Fiji
The Fiji Competition and Consumer Commission
(FCCC) says fuel and LPG prices are reduced for
July.
Diesel is dropping between FJ$1.19 and FJ$1.25
across the country.
Motor spirit prices will decrease
by 49 to 52 cents per litre and kerosene by around 42 cents
in most parts of the country.
LPG prices will also
decrease.
The FCCC said these reductions reflect
improving global market conditions following progress in
ceasefire negotiations in the Middle East.
But it
warned global fuel markets remain vulnerable to geopolitical
events and prices may continue to fluctuate as the global
energy market recovers.
Samoa
Samoa’s minister
of finance has announced a reduction in the price of diesel
and kerosene for July.
Diesel is down 82.3 sene to $4
tālā and 45 sene per litre, while kerosene has dropped
100.1 sene to 54.02.
Petrol has a tiny increase, up
1.7 sene.
The statement, signed by the finance
minister, said the price decreases for both diesel and
kerosene reflect the removal of the premium that traders and
consumers paid for these refined products in April, but
petrol prices did not include these premiums and stay at
April levels.
It said the crude oil and refined
product markets can be expected to remain volatile over the
coming months.
Tonga
Tonga has lowered their
maximum fuel prices for the first time since the war in the
Middle East began.
Since February, diesel prices in
Tongatapu have been raised by more than 64
percent.
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That price cap has lowered by 85 sene to 4.20
pa’anga per litre from 1 July.
The price is now below
what it was in April.
Papua New Guinea
A
French court has ordered energy giant TotalEnergies to
rewrite its climate plan, in a landmark ruling that could
have implications for one of Papua New Guinea’s biggest
proposed gas projects.
France 24 reported the
court found the company had failed to properly account for
its customers’ emissions – which make up more than 90
percent of TotalEnergies’ carbon footprint.
Judges
will now oversee the company’s revised emissions reduction
plan, marking the first time a court anywhere in the world
has supervised a corporate climate strategy.
The PNG
government expects a final investment decision later this
year.
Papua New Guinea
A report has revealed
failures behind a January aircraft crash at Kanabea Airstrip
in Papua New Guinea.
The PNG Accident Investigation
Commission’s report showed a New Zealand-made PAC-750XSTOL
aircraft crashed while attempting to land at the remote
airstrip, after carrying a deceased person and family
members there.
The report found the pilot continued
the landing attempt despite the conditions, rather than
diverting to another location.
Local media reported
investigators found the runway was wet and in poor
condition, and the airstrip did not
have a windsock as mapped and registered.
No one was
injured in the crash.
The 2026 Public Investment
Program allocated about K346 million to key civil aviation
agencies and projects.
Fiji
Fijian nationals
travelling to India on a medical or tourist visa will no
longer have to pay a fee.
The fee waiver applies to
tourist, medical, and medical attendent
visas.
Previously a tourist visa would cost FJ$230,
and a medical or attendant visa would cost FJ$185 for up to
six months.
All other visa fees for Fijian nationals
will remain unchanged.
Pacific
Pacific leaders
are speaking at a UN environment meeting in Bangkok this
month.
The Committee on Environment and Development is
a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
In
attendance from the region will be the climate change
ministers of Fiji – Lynda Tabuya; Solomon Islands, Wayne
Ghemu; and Tuvalu, Maina Talia.
The ninth session of
the committee started 1
July.
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