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Fiji Parliament ratified PRF in uninanimous vote, pushes debt free-climate funding

Fiji, April 30 -- Fiji's Parliament has unanimously approved the ratification of the agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Wednesday, marking a significant step toward strengthe... Read More


Sinlaku claims 12 lives in region, deadliest in decades: report

, April 30 -- Super Typhoon Sinlaku claimed 12 lives between Guam, Chuuk, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, making it one of the deadliest for Micronesia in decades, based on post-... Read More


PNG approves Starlink licence in major digital access boost

Fiji, April 30 -- The National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) has approved operator licences for Starlink to roll out services in Papua New Guinea, marking a significant s... Read More


Tongan rugby is at a crossroads as pathway 'massive gap' laid bare

, April 30 -- Tonga produces some of the toughest and most gifted rugby players in the world but right now, there is no clear path to take them to the top. That's the stark reality from Tonga Rugby U... Read More


Forum report lays out gains and gaps as Pacific faces rising pressures

Fiji, April 29 -- The Pacific Islands Forum has released its 2023 Annual report, detailing progress across key regional priorities while warning that mounting global pressures continue to test the Pac... Read More


Fiji Assistant Foreign Minister breaks rank, Opposes Vuda waste to energy project

Fiji, April 29 -- Fiji's Assistant Foreign Minister and National Federation Party (NFP) MP Lenora Qereqeretabua has publicly opposed the proposed Energy-to-Waste (ETW) project in Saweni, Vuda, warning... Read More


Pacific wisdom key to climate response: Fiji PM Rabuka

, April 29 -- 'For Fiji, climate change is encountered through our relationship with the Vanua, ocean, communities, and in our faiths.' These were the sentiments shared by the Prime Minister Sitiveni... Read More


With Moana Pasifika's demise who will rise to shape Pacific rugby's future?

, April 29 -- Pacific peoples are central to the imagery, emotion, and labour of rugby, but remain peripheral to the real centres of power and authority By Caleb Marsters News that Moana Pasifika en... Read More


As warheads proliferate, decades old nuclear weapons treaty must evolve, warns UN chief

, April 28 -- With top diplomats gathered at UN Headquarters to review the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the UN Secretary-General warned that it must evolve to survive... Read More


Former Samoa PM Fiame warns Pacific future at risk if people can't 'stay and have a stake'

Fiji, April 28 -- Former Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has challenged Pacific leaders and institutions to rethink development, warning that the region's future depends on whether people ca... Read More