By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau — “Although we are many nations, we remain one ocean people.” That message from Grand Master Navigator Ali Haleyalur captures the central argument behind a declaration urging Pacific leaders to recognize traditional navigation as a living cultural heritage of the Blue Pacific continent and make its preservation a regional priority. […]
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Pacific leaders endorse regional Labour Ministers Meeting
KOROR, 07 SEPTEMBER 2026 (FIJI TIMES) — Pacific Island leaders have endorsed the establishment of a regional Labour Ministers Meeting as a dedicated ministerial mechanism within the Pacific Islands Forum architecture. The decision was made at the Forum Leaders Meeting in Palau, where leaders also endorsed the associated Business Case and Ministerial Charter, while taking […]
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Pacific Leaders Put Unity, Climate Action and 1.5C at Heart of Palau Forum
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (September 4, 2026) — Pacific leaders in their 55th PIFLM’s communique are calling for stronger regional solidarity and practical collective action as they confront climate change, economic vulnerability, security challenges and growing pressure on the region’s resources, with keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius emerging as a central priority […]
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Palauan Poet Turns Personal Pain Into Powerful UN Women-Winning Poem
By Elilai Rengiil KOROR, Palau (Sept. 3, 2026) “The more I wrote, the deeper I went into those feelings.” For Palauan poet Stephanie Pettit, those feelings were rooted in her relationship with her mother — a relationship shaped by cultural expectations, love, conflict, growing up and, ultimately, a deeper understanding of motherhood. What began […]
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Political will and better coordination needed to translate security commitments into action
KOROR, Palau (2 September 2026) – Sustained leadership, strengthened regional architecture, people-centred planning, and coordinated partnerships would help the region translate security declarations and commitments into action, panellists at a side event at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting have said. ‘Towards a region of peace and security: From political vision to action’, hosted […]
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ADB puts Pacific at center of new regional strategy, Kanda says
By: L.N. Reklai KOROR, Palau (Sept. 3, 2026)— The Pacific is not the edge of Asia and the Pacific for the Asian Development Bank but “at the center” of how the institution sees the region’s future, ADB President Masato Kanda said as he outlined a more Pacific-led approach to development financing. Speaking on the sidelines […]