Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security
- UN sec-gen to attend PIFLM in Tonga, regional review won’t be rushed: SG Puna (PACNEWS)
- US Indo-Pacific Command changes hands in Hawaiʻi at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (HNN)
- Boeing awarded $460.6M contract for Guam missile defense, military construction announced (MBJ)
- ’FSM crucial part of overall defense plan’ - US INDOPACOM senior military official (Pacific Island Times)
- Solomon Islands’ new GNUT coalition govt announces ‘Look North’ foreign policy (The Island Sun)
- New Caledonia’s French constitutional amendment: green light in Paris, red light in Nouméa (RNZ)
- PNG and Bougainville govts convene Joint Supervisory Board meeting in Port Moresby (Loop PNG)
- Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to one year after interfering in police investigation (Post-Courier)
- Niue set for first ‘Prime Minister’ as constitutional changes pass second reading (NZ Herald)
- Australia, Tuvalu lay out terms of landmark climate and security pact (ABC Australia)
People-Centered Development
- The Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture kicks off in Hawaiʻi in June (ABC Australia)
- Report: Cancer second-highest cause of death for Native Hawaiians in the US (RNZ)
- ADB rolls out gender equality toolkit for public-private partnership projects (PACNEWS)
- Pacific Youth Council convening identifies priorities for youth development (SPC)
- Experts call out govt inaction against child trafficking in the Pacific (PMN)
- US Environmental Protection Agency announces $17 million to replace lead pipes in CNMI (RNZ)
- Japan donates about $3.9M worth of X-ray machines, health equipment to Vanuatu hospitals (Daily Post)
- Papua New Guinea population growth is a 'time bomb,' warns professor (The National)
- Fiji AG says press freedom a human right and journalists need to report freely without fear (PACNEWS)
Climate Change and Disasters, Ocean and Environment
- Pacific Island Climate Change Roundtable reunites for enhanced climate change coordination (PACNEWS)
- NIWA: Fewer cyclones than predicted in El Niño summer (RNZ)
- NWS: Two possible tropical disturbances south of Palau, Yap (Guam PDN)
- Scientific shark study resumes in New Caledonia after controversial culling campaign (Islands Business)
- Kīlauea volcano in Hawaiʻi rumbles with 240 earthquakes at summit (Hawaii News Now)
- Tongan noble voices concerns over Kingdom’s future amid climate change challenges (PMN)
- Tuvalu minister warns Pacific churches of geopolitical tensions amid climate crisis (FBC)
- Samoa outlines challenges to meeting sustainable development goals (PACNEWS)
Resources and Economic Development, Technology and Connectivity
- Chinese official reveals mutual development plans for Pacific at China-Fiji reception in Suva (FBC)
- Japan calls on ADB to put particular emphasis on SIDS in disbursement of ADF14 funds (PACNEWS)
- New flight route between Australia and Palau to expand Pacific connectivity (MBJ)
- Strike action: Workers take on Fiji Water, demand better pay (RNZ)
- Australians stranded in Vanuatu as national airline faces voluntary administration (ABC Australia)
- Samoa Airport launches initial start of $25 million regional terminal (Samoa Observer)
- Radewagen: ‘Over-zealous green politics’ taking toll on American Samoa’s fishery (Pacific Island Times)
The Pacific Islands Report (PIR) is a project of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) at the East-West Center and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
This non-exhaustive news roundup is organized with the thematic areas of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and its implementation plan.
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