French Polynesia calls for moratorium on deep sea mining

French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson in Honiara for the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting from 8-12 September 2025. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Caleb Fotheringham French Polynesia's president wants Pacific countries to agree to a...

Vanuatu official says they are training Africans in AI to solve economic and social problems

Prof Hugh Keku Aryee – Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana. Prof Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, says the Commission is training a new generation of Africans in artificial intelligence to use technology in solving...

SHIPPING TIMES | Marine protection symposium

A five-day regional symposium focused on strengthening marine pollution emergency response and environmental resilience is being held in Suva this week. The symposium has brought regional and international partners to Fiji to look at best...

Vanuatu Trade Commissioner urges religious communities to care, protect God’s Creation 

By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi Accra, Sept. 15, GNA – Prof Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, has called on religious communities, especially the Christian communities, to be faithful Stewards of God’s Creation, who care and protect it....

We train Africans in AI to solve economic, social problems – Vanuatu Trade Commissioner  

By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi Accra, Sept. 16, GNA – Prof Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, says the Commission is training a new generation of Africans in artificial intelligence to use technology in solving environmental, economic...

How two Utah companies became critical to international shipping overnight

In late July, an executive order from President Donald Trump sent the global postal world scrambling when he scrapped a 1938 law that allowed customers to skip paying import fees on packages valued under $800. With about a month’s warning, dozens...

Vanuatu warns Australia that expanding Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project could breach international ruling

CANBERRA (ABC) — Vanuatu’s climate minister has warned Australia that approving the extension of Woodside’s massive North West Shelf gas project could be in breach of a landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on climate change, saying...

Coast Guard awards $69M contract for new hangars at Hawaii air station

An HC-130 Hercules airplane flies over Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Kapolei, Hawaii, Dec. 30, 2024. (Tyler Robertson/U.S. Coast Guard) (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a nearly $69 million contract to design...

Marape successfully concludes round of meetings with visiting dignitaries

Prime Minister James Marape successfully concluded a long round of back-to-back meetings with heads of governments who arrived in the country to participate in the celebrations marking PNG’s 50th Independence anniversary. The hectic schedule of...

The Albanese government has just stood firm against Vanuatu’s climate lecture

Ralph Regenvanu this week sat in his air-conditioned office in Port Vila, hanging the threat of international legal action over Australia. The Vanuatu climate minister warned that approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension violates a...

Palau, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Marshall Islands Urge Action on ICJ Climate Opinion

At the Pacific Islands Forum, leaders from Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands said the ICJ climate ruling must be more than symbolic. They called for urgent policy changes to safeguard sovereignty, secure justice, and ensure Pacific...

Energy Equity in the ICJ’s Climate Opinion: Filling The Silence On Distributive Justice

Introduction and the Stakes Behind the GA Request In 2023, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to spell out what international law requires of states when it comes to climate change. The move came after years...

My Vanuatu launches exclusive VIP Airport Priority Lane

My Vanuatu, a leading online holiday package provider, has unveiled its all-new Exclusive VIP Airport Priority Lane at Bauerfield International Airport, offering travellers a faster, smoother and more exclusive arrival and departure experience in...

Vanuatu steps up climate finance readiness with national writeshop

With SPC’s support, Vanuatu hosted a national writeshop to build skills for unlocking climate finance and advancing urgent adaptation solutions. Vanuatu, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, has taken further steps to strengthen its...

North West Shelf: Albanese rejects Vanuatu criticism that major gas project will jeopardise Pacific relations

Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestions approving a major gas project off WA will jeopardise Pacific relations and declared he will “act in Australia’s interests” despite criticism from Vanuatu. At the pointy-end of the Pacific Island Forum in...

Australia squeezed on climate by Vanuatu minister

Mr Regenvanu was attending a side event making the case for a 100 per cent renewables-powered Pacific, with the minister speaking alongside Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo to launch a discussion paper on the matter, a joint effort of Australia's...

Dr Strangecurve

By Michael Every of Rabobank As Christian Lawrence notes in ‘Under Pressure’, we expect a 25bps rate cut today. However, as the Wall Street Journal puts it, this is “the strangest Fed meeting in years” as “Consequential and contentious debates...

'Wrongful act': Vanuatu warns Australia may break international law if gas project goes ahead

One of the Pacific Climate's elders has lashed the expected approval of the North-West Shelf gas project as "internationally wrongful" and legally contentious, as Australia's climate record comes under close scrutiny at the Pacific Islands Forum....

Vanuatu’s Forestry Module To Streamline Export Permitting Process

Press Release – UNCTAD Developed in close collaboration with the national project team, the Forestry Module digitizes and automates the application, processing, and issuance of Export Permits for regulated forestry products. 05 September 2025:...

Timber industry counts cost of ban from Great Koala National Park

Timber mills fear they will be unable to fill orders after the New South Wales government confirmed logging would end in forests gazetted as part of the Great Koala National Park. The state government announced an immediate temporary moratorium on...