6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (790+ words) This is the last of a three-part editorial series on the Pacific Meteorological Council (PMC), the Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy (PIMS) and Weather Ready Pacific. All information used is sourced from the PCM-8 Agenda. WEATHER Ready Pacific is a Pacific-owned…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (442+ words) SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has called for continued international partnership to preserve and develop Bloody Ridge as a national heritage site and place of remembrance. Speaking at the Battle of Bloody Ridge Commemoration, Wale described the Guadalcanal site…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (333+ words) WITH a Chinese ballistic missile test in July as prelude, the familiar China-Taiwan tensions and preparations for the Pacific pre-COP in October and COP31 the following month, the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) returned to Palau for the first…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (398+ words) FIJIAN workers who helped rescue residents and distribute emergency supplies during the devastating 2022 Lismore floods in Australia have been recognised for their service. The returned Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers received the New South Wales Premier’s Flood Emergency…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (263+ words) THE United States and Papua New Guinea launched their first joint digital forensics training course for the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) on Aug. 31, a step aimed at building the Pacific nation’s capacity to investigate cyber threats. The week-long…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (290+ words) 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 access to climate finance. The leaders met in Koror, where…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (367+ words) SOLOMON Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has arrived in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, with a motion of no confidence awaiting him at home. The motion, filed by East Malaita MP and Minister for Home Affairs Manasseh…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (341+ words) ELDERS are foundations of the present and remain important for the future. Fiji’s Minister for Women, Children, and Social Protection, Sashi Kiran, highlighted this during the National Validation Workshop on Fiji’s Voluntary National Survey for the Fifth Asia-Pacific Review and…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (441+ words) FIJI is seeking to expand trade and investment across the Pacific, with Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica highlighting carbon, digital transformation and stronger regional business links as key opportunities for economic growth. Speaking after a Fiji-Australia Business Council meeting hosted…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (813+ words) FIJIS Deputy Prime Minister urges shift from aid and tourism ties to jobs, infrastructure and two-way trade. “Fiji wants Australia to help build a more productive economy, not deepen a relationship based on dependency,” Manoa Kamikamica said He urges businesses…...