No WTO deal on fisheries subsidies for Pacific nations, but PANG pleased
3 March 2024. A fractious meeting of world trade ministers in Abu Dhabi ended with little to show for the time and money spent early Saturday morning New Zealand time.
3 March 2024. A fractious meeting of world trade ministers in Abu Dhabi ended with little to show for the time and money spent early Saturday morning New Zealand time.
1 March 2023. As the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) nears its conclusion, Pacific Island countries have been calling on the biggest subsidisers to halt subsidies to overcapacity and overfishing, and to pledge to lower bad subsidies in future, this week.
28 February 2024. Tuvalu's new prime minister Feleti Teo has named his deputy, a former senior government official, Panapasi Nelesone as the minister of finance and development.
20 Fepueli 2024. Fiji Police are questioning four people following the seizure of more than 12 kilograms of cocaine which was packed with kava that was bound for overseas.
4 February 2024. Plans are in the pipeline to offer a diploma in education programme at the National University of Samoa to try and address the teacher shortage.
28 January 2023. Nauru's Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea says the island appreciates China's vision of "building a community for a shared future of mankind".
23 January 2024. The Cook Islands economy is bracing for a more than $2 million loss in revenue when direct flights from Australia are suspended for the final month of summer.
6 December, 2023. A new implementation framework was launched yesterday to facilitate coordinated action among the 56 Commonwealth countries, including Pacific member states, on land, biodiversity and climate challenges, directly impacting a quarter of the world’s land area.