Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 18 November
Wednesday
18th November
2020
Political upheaval in Papua New Guinea Just 18 months since he took on the role of Prime Minister, James…
Tess Newton Cain
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 11 November
Wednesday
11th November
2020
New President in Palau Palau has a new leader. The new President is Surangel Whipps. His opponent in…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 4 November
Wednesday
4th November
2020
Controversial funding of biomedical start-up in Papua New Guinea Government funding of a biomedical start-up in PNG has caused…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 28 October
Wednesday
28th October
2020
Candidate registrations conclude in Samoa The period for registration of candidates in Samoa has concluded. This is part of…
Calls for a COVID ‘kava bubble’ as supply from Pacific to Australia dries up
Monday
26th October
2020
Kava-crisis - With little of the homemade Pacific brew available in Australia, prices have skyrocketed, and there’s been a spike…
From the Forum Foreign Ministers…
Thursday
22nd October
2020
Last week, the Foreign Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum met as one of the standing committees of the inter-governmental…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 21 October
Wednesday
21st October
2020
New security centre to be located in Vanuatu The government of Australia has announced that its Fusion Centre will…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 14 October
Wednesday
14th October
2020
Solomon Islands reports COVID-19 cases Authorities in Solomon Islands have confirmed that their country is no longer free…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 7 October
Wednesday
7th October
2020
New Caledonia referendum on independence The people of New Caledonia have voted in a referendum on whether they should…
New Caledonians will vote again on independence. Will the answer this time be ‘Oui’?
Thursday
1st October
2020
On October 4, New Caledonians will go to the polls. For the second time in the past two years, they…