Unearthing Stories that Matters
by Charley Piringi COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellow As the COP30 Climate Summit opens this week in Belém, Brazil, the Pacific Islands have once again seized the global stage, not as…
A week-long regional gathering on marine conservation, threatened species, and women’s leadership is currently underway in Honiara. The gathering brings together leaders, experts, and community champions from across the Coral…
PRIVATE VIEW| by Frank WetaraCanberra Ave, Lynnfield, Auckland, New Zealand What prompted the Solomon Islands to sever a 36-year-old relationship with Taiwan and establish diplomatic ties with China? In October…
by Charley Piringi Pacific leaders wrapped up the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM54) in Honiara over the weekend by adopting a communiqué that reaffirms climate change as the…
by Charley Piringi As Pacific Islands Forum Leaders gather in Honiara this week, civil society groups from across the region have renewed calls for concrete action on West Papua and…
by Charley Piringi The Solomon Islands and Fiji have signed a new bilateral Security Agreement, which will enable the deployment of Fiji’s security personnel to the Solomon Islands when required.…
by Charley Piringi Incoming Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele, has praised Pacific youths and the Government of Vanuatu for their successful push…
by Georgina Maka’a Government has revoked a decision to suspend the use of sufferance wharves in the country after it removed Harry Kuma from the Ministry of Finance last weekend.…
By Charley Piringi A three-day Regional Media Workshop held ahead of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) concluded today in Honiara, with a commitment to make the training…
by Charley Piringi Paramount Chief Walton Naezon has made a strong appeal to illegal gold panners at the Gold Ridge mine site on Central Guadalcanal to vacate the pits immediately.…
