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Report warns Fiji facing deepening health Workforce crisis as labour schemes drain skilled workers
The Australia Institute says labour mobility schemes are worsening the health workforce crisis in the Pacific, with registered nurses and other skilled workers leaving...
Second written nomination for Prime Minister-Designate confirmed
The Office of the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga has confirmed receipt of a second written nomination for the position of...
Marshallese families in Northwest Arkansas reel from Trump deportations
The Trump administration's aggressive action on deportations has resulted in over 40 Marshallese being deported from the Northwest Arkansas area in 2025, a significant...
‘United we stand, divided we fall:’ Pacific island nations urged to create collective seabed regulations
Recognising that the march toward the use of seabed resources is nearly unstoppable at this point, a new paper urges Pacific island nations to...
Korea–Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers advance cooperation for a resilient, peaceful and prosperous Blue Pacific
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers concluded the 6th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers Meeting in Seoul held from 8-9 December, reaffirming their commitment to...
Vanuatu Speaker’s unconstitutional ruling to cost over VT16M in MPs’ sitting allowances: Ngwele
Vanuatu deputy Leader of the Opposition Jay Ngwele said the ruling of the Speaker of Parliament, Stephen Felix, to close Parliament on 14 November...
Fishery council’s new management procedure likely to cut South Pacific albacore catch by 10 percent
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has adopted a new management procedure that could reduce overall South Pacific albacore tuna catch by...
A Grand Design: Foundations of Journalism program wins Gold at Australian Good Design Awards
Locally led. Accessible. Designed for newsrooms. Why ABCID’s Foundations of Journalism has been recognised with a Gold Award for Service Design.
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UK strips Nauru of visa-free access over new citizenship programme
The United Kingdom has imposed visa requirements on Nauru nationals effective on 09 December, citing the Pacific nation’s citizenship by investment (CBI) programme as...
Fiji secures landmark agreement at UNEA-7, Calls for one ocean finance facility
Team Fiji has achieved a major breakthrough at the Seventh United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), by successfully securing an agreement on their resolution, “Accelerating...
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Report warns Fiji facing deepening health Workforce crisis as labour schemes drain skilled workers
The Australia Institute says labour mobility schemes are worsening the health workforce crisis in the Pacific, with registered nurses and other skilled workers leaving...
Second written nomination for Prime Minister-Designate confirmed
The Office of the Interim Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga has confirmed receipt of a second written nomination for the position of...
Marshallese families in Northwest Arkansas reel from Trump deportations
The Trump administration's aggressive action on deportations has resulted in over 40 Marshallese being deported from the Northwest Arkansas area in 2025, a significant...