15+ hour, 1+ 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, 8+ 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, 8+ 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…...

4+ day, 14+ 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…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (353+ words) EVERY year on September 21, we commemorate the International Day of Peace. It is a day that invites us to reflect on what peace means in an increasingly complex, polarised, and uncertain world. Too often, peace is understood simply as the…...

5+ day, 16+ 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…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (872+ words) Islands Business An Ocean of Peace must begin with dignity PEACE in the Pacific cannot be declared from above and delivered to communities as policy language. It must be built from the ground of dignity, memory, land, ocean, women’s work,…...

5+ day, 15+ 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   (882+ words) AS Pacific Islands Forum leaders prepare for their annual retreat at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, civil society groups have called for a pause on moves to transform the region’s security structures. In a new research report issued this…...

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…...