The new CPF aims to shift growth beyond the extractive sector and build a more diversified and inclusive economy.

ANZ has appointed Sohaib Mahmood as its new Country Head for Fiji, subject to regulatory approvals. Mahmood will assume the ...

PORT MORESBY, February 23, 2026 - A new six-year partnership between the World Bank Group and Papua New Guinea aims to support the reforms and ...

Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic ...

The Bank of the South Pacific Financial Group Limited has delivered a strong financial performance for the year ended 31st ...

In January 2026, São Tomé and Príncipe officially issued its first passport under citizenship by investment programme.

Sri Lanka is not among the 85 United Nations member states that have condemned Israel’s de-facto expansion into the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Mission to the UN has posted the joint statement ...

Construction has commenced on Sri Lanka’s largest solar power project, a 150-megawatt facility spanning 450 acres at the ...

Despite decades of jokes and occasional bad publicity, cruise vacations are more popular than ever - just ask the tens of millions of Americans who take one every year and together represent more than ...

ADB President Masato Kanda met today with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat to celebrate a long-term partnership for ...

The Supreme Court, while hearing a bail plea on Tuesday (February 17), said there is ‘no country’ like Vanuatu and likened it to the fictional nation of Kailasa. But does Vanuatu not exist? Here’s wha ...

Remarks by Masato Kanda, President, Asian Development Bank, at the Signing Ceremony for the Vanuatu Tamtam Submarine Cable Project,, Port Vila, Vanuatu ...