Weiland said the $44 million package includes $7 million for a new regional crime-fighting centre in Palau to support maritime enforcement training, financial intelligence and cybercrime units. Overall U.S. investment in the Pacific through his bureau has risen from $6 million in 2021 to more than $60 million. The bureau opened its first office in Suva in 2024, and the office is expanding.

Adong said women from several parties, including NRM, FDC, UPC and others, had reported sexual harassment, adding that the full report would later be presented to the President, Parliament and the Electoral Commission. An IPOD summit press conference is expected next year.