Samoa's Head of State, Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, has proclaimed a ban on construction on Sunday. Weekly prayer and fasting have also been announced.

The Solomon Islands will not be taking part in the upcoming Miss Pacific Islands Pageant for 2026. It follows last year's controversy filled Miss Pacific event which was marred with allegations of fraudulent activities including vote tampering, which resulted in two judges being questioned by police.

Police say two men armed with M-16 assault rifles were killed when they fired on officers during an early morning raid on a village in the Tsak Valley in Enga province last Friday.

Many in Papua New Guinea are struggling to access the internet, weeks after the government ordered Starlink to shut down operations in the country. In mid-December, Government said the company did not have a licence to operate in the country.

Tonga's Prime Minister, Lord Fakafanua has announced his new 11 member Cabinet which brings new and former members together. 

A WHO and UNDP report is calling for the introduction of free syringes curb a surge in HIV infections in Fiji. It has the support of the Fiji Medical Association president.

PNG's surviving conjoined twin, Sawong Mitiam is recovering well at the Sydney Children's Hospital, less than a month after his brother Tom died during separation surgery.

Eighty cruise ship passengers from the grounded Coral Adventurer have arrived in back in Australia four days after their vessel ran aground in Papua New Guinea waters.

Passengers on an Australian cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Lae, will be flown out of Papua New Guinea, after efforts to refloat the Coral Adventurer failed.

Attempts to refloat an Australian cruise ship stranded on a PNG reef are expected to resume today after initial efforts on Sunday were unsuccessful.