Pacific Islands News Roundup - May 10-16, 2024

Political Leadership, Regionalism, Peace and Security

• France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia (Islands Business) ?

• Vanuatu president emphasizes political stability and political reform (Vanuatu Daily Post)?

• US-China competition: NZ and Pacific family caught in diplomatic divide, expert says (PMN)?

• Guam to host 26th Micronesian Islands Forum; public invited to participate, register (MVariety)?

• New Zealand seeks regional alliances to strengthen security (Post-Courier)?

• GAO report cites data gaps in federal statistical reports for US territories (Pacific Island Times)?

• Henry Puna says he's leaving Pacific Islands Forum in better shape (ABC)?

• Former FSM diplomat: ‘US must do more to deepen relationship with FAS’ (Pacific Island Times)?

• China will be Honiara City Council’s ‘Partner of Choice’,?says re-elected Mayor Eddie?Siapu (IDS)?

• ‘Politically irresponsible’: Niue’s first female MP on proposed constitutional changes (RNZ)?

• Bougainville and Port Moresby look to resolve differences (RNZ)?

People-Centered Development

• Girmit Day commemorations highlight contributions and struggles of Indo-Fijians (ABC) ?

• Dengue cases climb in Samoa, American Samoa DOH starts spraying schools (Talanei)?

• Pacific women in leadership still battle cultural and social pushback (PMN)?

• Deported to Tonga, returnees now help combat drug crisis (ABC)?

• New Zealand celebrates linguistic diversity with focus on endangered Rotuman language (RNZ)?

• Pohnpei’s FestPAC contingent promises spectacular performance (KPress)?

• Marshallese student population rises in Ka?u area schools, sparks engagement efforts (MIJ) ?

• China to expand scholarships for Fijian vocational training, says ambassador (FBC News)?

• Samoa advances developments in health information and digital systems (SPC)?

• Tapping into her ancestry, this Native Hawaiian practitioner keeps kapa making alive (HPR)?

Climate Change and Disasters, Ocean and Environment

• 'We are not drowning, we are fighting': Pacific climate activists send message to Australian govt (ABC)?

• NZDF Air Force delivers relief supplies for PNG’s Eastern Highlands and Chimbu provinces (Post-Courier)?

• Hawai?i governor signs emergency proclamation, pledges support for severe weather (HNN)?

• Fiji floods: Residents in coastal areas told to move to higher grounds (RNZ)?

• Cook Islands resort experiences coastal inundation and beach erosion (Cook Islands News)?

• Fisheries officials approve plan for climate change resilience efforts in fisheries (FFA)?

• Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy (APR)?

• Kiribati youth engage in ocean conservation, climate action training (Islands Business)?

• Marshall Islands empowers communities with annual climate change week (SPREP)?

• ‘Climate finance a priority’ says Fiji ministry official (Fiji Times)?

Resources and Economic Development, Technology and Connectivity

• USP staff, management continue talks over pay disputes; strike last option, union rep says (RNZ)?

• Solomons, PNG win in $1 billion-plus Pacific play to ward off China (PACNEWS)?

• CNMI economy in ‘crisis mode’ - Saipan Chamber of Commerce VP (KUAM News)?

• Chinese experts to aid Fiji’s agriculture sector expansion (FBC News)?

• Papua New Guinea joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (Post-Courier)?

• PNG’s National Gold Corporation Bill 2024 to be amended, says mining minister (The National)?

• After negotiations, Fiji Water staff to get pay increase of 21.7% (FBC News)?

• Vanuatu PM discloses VT2 billion fund diversion, airline crisis unveiled (Vanuatu Daily Post)?

• Hawai?i Island’s population drop signals an ominous economic trend?(Civil Beat)?

• Cook Islands govt aims to stimulate economy through infrastructure spending (Cook Islands News)?

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 Hawai?i 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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