which was
