11 September, 2016. The leaders of Fiji's two opposition parties and a prominent trade unionist remained in police custody on Sunday morning, after they were arrested on Saturday over utterances at a meeting regarding the 2013 constitution in an incident that has alarmed human rights groups.

9 September, 2016. The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held its regional communication workshop in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 5-9 September, 2016, the first of several communications programmes planned for Pacific SAIs in the Region.

9 September, 2016. New research has found scholarships and persistence are paying off in efforts to get more women in the Pacific into senior government jobs.

8 September, 2016. Leaders of the Smaller Islands States of the Pacific Islands Forum today welcomed the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) as their newest member.

2 September, 2016. A delegation from Kabariki Village in Nabukelevu, Kadavu, and police officers presented yaqona to the Tui Levuka on Monday for the safe removal of the Tongan vessel MV Sitka, currently anchored between Muaninuku and Tabuya villages in Kadavu after suffering mechanical problems more than a week ago.

31 August, 2016. China-Pacific Islands trade grows amidst global downturnWhile world trade has slowed recently, trade between China and the Pacific Islands has continued to grow according to new figures, with two-way trade almost doubling in 2015 to US$7.5 billion.

28 August, 2016. A Tongan registered marine vessel heading to the Solomons ran aground in Fiji and remained stuck there since last weekend.

26 August, 2016. Trade ministers from 16 Pacific Islands Forum countries have agreed to the legal text of the proposed PACER Plus regional free trade agreement.