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The Government of New Zealand announce additional NZD 5 million commitment to the Pacific Community Ocean Science Centre (PCCOS)
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister for Racing and Minister for Rail - New Zealand The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have deepened their partnership with the announcement of NZD 5million to...
Pacific Islands Forum: Expert on why region’s ‘Mini-UN’ matters
Pacific News Service
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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...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
Life on board a tuna tagging boat: Faces behind the mission
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Before the first line hits the water each morning, before the sun lifts over the horizon, the deck of the Gutsy Lady IV is already alive. The hum of the winch, the salt spray in the air, the murmur of early-morning jokes: these are the sounds and...
How will fisheries change in a hotter world? Experts share
Mongabay
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August 13, 2025
Fifty years from now, in 2075, global ocean temperatures are forecast to rise by between 2° and 5° Celsius (3.6° and 9° Fahrenheit). Warming is already reshaping fisheries worldwide, and even more dramatic changes are expected as fish largely move...
Whining about Scottish ‘austerity’ is baseless, absurd and idiotic
The Times
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Like Christmas and birthdays, the annual GERS festival seems to arrive sooner than you think. Has a year really passed since the last edition of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland figures was published? Why, yes it has. This year’s...
Cook Islands advocate for mainstreaming of SIS priorities within Pacific regional…
Pacific News Service
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The Cook Islands joined fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum Smaller Island States (SIS) group at the SIS Officials Meeting held at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on 8 August. The meeting, chaired by Federated States of Micronesia...
Vanishing Aid, Escalating Risks: Strengthening Partnerships and Empowering National Resilience in an Era of Dwindling Donor Support
New Spotlight Nepal
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Vanishing commitment For decades, across Asia and the Pacific, development aid functioned as a vital bridge connecting communities facing crisis with the hope of recovery, opportunity, and long-term stability. Aid was more than financial...
These countries could sink under the sea due to..., scientists warn temperature of ocean water could..., check full list here
India.com
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July 31, 2025
Home News These countries could sink under the sea due to…, scientists warn temperature of ocean water could…, check full list here As per scientists, global warming is melting polar ice sheets at a rapid pace, which is causing the sea levels to...
Pacific Islands Security In the Era of US-China Competition
Pacific Islands Report
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August 1, 2025
Alex Wu Alex Vu is a Spring 2025 Young Professional at the East-West Center in Washington. Alex is currently a junior at the University of South Florida, studying Econometrics & Political Science. Andrew Taylor Awa Nanami Nishimoto is a Spring...
Courage, not compromise – Pacific SIDS call for ambition ahead of…
Pacific News Service
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With plastic pollution at crisis levels, delegates from 14 Pacific Island countries have arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, with one clear message for the world: courage, not compromise. Only a bold, comprehensive, and legally binding treaty that...
Who’s who at the plastics treaty talks, from delegates to lobbyists
Grist Magazine
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August 8, 2025
As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector. Some countries have banded together in...
Micronesia leaders renew urgent call for ‘fast-acting cuts in short-lived super…
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from the Micronesia region meeting in Majuro in early July called climate change the “most significant threat” to the islands and renewed calls for urgent climate action. At the conclusion of the 27th Micronesian Island Forum meeting,...
Adelup warns feds are sidelining Guam on seabed mining decisions
The Guam Daily Post
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The Governor's Office is voicing concerns that the federal government is sidelining Guam's input on deep seabed mining decisions in island waters, mirroring complaints from American Samoa as the Trump administration accelerates critical mineral...
Guam takes drug fight to post office
Islands Business
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July 24, 2025
DESPITE the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark ruling on protection of the environment, former Kiribati President Anote Tong fears for his island’s future. Tong, a founding father of the Pacific climate movement, welcomed the ICJ...
U.S begins talks with Cook Islands on seabed mining, gears up to compete with China
Island Times
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August 8, 2025
WASHINGTON/RAROTONGA (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) —-The U.S has begun discussions with the Cook Islands on the exploration of seabed minerals within its waters, in a bid to catch up with China, which has previously clinched a similar deal with the...
‘Horrific results’ forecast as Gaza hunger crisis deepens
The Saturday Paper
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August 8, 2025
Great power rivalry Gaza: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly this week considering expanding the military campaign in Gaza and completely taking it over, as aid groups warned that recent increases of supplies were not enough...
Holiday hotspots report cases of organ destroying virus sparking global outbreak fears in China
The Scottish Sun
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August 8, 2025
SOME favourite holiday destinations for Brits are now hotspots for a crippling mosquito-borne virus, new figures reveal. Chikungunya, which is rarely deadly but capable of wreaking havoc on organs and causing agonising, months-long pain and...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 1 – August 7, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 8, 2025
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Tsunami warning alerts: Is it safe to travel to Hawaii, Japan and Alaska right now?
Time Out
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This morning at 11.24am, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, with a magnitude of 8.8, struck eastern Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It has led to severe damage in nearby areas and widespread tsunami warnings for countries across the...