The International Federation of Journalists are calling for defamation charges against a veteran Samoan journalist to be dropped immediately.

The Tongan government is investigating what happened after a boat carrying more than a dozen whale watchers capsized in rough seas.

The Australian judge who oversaw a controversial commission of inquiry in Fiji says he has no regrets about how he conducted himself despite being heavily criticised by the country's High Court.

Airlines flying out of Fiji have been told to bring in their own fuel for the rest of the month, after a batch of aviation fuel stored at Nadi International Airport failed to meet the standard required for use.

Social Media is contributing rise in the number of sorcery accusation related attacks in PNG according to a recent survey.

The US government is moving forward with plans to sell deep-sea mining leases covering about 67 million acres of seabed around the Northern Mariana Islands.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister says his government will set up an advisory committee for the president on his constitutional power of mercy after inmates convicted of sexually abusing children received presidential pardons.

Tonga's Prime Minister celebrates the injection of fresh blood into his cabinet after Sivoki Lavemaau has been appointed Finance Minister, making her one of the youngest ministers in the Kingdom's history.

Vanuatu's president is refusing to bow to public pressure and revoke the pardons he granted to two men convicted of sexually abusing children.

A prolonged drought in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is destroying crops, drying up wells and forcing some schools to close early.