Regional
Day of reckonng for PNG's PM
Friday 22 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Unions threaten strike action if O’Neill wins vote
Injured Australian praises emergency and medical staff
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – As the Australian public had been told of a young couples harrowing holiday experience in a 60 Minutes report that posed questions about Samoa’s safety as a tourist destination, another female Australian visitor has sung its praises.
Auckland's future on a single data storage stick
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A humble USB data stick will today be handed to the Auckland Council containing the plan that will shape Auckland for the next decades.
Tomorrow: Samoa's prime minister reacts to criticism.
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Maori vote catcher, or political train crash?
Samoa tourism in damage control mode
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The man entrusted with the task of selling Samoa as a tourism destination to the world remains upbeat.
'We promised reality, not the moon'
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – We are not a government that promised the moon, we promised reality for our people.”
PM's interview 'shames Samoa'
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Critic says not all Samoans are so ‘dumb and callous’
'Criminals waltz in and out of prison at will'
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
The multiple escapes from Samoa’s top prison by a serial criminal who attacked an Australian honeymoon couple last year has done Samoa a lot of damage, writes Samoa Observer editor Mata’afa Keni Lesa.
60 Minutes report a blow to Samoa
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa is reeling this week in the wake of a damning current affairs report by Australia’s 60 Minutes programme.
State owned firms draining Pacific economies
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – State owned enterprises in the Pacific are a significant drain on island economies according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank.
Pressure on as vote looms
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Pressure continues to build on Papua New Guinea’s prime minister to stand down to face fraud allegations.
Medical charity cancels PNG visit
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Political upheaval scares off heart surgery team
'Rogue' police set traps at traffic lights in Samoa
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The Office of the Ombudsman in Samoa has been receiving reports that members of the public are being stopped by police officers on traffic duty for “no good reason”.
Fiji diplomatic ties becoming 'normalised'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – As tensions around a history of military coups continue to fade, Fiji’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Australia has almost normalised, according to a senior Fijian government minister.
Minister agrees Asian businesses 'of concern'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Concerns from members of the business community about the influx of Asian-owned companies taking over the retail sector are not being lost on Samoa’s government.
Big challenges facing Pacific journalism
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Media educators and trainers have come together to form a new regional body to address the concerning issue of a decreasing number of journalists and educators in the Pacific.
Anxiety as 7s squad named
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fijian mother who used to sacrifice food so her husband could pay for the bus fare to watch their son play rugby at the weekend is coming to terms that her boy will be playing in the Olympic Games rugby sevens in Rio next month.
Dogs chasing athletes 'not funny'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Village dogs giving Samoa’s tourism a bad name
'Let's see your numbers on Friday'
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – “We have 91 members of parliament in the government as we speak,” PNG’s Finance Minister James Marape said as government MP’s flew to a “camp” in Alotau at the weekend.
MPs flown to remote camp
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – At least 81 members of the ruling People’s National Congress Party and their coalition partners are now camped in the Milne Bay provincial capital of Alotau.
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