Pacific churches have welcomed Fiji’s support for self-determination of the Kanaky people and called on regional governments to follow this course.

Songs of the Pacific have been heard at Parliament House as islanders from countries likely to be most at threat from rising sea levels braved the Canberra winter to highlight the issue of climate change.

ABOUT 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications.

Profound change is underway in the Papua New Guinean economy — and the fortunes of Australian Securities Exchange-listed companies Oil Search and Santos — following the first shipment from the ExxonMobil-led PNG liquefied natural gas project.

The benefits, challenges and opportunities for collaboration in the management of large marine protected areas (MPA) in the Pacific are the focus of discussion at a workshop being held in Suva, Fiji, this week.

Telikom PNG Limited has announced its acquisition of Datec PNG Limited yesterday, subject to regulatory approvals.

The Bank of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Nationwide Micro Bank and K1 Association have signed partnership agreements confirming a commitment to deliver financial education training to a further 61,000 people in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The regional non-governmental group, the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), is calling on Forum Island Trade Ministers meeting in Kiribati this week to learn the mistakes from previous negotiations and avoid making binding commitments in areas that will not support their exporters.

Two-thirds of the Pacific Islands communities could run out of fish to feed their populations within 15 years.

Finance  is a key input into sustainable economic growth, says a quarterly report from the ANZ Bank.