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CROP Taskforce established on Middle East crisis as Pacific faces energy threat

Fiji, May 21 -- Pacific Islands Forum senior officials have begun work on a regional response mechanism to address the growing energy crisis linked to instability in the Middle East, following a decis... Read More


WHO Pacific chief pushes global action on oral health crisis

Fiji, May 20 -- World Health Organisation (WHO) Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala has called for stronger global investment and political commitment to tackle oral diseases, warni... Read More


WHO regional director Dr Piukala launches Climate and Health push ahead of COP31

Fiji, May 20 -- World Health Organisation Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala says the health impacts of the climate crisis are now a central issue at the 79th World Health Assembly... Read More


Pacific Police Ministers unite against rising transnational crime threat

Fiji, May 20 -- Pacific police ministers have agreed to strengthen regional cooperation against transnational organised crime, warning that drug trafficking and criminal networks are threatening the s... Read More


Pacific leaders push stronger rules on deep Seabed mining

Fiji, May 20 -- Pacific leaders and regional partners have called for stronger Pacific-led governance of deep seabed minerals, stressing sustainability, environmental protection and respect for intern... Read More


Pacific NGOs say deep-sea mining benefits corporations more than Pacific nations

Fiji, May 20 -- Pacific civil society groups have warned that proposed deep-sea mining under the International Seabed Authority (ISA) framework would shift environmental and social risks onto Pacific ... Read More


Pacific civil society condemns exclusion from the ISA deep-sea mining workshop in Fiji

Fiji, May 20 -- Pacific civil society organisations have condemned their exclusion from a regional International Seabed Authority (ISA) workshop in Fiji, warning that decisions on deep-sea mining are ... Read More


Pacific urged to strengthen financial systems against global risks

Fiji, May 19 -- Pacific countries have been urged to strengthen risk-based financial supervision to protect access to global banking systems, improve financial inclusion and combat financial crime acr... Read More


EFL warns Fiji facing power rationing

Fiji, May 19 -- Energy Fiji Limited (EFL) has warned that Fiji could face controlled national power rationing from 01 June if urgent fuel cost recovery support is not secured, as the country's electri... Read More


Matthew Wale elected Solomon Islands Prime Minister after 26-22 vote

Fiji, May 15 -- Former Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has been elected the new Prime Minister of Solomon Islands after securing victory in a parliamentary vote on Friday. Wale defeate... Read More