9+ hour, 51+ 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…...

4+ day, 3+ 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, 3+ hour ago   (396+ words) FIJI’S Justice Minister and Acting Attorney General Siromi Turaga says criminal networks are exploiting the region’s borders, financial systems and institutions—and warns fragmented national responses are no longer enough. Opening the Pacific Exchange on Transnational Organised Crime and Correction…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (479+ words) PACIFIC media have been urged to turn weather and climate information into knowledge and warnings into action as the region prepares for the tropical cyclone season. “Do not just report the weather. Tell the story of why it matters,” Laitia…...

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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (613+ words) Australia is surrounded by the Pacific. Yet until now, there has been no place in Australia’s senior secondary curriculum dedicated to understanding the region in all its diversity. From 2027, that changes. ACT students will be the first in Australia to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1486+ words) OVER the weekend, Pacific leaders started to arrive in Koror, Republic of Palau, for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum. For this year’s host, Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr., it’s a chance to showcase the Micronesian nation’s work on environment and development…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (577+ words) SHIFTING geopolitics, economic uncertainty and transnational threats will frame discussions when Pacific leaders meet here in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. Speaking at a Regional Media Workshop ahead of the meeting, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron…...

2+ week, 6+ 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, 7+ 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…...