Regional
Children bullied at Nauru schools
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – An Australian consultant to the Nauruan Government has said refugee and asylum seeker children are being relentlessly bullied and subjected to racial vilification in local schools on Nauru.
Few refugees accept cash to go home
Monday 1 August 2016 | Published in Regional
Advocate claims inducement increased to $20,000
Solomons dive business up for global award
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – A small dive operation in the Solomon Islands has been short-listed for the 2016 Luxury Travel Guide Global Awards.
Marshalls rejects human trafficking criticisms
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – The Marshall Islands government says human trafficking is not a prominent issue despite a US report condemning the country’s record.
Tourism sparks mini building boom on Niue
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Tourism – and families returning to Niue – have prompted a mini housing boom on the island.
Tongan passport sales a bone of contention
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key welcomed his Tongan counterpart in Auckland this week – ‘Akilisi Pohiva is on a first diplomatic visit, with both leaders dealing with concerns over the sale of Tongan passports.
Samoa's PM farewells Olympians
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has given his blessings to Team Samoa for the Rio Olympic Games.
Australia to be shifted north
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
Owner sorry for fatal bus crash
Saturday 30 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The youngest survivor of a bus crash in Samoa that claimed one life and left many more in hospital is a three-year-old toddler.
Future of Melanesian economies studied
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEW By Sally Andrews
More sharks than fish in reef pass
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – Marine researchers have found that shark numbers outnumber prey in a French Polynesian shark sanctuary.
Aussie wins resort in a raffle
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Regional
MICRONESIA – An anonymous Australian man has won his own remote Pacific island resort in a raffle after shelling out just US$49 for the winning ticket to claim the paradise property.
Detention secrecy law challenged
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – The Border Force Act prohibiting workers in Australia’s detention centres from sharing confidential information is to be challenged in the High Court by a group of doctors who say it is having a “chilling effect on their profession”.
Reagan attacker released
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Regional
USA – John Hinckley Jr, who wounded US President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, is to be freed after 35 years to live with his mother, a federal judge has ruled.
Pope says world at war
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Regional
POLAND – Pope Francis has warned that a recent wave of jihadist attacks in Europe is proof that “the world is at war”.
Youth spoke of church attack
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FRANCE – The teenage Islamic State follower who cut the throat of a Catholic priest celebrating mass in northern France was released from prison despite being determined to join jihadis in Syria.
Trump encourages Russian hackers
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Moscow incited to intercept Clinton’s emails
Tonga wants to be taken seriously at Winter Olympics
Wednesday 27 July 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Royal Tonga Ski Federation has high hopes for Winter Olympic success after last month’s admission to the International Ski Federation in Switzerland.
Obesity gene helped colonise Pacific
Wednesday 27 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – By studying the genomes of more than 5000 Samoans, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have uncovered a single gene that boosts a person’s obesity risk by upwards of 40 per cent.
Refugee makes plea to Australia
Wednesday 27 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Rohingyan refugee held on Manus Island for more than two-and-a-half years has pleaded for Australia to “end this political game” and find resettlement for refugees in a safe country.
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