Climate change worry for Tuvalu tuna
By NETANI RIKA in Port Moresby CLIMATE change threatens Tuvalu’s national survival through direct impact on tuna stocks. The small atoll state told members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission that
Tuvalu Chief Judge Suspended
By Samisoni Pareti The Chief Justice of Tuvalu, Australian Queens Counsel Charles Sweeney has been suspended. In a dramatic turn of events, the new government of Tuvalu says Judge Sweeney will be investigated on
Tuvalu’s new PM is Kausea Natano
By Samisoni Pareti Tuvalu’s new prime minister Kausea Natano is expected to name a strong cabinet lineup after defeating the incumbent Enele Sopoaga in the election for the top job in the island parliament today.
Tuvalu votes in new parliament
By Samisoni Pareti Lobbying for Tuvalu’s next prime minister has begun in the island capital following the completion of the country’s general elections yesterday. Whether incumbent Enele Sopoaga
Tuvalu prepares for Forum meeting
By Nic Maclellan in Funafuti A giant crane hoists the flagpoles into place outside Funafuti’s Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre. Four go up, with another fourteen to go. Tuvalu is getting ready to host the 18 member
Tuvalu court warns against airport closure
By: Samisoni Pareti Tuvalu’s Chief Justice has warned of heavy penalties and jail time for any new attempt by landowners to seize the country’s only airport in the capital, Funafuti. Justice Charles Sweeney has
Motion against Tuvalu PM as UN SG visits
By Samisoni Pareti Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga is playing host to visiting United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his island capital today as a motion of no confidence hangs over his
NZDF Joins search for missing Tuvaluan fisherman
By Nanise Volau A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft is searching for a Tuvalu man who failed to return home from a fishing trip on Monday evening. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) was notified by the
Tuvalu seeks declaration on resource ownership
AS the sun sets over Tuvalu, children shriek in the lagoon of the main atoll – Funafuti. This is the way life has been in the Pacific for as long as people can remember. But sea levels in the lagoon are rising and
Australian mission in Tuvalu
By Netani Rika AUSTRALIA will set up a high commission in Tuvalu later this year. This will be only the second foreign mission on the Pacific atoll in its 40 years of independence. Taiwan is the only nation to
Tuvalu ain’t sinking
REMOTE island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and, in particular, rising sea levels. However, new research by the
