AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoPacific Earth & Security: Two earthquakes (5.7 and 5.1) rattled Tonga’s islands, with no damage or casualties reported. Drug trafficking spotlight: A major ABC investigation says remote Pacific islands are being used as hiding spots, transit routes and recruitment hubs for cartels, with Solomon Islands and Tonga flagged. Ocean protection: Cook Islands leaders pushed sacred-ocean stewardship at the Melanesian Ocean Summit, pointing to the Marae moana marine park and science-based rules on seabed minerals. PNG diplomacy: Papua New Guinea announced it will open embassies in Tonga, the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu to deepen regional ties and fisheries cooperation. Fiji-Australia security: Fiji and Australia signed an upgraded Vuvale (“family”) security treaty in Suva, aimed at boosting cooperation on interdiction and transnational crime. Local governance & rights: Tongan journalists face a new kind of pressure after a reporter was threatened at gunpoint over drug reporting. Energy pressure: The World Bank urged Pacific governments to protect people with targeted support, not broad fuel subsidies.
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