Category: Pacific News

APIA(PMN)—Sāmoa has reported its third death linked to the ongoing dengue fever outbreak, with health authorities confirming the loss of a five-year-old child who was referred to the national hospital in Moto’otua. The latest fatality was confirmed by Acting Director General of Health, Ulugia Dr. Tito Kamu, as reported by local television channel TV1 earlier […]

YAREN (RNZ PACIFIC)—An Australian finance director has flown to Nauru with ambitions to turn it into the crypto powerhouse of the Pacific. Nauru’s newly minted Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority creates a licensing and regulatory scheme for digital asset transfers, including cryptocurrency lending and exchange. It makes Nauru the first nation in Oceania to regulate […]

HONIARA (PACNEWS) — Solomon Islands Opposition MP Peter Kenilorea Jr has raised alarm over reports that Taiwan officials are being denied visas to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Honiara — despite a 1992 Forum decision allowing the Republic of China (Taiwan) to participate. “Isn’t it ironic that the decision by Pacific […]

Kauaka Petaia guided his motorboat out of Tuvalu’s main lagoon at dawn and into the vast Pacific Ocean, where he and his nephew scanned the rolling horizon for signs of their country’s most precious resource: tuna. They searched for more than two hours before finally spotting seagulls circling in the distance. Petaia threw open the […]

Saipan, CNMI — In the wake of Governor Arnold I. Palacios’ sudden passing on July 23, 2025, leadership in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands transitioned swiftly and in accordance with the CNMI Constitution. Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang was officially sworn in as Governor on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Alongside him, Senate President Dennis C. Mendiola took […]

By Sanjeshni Kumar THE HAGUE/SUVA (PASIFIKA ENVIRONEWS/PACNEWS) — The Pacific youth who initiated the historic push to take climate change to the world’s highest court have hailed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion as a victory for justice and survival. “Six years ago, young people from the Pacific decided to take climate change […]