27 January 2016. Dried-up funds from the Papua New Guinea central government have prompted the Autonomous Bougainville Government to put all payments to service providers on hold.

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21 January, 2016. The Forum Fisheries Agency says America's decision to withdraw from the US Pacific islands fisheries treaty could have a grave impact on the economies of Pacific nations.

19 January, 2016. The United States government has officially announced it is pulling out of the US Pacific islands fisheries treaty.

15 January, 2015. At the invitation of the Government of Vanuatu, the Pacific Islands Forum has deployed a team of electoral observers to Port Vila, Vanuatu to observe the national elections which will be held on 22 January 2016.

12 January, 2016. Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority says media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely to promote discord, but are free to report matters of national interest.

8 January, 2016. Fiji's gay community is calling on the prime minister Frank Bainimarama to apologise for what it says are derogatory and homophobic statements.

8 January, 2016. A US Congressman has asked the State Department to step in and assist American tuna boats which have been shut out from a large part of the Pacific.