Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security
- Forum Members attend U.S.–Pacific Investment Summit (PACNEWS)
- ‘Buy an island’: CNMI leader makes pitch to investors at US-Pacific summit in Hawaii (RNZ)
- State Department, Pacific leaders discuss regional security, capital projects (HPR)
- “China is reaping all the profits”: Palau president urges more private U.S. investment in Pacific (Hawaii News Now)
- Solomons PM Manele Calls For Purposeful Investment and Comprehensive Security at Pacific Summit (Tavuli News)
- U.S. reaffirms long-term commitment to Pacific partnerships (Daily Post Vanuatu)
- Palau Senate Presses U.S. for Details on Action Involving Senate President, Cites Sovereignty Concerns (Island Times)
- Taiwan to join PIF after absence last year: MOFA (PACNEWS/Taipei Times)
- French Senate votes on New Caledonia’s future status (RNZ)
- US pullout from Pacific organizations opens new doors for China (Island Times)
- Palau States Challenge U.S.-Linked Radar Projects as Ngaraard Files TACMOR Lawsuit (Island Times)
- Papuan activist Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane (APR)
- Samoa removed from EU tax blacklist (Samoa Observer)
- Guam, CNMI call for a balance between conservation and military readiness (Pacific Island Times)
- Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and Qiliho charged with inciting mutiny (Fiji Times)
- Tonga to establish first diplomatic mission in Fiji (Talanoa O’ Tonga)
People-Centered Development
- Angaur State Protests Disturbance of WWII Mass Grave, Seeks Formal Apology (Island Times)
- 140 children diagnosed with cancer annually in PNG; brain tumors on the rise (NBC PNG)
- US technology strengthens Cook Islands’ ability to ensure safe drinking water (Cook Islands News)
- Marshall Islands launches first universal basic income scheme to stop outward migration (Island Times)
- “Here is my message”: the letters of Pōmare II unearthed (Tahiti Infos)
- Fiji Health Warning Issued After Teenager Dies from Suspected Leptospirosis (Mai TV)
- ‘Cycles of poverty’: The impact of non-communicable diseases in the Pacific (RNZ)
- Rare white humpback whale calf photographed in Vava’u wins global nature award (Talanoa ‘O Tonga)
- First international ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi flight to Aotearoa supports language revitalisation (Te Ao)
- New push to develop agriculture in maritime and outer islands (FBC News)
- Cook Islands creative’s mission to amplify the Pacific heartbeat (Cook Island News)
- Maui Department of ʻŌiwi Resources grants awarded to 11 local projects (Maui Now)
Climate Change and Disasters, Ocean and Environment
- US pushes closer to Pacific mining (Islands Business)
- Vanuatu US in climate resolution standoff (Islands Business)
- Fiji welcomes historic COP31 partnership, to host pre COP talks (FBC)
- US funding cuts threaten to ‘dry up’ future of Pacific scientists – expert (PMN)
- Tuvalu calls for moral leadership from Australia on climate (ABC/Audio Report)
- Shark attack fatality reignites safety v environment debate in New Caledonia (RNZ)
- Fiji reinforces commitment to protect 30% of its ocean by 2030 (Fiji Sun)
- Pacific-led engagement key to tackling invasive species in Tonga, research finds (Talanoa O’ Tonga)
- Civil society shut out of new Pacific disaster fund, NGOs tell Fiji MPs (Fiji Sun)
- Empowering local youth to become ‘waste warriors’ (Cook Islands News)
- Endemic plants and trees now grow at Lahaina Harbor after 2023 fires (HPR)
- Fisheries are deeply embedded in Pacific culture (Islands Business)
Resources and Economic Development, Technology and Connectivity
- Asian Development Bank expands Pacific footprint with Suva hub and new PIF agreement (PMN)
- Cabinet approves US$12m MCC Compact funding for Fiji (FBC)
- Climate Funding Under New Hawai‘i Tax Could Be Cut By Millions (Civil Beat)
- Mixed reactions on seasonal work cap in Samoa (Samoa Observer)
- Pacific nations too dependent on seasonal worker schemes, labour expert warns (RNZ)
- Vanuatu is getting a second 411-kilometre Tamtam submarine data cable connection (Islands Business)
- Shipping Registry delivers VT 342M to Vanuatu Gov’t in record revenue surge (Vanuatu Daily Post)
- Blacklisting squeeze hits Vanuatu families and businesses, the regulator VFSC warns (PMN)
- Papua New Guinea Lays Groundwork for First National Seed Policy (PNG Bulletin)
- A second gold rush in Solomon Islands but a familiar extractive trap (Lowy Institute/Analysis)
- The FSM officially launches Strategic Development Plan 2024–2043 at CEC (Kaselehlie Press)
- American Samoa delegation forges Pacific partnerships and digital infrastructure links at Honolulu summit (Samoa News)
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