PACNEWS ONE, Tuesday 8 September2026
In this bulletin: 1. W|PAPUA — West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on UN visit2. SOL — Solomon Islands PM Wale thank GREAT members, calls for dialogue and unity3. SOL — Peace Corps
Accountability
Pacific security commitments need political will, coordination: Forum panel
THE Pacific has no shortage of security declarations. Still, turning them into action will require sustained political will, stronger regional coordination and a people-centred approach, panellists at a Forum side event
PACNEWS THREE, Thursday 3 September 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — MSG puts Indonesia on notice over UN rights visit to West Papua2. PACIFIC — Kanaky Groups urge Forum Leaders to back decolonisation action3. PACIFIC — ADB pushes
The Force under strain
THIS is the final instalment in a series that commenced in our June edition with “When the badge becomes heavy” and continued in July with “Policy of silence”, following up on the “Impacts of Everyday Policing
81 PNG public bodies miss reports, exposing deep compliance failure
EIGHTY-one of Papua New Guinea’s 145 government agencies and provincial administrations failed to submit mandatory 2025 annual performance reports.
Stop the killing! Deaths at sea taint tuna industry
HOW many people died to put a can of tuna into your kitchen cupboard? That’s not a question people are likely to ask as they walk the supermarket aisles or lean across the counter of the neighbourhood
Solomon MPs vote for pay rise
SOLOMON Islands MPs have voted themselves a second salary increase in two years – despite the economic
FMA strengthens medical oversight in Fiji’s public health law
THE Fiji Medical Association (FMA) has thrown its support behind the Fijian government’s plan to update the country’s public health
The Quad’s accountability gap
THE latest Quad foreign ministers’ meeting, held last month in New Delhi, produced an ambitious catalogue of new initiatives.
Coups cannot be justified: Nata
FORMER journalist Josefa Nata has told Fiji’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission that coups cannot be justified.Nata, who served 24 years...
PACNEWS ONE, 11 JUNE 2026
In this bulletin: 1. FIJI — Fiji UN envoy calls for Truth Commission link to Constitution review2. PNG — 89 ‘yes’ votes needed in parliament, Final step in Bougainville’s political future3. SOL —
Pacific youth are worried but want to engage
A SURVEY of young people across four Pacific Island nations has produced telling results. Youth are not that happy with
Wale is new Solomons PM
MATTHEW Wale has been elected Solomon Islands Prime Minister in a narrow 26–22 vote in Honiara this hour. The former Opposition
A spiritual call for justice echoes across the Pacific
ANIN jitbon mar—a spiritual calling from the islands—set the tone for Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day commemorations in Suva
Pacific must defeat corruption to prosper
A REGIONAL academic has warned that the Pacific cannot achieve peace or prosperity unless it confronts corruption head-on, calling it a “tapeworm” quietly draining the region’s
Whispers
WHAT’S happening at the regional institution from which people seem to be taking flight? First, an esteemed Fijian
Solomons faces corruption challenge
SOLOMON Islands remains mired in significant corruption challenges. That’s the warning from Transparency Solomon Islands
Patriarchy alive and well in regional law enforcement
ACROSS the Pacific, gender equality in policing has become a badge of reform. Recruitment targets are
Justice for Balibo: Australia and Indonesia must answer for this crime
ON a dusty hillside just east of the border with Indonesia, five Australian journalists met their deaths at the hands of Indonesian special forces
Nuclear-armed states must denuclearise and take accountability for the past crimes – Pacific groups call on halt to future nuclear testing
PACIFIC civil society organisations and movements across the region are condemning any plans by the United States administration to resume nuclear weapons testing, arguing that the move shows blatant disregard for the
Whispers
WHICH organisation is so unhappy with the media that it has pulled its advertising from a local
Our children deserve better
AT the heart of politics today is a striking contradiction – the need to transition away from fossil fuels while continuing to develop these energy
Jail coup leaders – former Fijian politician
ALL Fiji’s coup perpetrators must go to jail, says a former nationalist parliamentarian. Peceli Rinakama called for all perpetrators of Fiji’s coups to face prison, saying the culture of granting immunity to coup
