Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
Circul8 appointed as creative agency for global destination rebrand of The Mariana Islands
Mumbrella
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June 30, 2025
Circul8 has been appointed as the creative agency partner of the Marianas Visitors Authority, for a global rebrand of The Mariana Islands. The Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) has appointed leading creative agency Circul8 to spearhead a...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – June 20 – June 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 28, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
New Body Of Work By Yuki Kihara At Gus Fisher And Gow Langsford Galleries
Scoop
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“After personally witnessing the devastating impacts of cyclones in Sāmoa, I was compelled to create works that not only allude to our resilience living in the Pacific Islands but also inspire conversations about global warming as a clarion call...
China, Pacific Islands work together on climate issue
China Daily Global
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China and Pacific Island nations should make deeper collaboration within the framework of South-South cooperation to tackle climate change challenges, a forum has heard. Speaking at a high-level dialogue in Apia, Samoa, on Tuesday, Toeolesulusulu...
Tourism recovery moves forward while the Pacific islands fall behind
The Pacific Island Times
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June 27, 2025
Under a clear sky in tropical Micronesia, tourism in Guam and the nearby Northern Mariana Islands is in the midst of a cautious revival. But progress remains uneven, and experts say strategic moves could make the difference between stagnation and...
Climate Groups Call For Accountability And Ambition From COP30 Presidency
Scoop
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Saturday, 28 June 2025, 6:13 pm Press Release: 350.org 23 June 2025 Bonn, Germany – In a press conference held today, leading voices from the climate justice movement responded to the COP30 Presidency’s plenary session at the UN climate talks in...
Regional fishery management council appointments announced
National Fisherman - Alaska
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June 30, 2025 The U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday announced the appointment of 20 new and returning members to the nation’s eight regional fishery management councils, a key step in the federal effort to manage and protect marine resources...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
SI calls for tough action on ammunition management
Solomon Star
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July 1, 2025
New York – The Solomon Islands has urged the international community to strengthen global and regional cooperation on the management of conventional ammunition, highlighting the urgent challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in...
Saipan Ag Fair postponed due to weather conditions
Marianas Variety
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(SAFA) — Due to unforeseen weather conditions, the 38th Saipan Agricultural Fair will be postponed until further notice. The Saipan Agricultural Fair Association has made the difficult decision with the safety of all animals, attendees, and...
Saipan Fishing Festival on July 13 hails Marianas maritime
Marianas Variety
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(MVA) — Marianas maritime comes to the forefront of next month’s 41st Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament in The Marianas, which will feature two days of fishing beginning on July 12, 2025, and a festival open to the public on July 13....
Species biology and demographic history determines species vulnerability to climate change in tropical island endemic birds
eLife
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Tropical islands of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA), the Indo-Pacific, and the Caribbean and Atlantic have had complex geological pasts that have affected their species distribution patterns. While several Pacific islands are true oceanic...
Oil spill, troop activity, and conservation collide in the Northern Mariana Islands
Pasquines
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June 24, 2025
On June 6, 2025, over 113.5 liters of oil were spilled near the Tinian Harbor by the United States-flagged vessel Mariana. Crew members of both the Mariana and Galide successfully coordinated clean-up efforts, which officially ended on June 8. The...
Palau Games are on
The National
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IT was a rainy evening in Koror, Palau, as Team PNG athletes and officials marched into the Palau National Stadium on Sunday evening (June 29) for the opening ceremony of the Pacific Mini Games. Twenty-two other countries and territories in the...
Tiny Tuvalu seeks assurance from US its citizens won't be barred
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific nation that scientists predict will be submerged by rising seas, said it is seeking written assurance from the United States that its citizens will not be barred from entry after being...
The Fight for Climate Justice at the World Court
Rolling Stone
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June 27, 2025
There is no English equivalent for the word the women of Yakel use to describe the shame they feel when they are unable to carry out their customary duties. It is not exactly embarrassment. It is not simply sorrow. It is something deeper — a...
Supporting locally-led climate action through Nature-based Solutions in the Pacific
Pacific Community (SPC)
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An SPC-led assessment finds that scaling Nature-based Solutions in the Pacific requires stronger local capacity, funding access, and community-driven action for lasting climate resilience. Across the Pacific Islands, climate change is no longer a...
Marape calls for reform and unity in Pacific Islands forum
NBC PNG
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second left) with his MSG counterparts during the summit in Fiji (Image: MSG Secretariat) Prime Minister James Marape has reaffirmed Papua New Guinea’s strong commitment to a more united, inclusive, and modernised...
Nearly a Third of Tuvalu Residents Seek Climate Visas to Australia as Sea Engulfs Their Home
Common Dreams
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June 26, 2025
With more than three weeks to go until the deadline for citizens of Tuvalu to apply for a limited number of visas as part of an agreement with Australia, nearly a third of people in the tiny Pacific island nation had registered by Thursday in...
UPDATED 'End of an era': Duty Free Shop closing its Saipan store
Pacific Daily News
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Duty Free Saipan Ltd., which operates T Galleria in the tourist district of Garapan, will be closing shop by April 30, 2025, after nearly five decades on Saipan, according to DFS Group Limited, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Gov....