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Bezos Earth Fund Invests $37.5M USD to Accelerate Pacific-Led Ocean Protection
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A groundbreaking effort led by Pacific Island leaders to safeguard the ocean took a major step forward today, with the Bezos Earth Fund announcing $37.5 million USD in grants to support marine...
President Lai meets delegation led by Saint Lucia Deputy Prime Minister Ernest Hilaire
TAIWAN, September 3 - Details 2025-09-02 President Lai meets delegation from University of Tokyo cross-strait relations research group On the afternoon of September 2, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the University of Tokyo’s...
President Lai meets delegation from University of Tokyo cross-strait relations research group
TAIWAN, September 2 - Details 2025-09-02 President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Speaker of Parliament Iakoba Taeia Italeli On the afternoon of September 2, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Speaker of the Parliament of...
President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Speaker of Parliament Iakoba Taeia Italeli
TAIWAN, September 2 - Details 2025-09-02 President Lai meets delegation from University of Tokyo cross-strait relations research group On the afternoon of September 2, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the University of Tokyo’s...
President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...
Pacific Islands and the Climate Crisis: Challenges, Injustices, and Pathways Forward
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Pacific Islands, some of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, have once again found themselves overlooked on the global stage. As COP29 concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan,...
President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone
TAIWAN, April 15 - Details 2025-04-10 President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs On April 10, an article penned by President Lai Ching-te entitled “Taiwan Has a Roadmap for Deeper US Trade Ties” was...
President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs
TAIWAN, April 9 - Details 2025-04-08 President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae On the morning of April 8, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...
From Superheroes to Silver Dollars: National Coin Week Celebrates Pop Culture and Money
April 20-26, 2025 event emphasizes money is history you can hold in your hands COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- What do Homer Simpson, the Olympic games, Elvis Presley, and Superman have in common? They've...
Pacific youth taking steps toward a cleaner future
Published in Island Business Magazine. Across the Pacific, young people are stepping up to learn more about how to manage waste and improve energy access in their communities. Through the Pacific Adoption of Waste to Energy Solutions (PAWES)...
Pacific Elders Voice urge real action at COP30
The Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) has issued a sharp warning ahead of the UNFCCC COP30, calling on major emitters including Australia and New Zealand to deliver concrete, measurable outcomes to protect vulnerable Pacific nations from the worsening...
Prime Minister of Samoa Pledges to Raise Pacific Visa Issue with NZ Government
As the deadline nears for the Pacific Justice petition, which calls for equal treatment of Pacific travellers entering New Zealand, Samoa’s Prime Minister has thrown his full support for the campaign and pledged to elevate the issue within...
Pacific Islanders Across Oceania and the Diaspora Reclaim the Map
Video by BuzzFeedVideo. | What Pacific Islanders Want You To Know 🌊 First Peoples of the Blue Continent From the low-lying atolls of Micronesia to the volcanic ridges of Melanesia and the far-flung archipelagos of Polynesia, Pacific Islanders have...
Pacific leaders to push 100% renewable energy plan at COP30 in Belém
According to a 2022 Pacific Islands Forum report, despite the region's vision for renewable energy, its continued heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels remain a major concern. Photo: 123RF The Pacific aims to be the first region in the world to...
On the eve of COP30, global shift needed for 1.5 to…
Thirty-three years after the Brazilian Earth Summit set the climate change negotiations train in motion, Pacific leaders, climate change negotiators and government officials are returning to Brazil for the thirtieth Conference of the Parties to...
Fiji diplomat visits Taipei despite lack of formal ties
Taiwan this week welcomed a senior Fijian diplomat who met with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) — a highly unusual trip, given that the Pacific island state has formal relations with Beijing. The Presidential Office late on Wednesday said that...
Petition closing tomorrow calls for visa-on-arrival for Tongans and other Pacific Islanders
Wellington, NZ — A petition led by former Member of Parliament Arthur Anae is calling on the New Zealand House of Representatives to allow Pacific Islanders to enter the country on a three-month visitor visa issued upon arrival. Anae Lupematasila...
Health risks of migration in a heating world
Celia McMichael, professor1, Jon Barnett, professor1 1School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark advisory...
Fiji to upgrade customs system under Pacific Trade initiative
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka [Source: Parliament of the Republic of Fiji/Facebook] Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has clarified that the Pacific Healthy Islands Transformation Project and the Accelerating Trade Facilitation and Logistics in the...