Fiji is exploring long-term cooperation with Malaysia to strengthen fuel security and shield the country from future global supply disruptions, including through strategic reserves and offshore fuel storage. Discussions between Fiji and Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 10 focused on strategic fuel reserves, emergency supply assurances, resilient supply...

The Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) has taken another important step towards strengthening marine tourism in Papua New Guinea through a new partnership that will bring a ferry back into service in Port Moresby Harbour. The partnership was formally signed on 6 August 2026, bringing together PNGTPA, Happy Soles Limited and Marine Co...

Fiji is exploring potential cooperation with Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company PETRONAS to strengthen fuel security and build greater resilience in its energy supply chain amid continuing volatility in global fuel markets. Fiji Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Sakiasi Ditoka met with PETRONAS Executive Vice President and Chief Ex...

Fiji’s Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has opened applications for a pilot fund aimed at helping locally owned micro and small tourism businesses expand and diversify their products and services. Applications for the Pilot Tourism Micro and Small Enterprise Fund for the 2026-27 financial year opened Wednesday and will remain open until Sept. 30,...

The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority has clarified that a proposed corporate transaction involving seabed minerals explorer AOMC and Odyssey Marine Exploration does not alter the status of any exploration licence or give the companies ownership or control of seabed mineral resources. The SBMA said the proposed transaction, disclosed through US Se...

Reeves Envico and CE Group have commenced work on the 22-kilometre transmission line that will connect renewable energy from Tina River with the homes, businesses and essential services of Honiara. Against the rolling hills and demanding terrain of Guadalcanal, work is beginning on a connection that will carry more than electricity. The new transmis...

The government has placed Bina Harbour, coastal livelihoods, food security and stronger protection of Solomon Islands’ fisheries resources at the centre of its 90-day delivery plan for the fisheries sector. Responding to the Governor-General’s Speech from the Throne, Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Polycarp Paea said the sector must deliver...

For ten years, Project Yumi has been making a difference in communities across Papua New Guinea, building partnerships, strengthening local capacity and delivering practical initiatives that continue to create lasting impact. What began as a grassroots effort has grown into an Australian-registered charity working alongside communities in 20 of Papua N...

Twenty-two small business operators and aspiring entrepreneurs have strengthened their skills in business planning, financial management, record-keeping and customer service through a three-day Start and Improve Your Business training program. The training brought together recipients of the Trade Enhancement Program (TEP), existing small business opera...

Government officials, cooperative leaders and development partners from across the Pacific have agreed to explore establishing a Pacific Island Cooperative Network to strengthen regional cooperation and advance food security, economic empowerment and climate resilience. The agreement was one of the key outcomes of the Regional Dialogue on "Cooperatives...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has launched the Marshall Islands Pocket Guide, a new online tourism resource aimed at raising the country's profile in regional and international travel markets. Developed by South Pacific Pocket Guide in collaboration with the Office of Commerce, Investment & Tourism (OCIT), the website provides travellers wit...

The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), in partnership with Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia, has completed the first leg of the 2026 Treasures of the South Pacific Roadshow, promoting five lesser-known Pacific destinations to Australian travel industry partners. The roadshow visited the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, connecting Paci...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale says the country's narrow economic base is the result of decades of policy choices rather than an unavoidable reality, pledging reforms aimed at delivering broader economic benefits to ordinary citizens. Responding to the Speech from the Throne in Parliament this week, Wale said the country's economic structu...

The Solomon Islands government plans to establish 10,000 hectares of new cocoa and coconut plantations as part of its strategy to revitalise the agriculture sector, create rural jobs and boost export earnings. Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister Franklyn Derek Wasi announced the target while delivering his ministerial response to the Speech ...

The Fiji government has handed over an excavator worth FJD 105,000 to the Nakaubeqa Cooperative in Rewa Province under its Farm Mechanisation Programme, aiming to improve agricultural productivity and strengthen food security. Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry Tomasi Tunabuna presented the machine to the cooperative in Waiqanake Vi...

Solomon Islands Deputy Prime Minister Francis Sade has reaffirmed the government's commitment to ensuring the country's mineral wealth delivers greater economic benefits to its citizens, endorsing a policy of increasing national participation in the mining sector. Sade welcomed Guadalcanal Premier Willie Atu's endorsement of the government's "First Bit...