
US moves forward with 67 million acre deep-sea mining lease sales
The US government is moving forward with plans to sell deep-sea mining leases covering about 67 million acres of seabed around the Northern Mariana Islands.

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The US government is moving forward with plans to sell deep-sea mining leases covering about 67 million acres of seabed around the Northern Mariana Islands.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister says his government will set up an advisory committee for the president on his constitutional power of mercy after inmates convicted of sexually abusing children received presidential pardons.

Tonga's Prime Minister celebrates the injection of fresh blood into his cabinet after Sivoki Lavemaau has been appointed Finance Minister, making her one of the youngest ministers in the Kingdom's history.

Vanuatu's president is refusing to bow to public pressure and revoke the pardons he granted to two men convicted of sexually abusing children.

A prolonged drought in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is destroying crops, drying up wells and forcing some schools to close early.

Women's groups in Vanuatu are calling on the government to reform the presidential pardoning process after men convicted of sexually abusing children received pardons.

Bird flu is at the Pacific's doorstep and scientists warn the region isn't ready.

Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers have failed to agree on a joint statement criticising China's controversial ballistic missile test last month.

The Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting commences today in Fiji. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in attendance where she announced close to AUD 15 million in funding to support Fiji's efforts in ad

Bougainville's President Ishamel Toroama has lashed out at Papua New Guinea's government for dragging its feet on endorsing the country's pathway to independence. Both governments have agreed that the results of the 2019

New Zealand climbers were airlifted out of a steep ravine on Mount Popomanaseu after being stranded for six days.

Foreigners arrested in Timor-Leste during recent raids on alleged scam centres say they too were scammed into coming to the country with false job offers.

A trial for sixteen people charged with trafficking two-point six tonnes cocaine allegedly bound for Australia, could begin as early as February. Among them are four Ecuadorian men who allegedly sailed the cocaine across

World Rugby has given the Government of Samoa an ultimatum: accept a review of its decision to cut funding for Lakapi Samoa, or risk a ban from international competition.

Vanuatu is marking 46 years of independence today with mass celebrations and a speech by the country's Prime Minister.

It's been three days since a landslide occurred at Gold Ridge Mine, 26 kilometres from the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara. One body was recovered yesterday from the landslide, but Acting Police Commissioner James Aitor

In the Solomon Islands, there are fears people could be missing after a massive landslide at the country's only large-scale gold mine in Guadalcanal Province.

Fiji's corruption watchdog, FICAC has dropped charges against prominent political commentator Charlie Charters, who says a flawed process is resulting in failed prosecutions.

Vanuatu's House of Chiefs has apologised after a public backlash over its call to revoke the appointment of Dr Anna Naupa as the new Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

The bodies of two women have been recovered from the sinking of a boat off of East New Britain over the weekend. Twenty-five others remain missing at sea.
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