Story Archive
2024-04-20
The Chief Electoral Officer said vote counting could be completed by the middle of next week.
2024-04-18
Daniel Suidani, ousted as premier after opposing China projects, was elected to Malaita’s provincial assembly.
2024-04-17
“I’m really looking forward to some change,” says a local who was waiting to vote.
2024-04-16
The election is the first since pro-Beijing Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare switched diplomatic recognition to China.
2024-04-16
Nearly 400 independent observers are monitoring the voting in national and provincial elections.
2024-04-14
Beijing’s funding has met some of the Pacific island country’s development needs.
2024-04-13
Voters in the Pacific island country are concerned by crumbling roads and lack of economic opportunity.
2024-04-05
Coast Guard officers will be able to board and inspect vessels without a Samoan law enforcement officer present.
2024-04-04
The police commissioner has ordered illegal miners to leave Porgera Valley within 48 hours or face eviction.
2024-04-04
The Pacific island country’s Cabinet had initially said the monarch’s demands were unconstitutional.
2024-04-03
Backlogs at American shipbuilding yards threaten a pillar of the AUKUS defense pact.
2024-03-28
A conviction would bar former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama from election to Parliament for nearly a decade.
2024-03-26
The deployment of the medium-endurance cutter to the Pacific will help police the region’s vast fisheries.
2024-03-24
The Pacific island country is still recovering from widespread flooding and deadly landslides.
2024-03-21
King tides have also inundated tens of coastal villages and swamped crops in Gulf province.
