Story Archive
2023-03-23
Pacific island countries weren’t consulted about the morphing of oceans into one super region, Samoa’s prime minister says.
2023-03-21
Solomon Islands hopes it can win a record 40 gold medals at the quadrennial event.
2023-03-07
United Nations-backed pact is aimed at protecting threatened marine biodiversity.
2023-03-07
No new Chinese initiatives were announced during Qian Bo’s visits to Papua New Guinea and Micronesia.
2023-03-06
Meteorologists say La Niña can cause a higher number of cyclones in southwestern Pacific.
2023-03-01
Pacific island nations are among the countries most vulnerable to the extreme weather and sea-level rise that is projected to occur.
2023-03-01
The Fijian leader says he’s backing Papuan membership in a regional organization of Melanesian nations.
2023-02-27
News organizations should be a tool for supporting the country’s development, government proposal says.
2023-02-22
Qian Bo, who was China’s ambassador to Fiji, will attempt to strengthen relations with small island states in the Pacific.
2023-02-17
The review is already being criticized as a distraction from other pressing challenges in the economically lagging country.
2023-02-16
The defamation law was reinstated in 2017 after politicians were criticized by reporters, social media accounts.
2023-02-14
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said Fiji can’t have a flourishing democracy without a free press.
2023-02-09
The Solomon Islands government requested help from other countries after anti-China riots in 2021.
2023-02-09
Samoan police said flight attendants discovered the woman asleep in a lavatory after the plane landed in Fiji.
2023-02-07
Under Suidani, Malaita province rejected China-funded projects but US assistance was slow to produce results.
