Category: Pacific News

NEW YORK (THE ATOLL NEWS) — The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has appointed Samoa legal expert Vui Gemma Nelson as Ocean Adviser, under the Chairmanship of Palau. AOSIS, established in 1990, represents the interests of 39 small island and low-lying coastal developing states in international climate, sustainable development, and ocean negotiations. Though small […]

WAPPINGERS FALLS/PORT MORESBY (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on 11 March 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before crashing into the water. All 11 men aboard were killed. Their remains, […]

TARAWA (ABC PACIFIC) — A government minister in Kiribati is worried that the amount of kava being imported and consumed is threatening the country’s development and peoples’ way of life. The concern was sparked by a Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper report saying Kiribati was the number one export destination for Vanuatu-grown kava. Last year, Kiribati […]

HONOLULU(ABC NEWS) — Environmentalists are challenging in court President Donald Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing. On the same day of last month’s proclamation allowing commercial fishing in the monument, Trump issued an order to boost […]

HAGATNA/SAIPAN (RNZ PACIFIC) — The U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting two or three typhoons for Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan for the rest of this year. Below-normal tropical cyclone (TC) activity is forecast for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands; and near-normal activity for Guam, the Commonwealth of […]

SUVA (FBC NEWS) — Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong says Australia is a steadfast partner committed to the region’s development despite changes in global aid. Wong assured that Australia’s development assistance to the region remains a top priority, with increased funding to support Pacific countries through tough times. The question was asked of the […]