Three years ago, I promised Australia would listen, learn and deliver on Pacific priorities. That is what we have done, and I am inspired by what we have accomplished together –hand in hand with the Pacific family, because we share an ocean and a future. That future is becoming more uncertain, the Pacific is facing […]
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When home becomes hell
Why the Pacific has one of the world’s highest rates of violence against women By Belinda Kora in Papua New Guinea, Lice Movono & Gabriella Marchant in Fiji, Adel Fruean in Samoa & Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong in Solomon Islands PORT MORESBY/SUVA/APIA/HONIARA (ABC PACIFIC) — Across the Pacific, women are being assaulted, abused and silenced — often […]
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As Pacific Islands caution against Seabed mining, the U.S prepares to trash the rules
The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorise mining in international waters – against the authority of a UN regulatory body. By Camilla Pohle WASHINGTON (THE DIOLOMAT) — In recent years, deep-sea mining has emerged as a polarizing issue in the Pacific Islands, and the nascent industry is not yet regulated. Now the […]
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Pacific health systems: Breaking the aid dependency cycle
Donor dependency is not a path to health sovereignty in the region. By Pala Leka WASHINGTON (THE INTERPTRER) — Donald Trump’s aid cuts sent a shockwave through Pacific health departments. Governments across the region have been scrambling to secure critical programmes and to understand potential gaps created. Among the most important programmes on the chopping […]
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First response to, “U.S., China battle for control of Strategic Pacific Island.”
Reuters, April 30, 2025 Richard N. Salvador Honolulu, Hawaii Pete McKenzie and Hollie Adams’s article “U.S., China battle for control of strategic Pacific island” was published by Reuters on April 29, 2025. It was republished in my city’s daily newspaper, “Honolulu Star-Advertiser,” www.staradvertiser.com, on April 30, 2025. The article brings to light several critical issues […]
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Why traditional journalism remains relevant in the Pacific in the digital age
By Jack Niedenthal MAJURO, (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES)—-Giff Johnson has lived in the Marshall Islands since the mid-1980s. He edits the weekly Marshall Islands Journal newspaper, published in Majuro, and is a regular contributor to several regional news media. He is a co-founder of Pacific Media Institute, a non-profit media freedom advocacy organisation that focuses on […]