Regional
Rape of child prompts call for death penalty
Tuesday May 01, 2018VANUATU – The parents of a six-year-old girl who was abducted, raped and murdered in Vanuatu last week are calling for the death penalty to be introduced.
Two Fijians jailed for sedition
Tuesday May 01, 2018FIJI – A former opposition MP is one of two men who have been jailed for more than two years after being convicted of sedition in Fiji.
Plans for new prison on Savai‘i
Tuesday May 01, 2018SAMOA – Samoa’s Minister of Prisons says plans are being drawn up to build a new prison on the big island of Savai‘i.
PACIFIC BRIEFS - 30/04/2018
Monday April 30, 2018DENGUE OUTBREAK ‘NO CAUSE FOR PANIC’
Irregularities alleged in first round of voting
Monday April 30, 2018FRENCH POLYNESIA – French Polynesia’s Tahoeraa party says there have been a number of irregularities on part of the ruling Tapura party in the first round of voting for a new territorial assembly and complaints will be lodged.
Fishermen supplied with EPBs
Monday April 30, 2018NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand aid programme is in the process of equipping Pacific fishermen with electronic locator beacons.
Hopes pinned on denuclearisation
Monday April 30, 2018PACIFIC – As the world watches to see the outcome of a proposed denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States, islands in the middle of the Pacific are hoping it will mean a stop to the constant threat of a nuclear attack.
PACIFIC BRIEFS - 28/04/2018
Monday April 30, 2018FLIGHTS SUSPENDED AFTER EMERGENCY
Rising carbon dioxide levels impair coral growth
Monday April 30, 2018AUSTRALIA – Coral reefs are under threat if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, new research has shown.
