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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka directs that an appeal be lodged against a High Court ruling over the dismissal of the country's anti-corruption commissioner. Also, Palau's President, Surangel Whipps Junior, pushes ahead with a controversial plan to resettle deportees from the United States.
1Tonga's Prime Minister Lord Fakafanua has invited the US Deputy Secretary of State to visit the Kingdom in a bid to strengthen ties with Washington. The invitation comes after the United States imposed a travel ban on Tongans, halting new visitor and student visas.
US deep sea mining plans shows no signs of slowing down after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalised new rules designed to fast‑track seabed mining permits. Also, the US turns to Pacific Compact free agreements as a potential blueprint for gaining access to Greenland.
The governments of Australia and Timor-Leste sign an agreement to strengthen their bilateral relationship and fast track a major natural gas project. Also, onlookers in Fiji are wonder how deeply embedded drug trafficking is in the country after seizure of 2.6 tonnes of cocaine.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes his first official visit to Timor-Leste amid growing Chinese influence and long-running negotiations over the Greater Sunrise gas field. Also, Tonga's police chief hopes long prison sentences for importing methamphetamine will act as a deterrent to other would be traffickers.
Samoan novelist and poet Papali'i Sia Figiel is found dead at Tanumalala Prison where she was being housed while waiting for the outcome of a high profile murder trial. Also, more people are charged over a massive cocaine haul in Fiji, with police issuing conspiracy charges on five more suspects.
Fiji Police lay new charges in connection with the country's largest-ever cocaine seizure, with five more people now accused of involvement.
Six men are remanded in custody in Fiji and will now answer charges over what police describe as the largest cocaine shipment ever intercepted in the country.
Police have now laid charges following the interception of a large cocaine shipment in the country's west earlier this month. Also, Papua New Guinea's indicates support for the return of the death penalty as part of a hardline approach to illegal guns and drugs.
In Fiji, the villagers whose tip-off led to the country's latest big drug bust open up on seeing suspicious activities in their waters for years. Also, Papua New Guineans in possession of illegal weapons could soon face life in prison.
Samoa's prime minister proposes to ban non-Christian religions as a way to counter religious extremism. Also, French President Emmanuel Macron signs a new agreement with New Caledonia's political stakeholders around the territory's political future.
The first legally binding global framework to conserve and protect marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction comes into force. Also, police in Fiji seize more than a hundred bags containing bricks of what appears to be cocaine.
Speaking out about unsafe or unfair conditions is one of the most effective ways to bring about change in the workplace, but for Pacific PALM workers, speaking out can come at the cost of your reputation and livelihood.
Today marks four years since the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano eruption, and subsequent tsunami that devastated much of the island kingdom of Tonga, displacing hundreds of people from the outer islands. Also, questions remain over the death of a Papua New Guinean man, who came to Australia to do seasonal work and died in regional Victoria.
The United States withdraws from the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, a global agreement that coordinates international action on climate change. Also, new US travel restrictions on Tongans officially commence.
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.
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