Three activists from the Indigenous communities of Okinawa, Guam, and Hawai’i will be speaking in Seattle later this month about efforts to remove U.S. military bases from the native lands in the Pacific. Tina Grandinetti, Kisha Borja-Quichocho Calvo and Ruth Aloua…
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, is visiting Vanuatu this week. Dame Taylor says her visit to Vanuatu is to consult with various arms of the Vanuatu Government as well as speak at a symposium at the…
Human Rights Watch is calling on Papuan militants to stop unlawful killings, after a massacre of Indonesians took place in the Highlands region. The West Papua Liberation Army has claimed resposibility for the murders of at least 16 construction workers…
The construction workers were shot dead by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua province, marking the region’s deadliest bout of violence in years. What happened? Every December 1, West Papuan separatists pay homage to what they call their ‘independence day’. Many…
By LUKE KAMA, the National PNG THE Central Supplies and Tenders Board (CSTB) will start the public disposal process of assets purchased and owned by the PNG Apec Coordination Authority soon, acting chairman Dr Ken Ngangan says. Ngangan also the…
Fossil fuel companies need to pick up the bill on climate change, Vanuatu’s Foreign Minister says. Speaking at the Virtual Climate Summit on Thursday, Ralph Regenvanu said Vanuatu had benefited the least from fossil fuels, but been ravaged as a…
By RNZ – Vanuatu Independent A CANADIAN analyst says a regional free trade agreement in the Pacific will assault Pacific island economies and give China a strategic opening in the region. Last Wednesday, New Zealand became the first country to ratify the…
Ireland’s former prime minister, Bertie Ahern, is in the country to be briefed on the progress of the Bougainville referendum. The referendum is scheduled for June 15 next year. Ahern, who has been appointed chairman of the Bougainville Referendum Commission,…
New York, Jubi – Presiden Palau telah bergabung dengan rekannya dari Kiribati dan Nauru, untuk meminta PBB akui Taiwan. Perjuangan Taiwan untuk mendapatkan pengakuan internasional telah melemah tahun ini, dengan tiga negara beralih untuk mendukung Beijing. Hanya 17 negara – sebagian…
Source: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/ The biggest diplomatic row between Fiji and Vanuatu in modern times was not over climate change, good governance, or Chinese investment in the South Pacific, but biscuits. Two MSG members are facing independence votes within the next year…
