The great LNG scam: the IMO’s climate credibility is on the line

Elissama Menezes and Andrew Dumbrille, directors of Equal Routes, write for Splash ahead of this month’s crunch green vote at the International Maritime Organization. In the face of the upcoming International Maritime Organization. (IMO) Net-Zero...

Passport people get new home

GIFF JOHNSON Marshall Islands Immigration and the RMI Passport Office have a new home that was officially opened Monday this week. And, specifically speaking, the RMI Passport Office actually has two new offices, the second of which will be opened...

A shark 'threesome'? Mating behavior caught for the first time

A researcher has recorded three sharks in a "threesome", or ménage à trois, marking a scientific first. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist and a researcher from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, was snorkeling off New Caledonia,...

Pacific urged to strengthen unity in safeguarding the ocean

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU Director General of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP), Noan Pakop, has called on Pacific nations for collective action to protect the region’s ocean, describing it as both “our identity and our...

Developments underway at Toroiwango school

BY CHRIS ALEX School Principal of Toroiwango, Karl Manira is pleased to share several exciting updates on infrastructure developments and future plans that aim to enhance student welfare and educational quality. “We are happy to report that the...

Commissioner Reece Kershaw Retires After 37 Years’ Service To Australian Community

The AFP has farewelled Commissioner Reece P Kershaw APM, who retired today (3 October, 2025) after more than 37 years of distinguished service to the Australian community. Minister for Home Affairs, The Honourable Tony Burke MP, joined family,...

MCC–MRI Joint Summit: Reality Proves Hungary’s Migration Policy Right

Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and the Migration Research Institute (MRI) jointly organized a two-day summit in Szeged on 24–25 September to mark the tenth anniversary of MRI’s foundation and to reflect on the 2015 migration crisis that shook...

After 83 years, WWII Marine returns home to rest beside brother

Ken Budd holds a photo of brother, Robert, in 1989. The photo was taken shortly before Budd’s third trip to Guadalcanal to look for his brother’s body. Robert was found in 2021, just a month after his brother’s death. (Ellen M. Blalock via TNS)...

Reunited: WWII Soldier Returns Home After 83 Years to Be Buried Next to Brother

Kathy Kinane of Camillus, N.Y., said her dad, Ken Budd, and her uncle, Robert, had a “wonderfully close” brotherly connection. Though he was 10 years younger, Ken idolized his older brother. “My uncle would take him places and cover for him,”...

People centre of ocean conference

By Sera Tikotikovatu- Sefeti The second Pacific Islands Ocean Conference (PIOC) opened on Monday in Honiara, drawing traditional knowledge holders, scientists, and ocean professionals from across the region. Delegates filled the venue to discuss...

Historic meeting between Hubei and Central Islands provinces

BY SAMIE WAIKORI Central Islands Premier, Kenneth Sagupari and officials from the province welcomed a delegation from China’s Hubei Province to Tulagi on Sunday, September 28, 2025. The delegation was led by Zhu Ziaobin and this visit marks the...

Tonga co-hosts Global Summit on Living Systems

Tonga co-hosted the Summit on the Future of Living Systems during UNGA 80 in New York. Tonga has strengthen its climate diplomacy credentials by co-hosting the Summit on the Future of Living Systems, held on 24 September alongside the 80th session...

Helpful, but won’t guarantee deferment, say economists

The United Nations (UN) will support an assessment of Bangladesh's readiness to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status, which economists say would be helpful for, but not guarantee, a deferment of the transition. The review is expected...

Fiji PM Rabuka outlines key outcomes from International engagements in ministerial…

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Wednesday told Parliament that Fiji’s recent international engagements are producing tangible results for healthcare, climate resilience, regional cooperation, and global diplomacy. Delivering a ministerial...

What Pacific Island leaders told the UN about climate, conflict and peace

A banner at UN Headquarters on the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session. Photo: UN Photo / Loey Felipe Pacific Island leaders took turns addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,...

What Pacific Island leaders told the UN General Assembly about climate, conflict and peace

A banner at UN Headquarters on the second day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session. Photo: UN Photo / Loey Felipe Pacific Island leaders took turns addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,...

Australia scores win over China as PNG moves to lock in defence treaty

Up to 10,000 Papua New Guineans could soon serve in the Australian Defence Force under a long-awaited military agreement that’s finally been approved by Port Moresby and is expected to be signed within days. On Thursday PNG Prime Minister James...

Statement by PM Manele at 80th Session of the UNGA

Theme: “Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, Development and Human Rights” UN Headquarter, 27th September 2025 Madam President, Your Excellencies – Heads of States and Heads of Governments, Ministers, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and...

Lost in Space: The Limits of Geolocation in a Satellite-Connected World

“Where are you?” is not an easy question to answer on the Internet. The telephone system’s address plan embedded a certain amount of physical location information in the fixed-line network, and a full E.164 telephone number indicated your location...

This Pacific island banned Chinese investment, but things have changed

Eric George has seen decades of broken promises on his home island, Malaita. From bridges that have never been fixed, building projects that never came, or just the pot-holed roads in a perpetual state of disrepair. More recently, a US Aid...