SUVA (FBC NEWS) — Fiji is exploring tighter regulation of social media amid rising concerns over misinformation and online harm. Communications Minister and deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica said the government was studying Australia’s and Malaysia’s approaches. This, he said included possible bans on platforms like Facebook and YouTube for younger users. Kamikamica states that […]
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Tuvalu considers pulling out of Pacific leaders’ summit amid China-linked power struggle
FUNAFUTI (THE GUARDIAN) — Tuvalu’s prime minister Feletei Teo said his country may pull out of the region’s top political meeting next month, after host nation Solomon Islands moved to block all external partners – including China, U.S and Taiwan – from attending. The Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be held in Honiara in […]
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UN plastic pollution treaty talks in disarray after countries reject draft text
GENEVA (AFP/CLIMATE HOME) — Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks on Aug 13 as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United […]
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A total of 101 deported from Guam since 2023; AG seeks to join ICE dragnet
HAGATNA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — Hoping to deport “as many criminal aliens as possible,” Guam’s attorney general is seeking to ramp up his deportation crusade—with convicted Micronesians topping his list—through a collaboration with federal authorities. A total of 101 convicted aliens have been deported from Guam since 2023, with a dozen more in the system […]
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Pacific Islands Forum:
Expert on why region’s ‘Mini-UN’ matters Leaders from 18 Pacific countries will gather in the Solomon Islands next month for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM). But why is such engagement important? According to Sione Tekiteki, a former PIF adviser and senior lecturer in law at Auckland University of Technology, the Forum serves […]
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Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided last week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and […]